ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Saturday, February 24, 2007

How would your grandmother have handled entrepreneurship?

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As this article states, "we owe so much to the women in our families who blazed the trail of their day and overcame obstacles that woul...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Wanted: Female Bosses To Sell Going It Alone

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One thousand self-employed women in the UK will be recruited to help the government spread a ‘can-do’ attitude among enterprising females to...
Monday, February 19, 2007

AfghanMark

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The Afghan Women’s Business Federation (AWBF) has created the new women’s rights certification trademark brand called “AfghanMark SM” which ...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

The Entrepreneur Next Door

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The National Center for Women’s Business Research knows its stuff when it comes to women entrepreneurs. Among its findings: • Women-owned f...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Celebrating Love Around The World

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In America ignoring the hype of the “love” holiday isn’t easily done. During the Valentine-giving season card racks of reds and pinks, heart...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Take an escape break

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Weather in Chicago is windy, chilly (7 degrees below zero wind chill factor) and snowy so what better thing to do than to take an escape bre...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Million-dollar firms network, negotiate and analyze sales

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Hitting a million dollars in annual revenue is a dream milestone for any entrepreneur. It's proof that she has arrived -- a testament to...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Women Entrepreneurs in Kabul, Afghanistan

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A great blog post by Guy Kawasaki ... it begins with What’s the most inspiring story of entrepreneurship that you’ve heard in 2006? Ten Ques...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Women still scarce at the highest levels of management ...

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... and typically outnumbered by men five to one but a handful of companies have adopted noteworthy initiatives to change that. One giant st...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Everybody Loves Entrepreneurship

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Once upon a time, small business was seen solely as the domain of idiosyncratic, iconoclastic outsiders, willing to forgo the security of co...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Women Lead Business Surge

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Don't you just love comments like these: "Women have been managing their families for years, so it should only stand to reason that...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Breaking The Glass Ceiling: Black Women in Business

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I like to always begin with the end in mind: The biggest barriers are within the institutions which are still male, pale and stale. They a...
Monday, January 22, 2007

Derailed Rock Star CMOs

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So you wanna be a rock 'n' roll marketer (top to bottom: Kerri Martin, Jerri Devard and Julie Roehm)? Just pick up a gig at a troub...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

How She Does It: How Women Entrepreneurs Are Changing the Rules of Business Success

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You read about it here first! I am a big fan of Margaret Heffernan's ever since she wrote an article in 2002 for Fast Company on the ...
Monday, January 15, 2007

If You Dream It, You Can Do It

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"I Have A Dream."
Thursday, January 11, 2007

Women Entrepreneur Farmers A Growing Business

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Cheryl Rogowski (pictured checking her radishes) wanted to do something different when she took over her family’s farm in New York’s Hudson ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Ace Is The Place That Is Behind the Times

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"Entrepreneurship is what made this country great, but so many people are afraid to fail and don't even try to start their own busi...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Entrepreneurship At Its Best

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Whether in theory or in practice, entrepreneurship is the way to go. Read about one of my favorite colleges and favorite professors -- and...
Friday, January 05, 2007

Women Are A Powerful Force

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Kick back, enjoy and remember women entrepreneurs are a powerful force to reckon with. A very funny ad: Yahoo Garden ... bringing good thi...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Ladies, Fix Your Pitch, Not Your Hair

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This article is authored by Guy Kawasaki's colleague at Garage Technology Ventures. Motto: In 2007, don't wig out, get your team in...
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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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