ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Boost Your Business: Attend Live Events

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According to Stacia Pierce (pictured), a great way to boost your business and take it to the next level is by attending live events . She s...
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Will There Ever Be a Society That Works For Women?

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What the authors discovered: What we discovered in our research is that while the empowerment part of the equation has been loudly celebra...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Corporate Climber Turns Business Owner

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I love getting emails like this, especially on a Sunday, because it tells me somebody is really working it: Hi there Laurel, I'm a fo...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Is It the Right Time to Start a Business?

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Monday, June 04, 2012

Go For It!

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The next Wendy Kopp (pictured) could be starting their business right now. Will it be you? A new study says almost 600-thousand new busin...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Escape From Work To Honor the Fallen

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Photo courtesy:  ©Laurel Delaney 2012 As you escape from work to celebrate Memorial Day , don't forget to honor the men and women who...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Calling All Female Entrepreneurs to the Ultimate Chicago Digital Hub: 1871

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1871 provides co-working space, along with a sense of community and features educational programming, events and seminars to help foster th...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Live Life On Your Own Terms: Start a Business

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Many women start a business because they want to develop their own schedules, on their own terms.  Starting a business explicitly to raise ...
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Sunday, May 06, 2012

Be Inspired: Start a Business

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Kick It Up a Notch: Open a Retail Store

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Janice Winterboer, owner of Twigs , kicks it up a notch.  She got out of the retail sector for awhile, but continued to operate her interior...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Young and the Restless Female Entrepreneurs

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YoungEntrepreneur.com brings you stories about innovative startups and their enthusiastic founders. For example, instead of featuring an ...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Finding a Balance Between Work and Home: Start an Online Business

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Everyone who has kids and worked up until that point has these thoughts: how to have a career but at the same time, be available for your k...
Monday, April 09, 2012

Working For Yourself

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Frustrated with the lack of play areas where she could take her three children, Shyanne Lamb started Kenosha-based Playnasium .  Playnasium ...
Monday, April 02, 2012

Business Ownership Requires: Guts, Backbone and a Can-Do Spirit

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That's what Marci Marceau practices -- guts, backbone and a can-do spirit -- to achieve success with her business, Luz's Mexican Foo...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Latinas Leaving Corporate America?

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According to Dr. Placida Gallegos : 788,000 Latinas now run their own businesses, according to the most recent Survey of Business Owners (l...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Good Karma Over At Contact Karma

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My friend and colleague, Genevieve Thiers , founder of Chicago-based SitterCity and OperaModa has started her third company Contact Karma ...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

From Corporate Life to Sweet New Business

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According to Oprah Magazine (February 2012): ... eleven years ago, Casey Hickey's work wasn't so delicious.  As director of develop...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Please Join Me: How To Grow Your Business In Today's Market

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Dear Colleague and fellow Women in Business, I’d like to invite you to attend the upcoming “21st Century Marketing:  How to Grow Your Busi...
Monday, February 20, 2012

How to Spare Yourself Sleepless NIghts As a New Business Owner

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To spare yourself sleepless nights as a new business owner, get some training first via Corporate America to work out the kinks.  That what ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Being a Female Entrepreneur Has Its Merits

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Five tips from female entrepreneurs worldwide: 1. Understand why you are doing this. 2. Don’t be afraid to get out of the building and va...
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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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