ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Thursday, September 29, 2005

Women Make Up 20 Percent Of All Entrepreneurs in China

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The Christian Science Monitor As I have said before, it's not just American women escaping corporate life, it's women everywhere. T...
Thursday, September 22, 2005

Women Entrepreneurs: The Backbone of the Economy

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In DITonline: For Students || By Students As reported in South Africa, entrepreneurs are fast becoming the backbone of the economy and wom...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Women Entrepreneurs Share Blueprint For Success

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In the Chicago Sun-Times Creating a successful business is fraught with challenges and opportunities. And after attending the Women's B...
Monday, September 05, 2005

Happy Labor (Entrepreneur) Day!

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I hope all of you are resting and enjoying your time off. All the best, Laurel
Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Top Career Women Are Dropping Out

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In Buzzle.com Escape, drop out, call it what you wish. But the truth of the matter is that the women mentioned in this article are asking, ...
Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Sexism, celebrity and the glass ceiling

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In RawStory.com The Economist published a particularly depressing article about the position of women in high-level business jobs. The piec...
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Divorce (Escape), corporate American style

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In Rutland Herald By GERALDINE FABRIKANT -- The New York Times When Jeffrey W. Greenberg was forced out as chief executive of Marsh & M...
Monday, August 08, 2005

Charting a new course

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In STLtoday.com Photo caption: Islanders on Banam Bay at Malekula, the second-largest island in a chain that comprises the Republic of Vanu...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The conundrum of the glass ceiling

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In ICEVED (original source: The Economist) It's been at least a week since I posted only because I could not find anything worthwhile r...
Monday, July 18, 2005

Institutionalized bias against female-owned businesses by banks (U.K.)?

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In Management-issues.com -- at the heart of the changing workplace. The boardroom glass ceiling may finally be starting to crack, but for wo...
Saturday, July 16, 2005

Ain't no glass ceiling here, only stars to reach for

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In San Antonio Express News This is a wonderful article so if you need a boost, you'll find it at "Nearly 40 percent of all busines...
Saturday, July 09, 2005

Where Have All The Women Gone?

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In internetnews.com It appears women are leaving the American IT workforce faster than male executives can say, "Go fetch me a beer, da...
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Official: Women's businesses likely to continue growth trend

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In Las Vegas SUN: Business headlines Women-owned businesses are not only here to stay but their numbers are likely to increase dramatically...
Monday, July 04, 2005

Happy Independence Day!

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This week we celebrate our one-year anniversary of both our Escape From Corporate America website and blog! Thank you for your kind reader...
Tuesday, June 28, 2005

An Accidental Dream Job

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In the Star (Kuala, Lumpur, Malaysia) Vincent Tam seemed to have it all. An Australian accounting degree, work experience in the United Kin...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Removing Obstacles for Self-Employment

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In EUROPA I stumbled upon this information and thought it offered a fascinating parallel to what we are experiencing in the United States. ...
Monday, June 20, 2005

Women's Business Centers Drive Entrepreneurship

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Babson College -- Center for Women's Leadership (CWL) New research shows that Women's Business Centers nationwide are driving entrep...
Saturday, June 11, 2005

For All You Hard-working Businesswomen

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"Let the beauty you love, be what you do." -- Rumi Take a moment for yourself and explore this new magazine. You will be glad you...
Thursday, June 02, 2005

Escaped America and Visited Tunis!

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Laurel Delaney reports. I just returned from a trip to Tunis, Tunisia (May 21-28). For those of you who don't know where Tunis is, it...
Thursday, May 19, 2005

Female business owners gain more political clout

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In USAToday.com Politicians are casting a wider net in a shifting of the economy where women are taking control of more businesses, boosting...
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Laurel Delaney
Chicago, Illinois, United States
When I authored "Escape From Corporate America!" published by the Conference Board in 2003, I had no idea the reaction to it would be so profound and overwhelming. My inbox was flooded with email messages from gifted women who could not say enough about their dissatisfaction at work. Apparently, I underestimated just how fed up women are with Corporate America. EFCA offers a comprehensive look at why women are leaving BIG companies for entrepreneurship. Hint: They want freedom, flexibility, recognition, more money, and opportunities to leave a legacy -- all the things they once thought they would find within corporations. Are you ready to ... "Escape From Corporate America?"
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