ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Sunday, August 27, 2006

Women are capable of leading companies ...

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One of my favorite sister bloggers, Jory Des Jardines of BlogHer, wrote this excellent commentary relating to postings made here on August...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

Women in Technology or Entrepreneurship?

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I could not help but think that these same skills (below) for a career in IT are applicable to women in entrepreneurship! What skills would ...
Thursday, August 17, 2006

Proof Is In the Stats: Women-owned Firms Increase Nearly 20 Percent

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Women-owned firms increased nearly 20 percent, while all U.S. firms grew by seven percent over the latest period studied (1997 and 2002), ba...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Escape to Corporate America!

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Asian Woman Named CEO at Pepsi! PepsiCo has promoted its chief financial officer, Indra Nooyi, to become chief executive of the drinks manuf...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Women are a blogging powerhouse

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As the article states ... "Some people ask me, 'Aren't you worried you won't get hired because of what's on your blog?...
Monday, August 07, 2006

Cherchez La Femme (WSJ, Aug 4): Read it to believe it!

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Cherchez la femme ... translation can be found here. It took me until now to track the following opinion piece written by Judith H. Dobrzyns...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Get ready, get set and launch ladies

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According to the 2005 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report more than 340 million people worldwide tried to launch businesses in 2004. Thi...
Friday, July 28, 2006

More Women Are Starting Their Own Companies

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Three years ago, flight attendant Sandy Stein was so distraught about the prospects of her and her husband's jobs that she prayed to her...
Saturday, July 22, 2006

SBA Could Help You Escape From Corporate America and Get Started Running a Business

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Dear Professor Bruce: I feel stagnant in my current job. It's a road to nowhere. I am talented in my field and have some excellent ba...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

He, Once a She, Talks About the Mysterious "Journey"

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Because this article is so unbelievable, I read it four times to completely grasp its key points. The second time around I wanted to spot an...
Monday, July 17, 2006

Escape From Marriage?

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I scanned the following article and asked myself, what does it have to do with this blog and entrepreneurship? Plenty. All I had to do wa...
Thursday, July 13, 2006

Accidental Entrepreneur

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If you're at all dissatisfied with your job, you've got a long, hot summer ahead of you. Plenty of time to sit and daydream about te...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The Entrepreneurship Bug Done Bit Me

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When I read the title of this article -- Entrepreneurial bug bites more college students -- I immediately thought of the lyrics from Diana ...
Friday, July 07, 2006

Sew ...

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what do Sting, Elton John and Madonna all have in common besides being great entertainers? They each hired tech savvy female entrepreneur M...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Happy Birthday to America and Escape From Corporate America!

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Happy Birthday America -- celebrating 230 years of FREEDOM -- and reminding us that the words engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty ...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Are Women Entrepreneurs Better?

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"As the economy heats up, it’s sobering to think that the real competition for talent isn’t other firms -- it's the business and id...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Meet Martha Burk, author of Cult of Power

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Dr. Martha Burk is a political psychologist and women's equity expert who is co-founder and President of the Center for Advancement of P...
Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Breaking the glass ceiling once and for all

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New publication launched June 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006

From America to Oman, Escape Is the Common Ground

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The Big Business Idea Competition 2006, the only one of its kind in Oman, was launched yesterday under the auspices of Ahmed Hassan Al Dheeb...
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Certification helps women-owned firms compete

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Shoving aside an oversized spool of electrical cable and casually grabbing a pair of wire cutters to pose for a picture, there's little ...
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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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