ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Women Do Things

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Female entrepreneurs are far less likely than their male counterparts to seek angel financing even though the percentage of women owned busi...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Golf Obsession

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Whether you are an entrepreneur or corporate executive, do you think golf is important for building business? For instance, Monica White, a...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

WomenEntrepreneur.com

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My favorite entrepreneurial magazine, Entrepreneur, has just launched a website designed exclusively for the growing women's business c...

Shattering The Glass Ceiling: Web 2.0 Style

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Forty years after Gloria Steinem and Germain Greer, women are still a rarity in the corporate suite. Eager to curry favor with female custom...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Harvard Study Shows Corporate Ladder Opening to Asians, Women

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In the mood for some heavy reading? I don't know if it's just me or is this piece confusing?
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Nothing Can Stop You

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Just coming off of a bad bout of flu so you can imagine how tickled I was to see an article with the title of "'Nothing can stop yo...
Friday, May 11, 2007

Burned Out Or Fired Up?

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At first, you may feel burned out. Then you get fired up. Next, it's start a business. But did you ever think about creating the Burne...
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Only World -Class Small Business Owners Need Apply

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UPS today kicked off a program that seeks the best small businesses across the globe -- from Alabama to Argentina and from Zimbabwe to New Z...
Monday, May 07, 2007

A Different Track

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I saved this in my pile of clips ... featured in The WSJ on April 16th ... wanted to make sure you caught it. Advice to the Boss A Different...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

Big Business Tactics for Small Outfits

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Many entrepreneurs start their own businesses to escape the confines of corporate life. Yes, and that's why we're here! As a resul...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Who Is In the Boardroom?

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I could not agree more with Judith H. Dobrzynski's brilliant commentary published in The Boston Globe today (5/1), especially this part...
Monday, April 30, 2007

$400 haircuts

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If only I were running the hotel salon that gave these haircuts, I'd be a very rich business owner! There's a price to pay for con...
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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Corporate America and Rosie O'Donnell

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Last September, morning TV got a boost as Rosie O'Donnell gave the dismal daytime chatfest The View something to actually talk about. Bu...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Four Women Established Businesses Made To Last

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The past 20 years have brought tremendous growth in Arizona and with that, endless opportunity. Success stories can be found in every niche,...
Monday, April 16, 2007

women 2.0

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What is Women 2.0? Women 2.0 connects like-minded, motivated young women in the Silicon Valley to swap energy, ideas, and experiences with ...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

You're Fired! Good-bye Don Imus

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I am relieved to see that action has been taken! No matter who it is trying to make their way in this society, you cannot use the language ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Feminine Mistake

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WOW. It's been a long time since I've seen Amazon reviews this bad. The author had a strong start and then slowly, one by one, the...
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Friday, April 06, 2007

A Little Shame Goes A Long Way

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Should Catalyst go back to naming companies without women at the top? Apparently Diane Brady at BusinessWeek thinks so and she does a great...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Do You Have the Right Entrepreneurial DNA?

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Do you have what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur? There are two schools of thought about what makes an entrepreneur. 1. Anyone...
Monday, April 02, 2007

How To Get Your Talent Back On Track

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Since yesterday was such a rainy day in Chicago, I headed over to Borders to check out the latest in periodicals. I scanned Strategy & ...
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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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