ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

A woman entrepreneur's desire to succeed

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In Entrepreneur While some would have found the twists and turns of this woman's entrepreneurial ride too tumultuous to stomach, and her...
Monday, November 21, 2005

What Motivates Women Entrepreneurs?

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In icWales Whether you are running a business in Wales or Wilmette, Illinois, women are motivated by a desire for independence, freedom and ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Drucker Managed To Do It First And Now He Is Gone

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In the Financial Times My favorite and most influential management guru -- Peter Drucker -- passes on at age 95. "Managers learn in b...
Friday, November 04, 2005

Women Entrepreneurs Aspire To Just "Be"

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In The Wall Street Journal Yesterday I read Colin McGinn's review on "What's It All About?" -- a book on how to figure out...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Rosa Parks, The Entrepreneur

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Rosa Parks was a true entrepreneur. She had courage and stood up for what she believed in. She was a change maker -- fighting so vigorous...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Happy Women's Small Business Month!

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In U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature Profile America for Saturday, October 22, 2005 is on Women Entrepreneurs. Did you know that this mont...
Monday, October 17, 2005

The Pros of Running Your Business Like A Girl

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In MSNBC In her new book, "How to Run Your Business Like a Girl," Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin turns the idea of doing something ...
Monday, October 10, 2005

When Will Businesses Get Clued In?

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In Portland Bizwomen.com It happened again. The workday was essentially over, shirts were untucked, shoes were off, and the kids had their ...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Ex-IBMer Launches Her Own Firm

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In StartupJournal And it can happen to you! Caryl Parker spent 16 years calling on customers for International Business Machines Corp. Aft...
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...
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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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