ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Sometimes Father Knows Best

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Karley Skutul has quite a few pets, to the tune of somewhere between 100,000 and 120,000.   They are bees.  And those are just the bees ...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Is Starting a Business a Way Around the Gender Gap?

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Who cares about a glass ceiling?  This quote says it all: “Being an entrepreneur doesn’t give me a glass ceiling,” said Lea Haben-Woodfo...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

Getting Started in Exporting With Laurel Delaney (Webinar 9/18/14)

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Are you looking for new avenues of growth for your business?  Then you should consider exporting.  Please join me at a webinar I am presen...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

And The Winners of the Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs Contest Go To ...

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Fortune has selected the 2014 class of Fortune Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs. These are 10 female founders of thriving, innovative, g...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Inspirational Ideas From Women Entrepreneurs (NBC Chicago)

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Go After Professional Success

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Are you ready to transition from employee to being your own boss? Being your own boss can provide flexibility that women look for to bal...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Business Lessons From Female Entrepreneurs

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©2014 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Matthew Toren, a contributor to Entrepreneur, gives his best shot at coming up with three...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

The Happy Factor: The Belief In One's Ability to Succeed

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Are women happier than men as entrepreneurs?  We know the struggle women experience in corporate America -- that's why we started this...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

There's a Hula Hoop and Now There's Crowdfunding Platform MoolaHoop

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MoolaHoop is a crowdfunding platform geared toward helping minority women receive the funding they need to run their business. In the p...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

More On Entrepreneur Barbie (Doll)

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Creative Entrepreneur Barbie? We challenged Mattel about its Barbie  becoming an entrepreneur back in 2009 , and now it is a reality (20...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Whether Pittsburgh or Shanghai, Women Business Owners Struggle Between Work and Family Life

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Near Nanjing University (Shanghai) Seven American women business owners traveled to the University of Nanjing (Shanghai) last month wit...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Leave Confusion, Fear and Mediocrity Behind Once and For All: Become An Entrepreneur

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Photo courtesy:  Maite at MaiteBaron.com (5/14/14) There's Escape From Corporate America blog (2004), Escape From Corporate , Escap...
Sunday, July 06, 2014

A Shoe Brand Named Miranda

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Have you figured out what you are good at or sensed an unmet need? No worries.  Neither has multiplatinum country singer Miranda Lambert  ...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Women Entrepreneurs Face Greater Challenges Than Men

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Women are starting businesses at a very fast clip but to reach more than a million dollars in revenue is less than 1/3 the rate of compani...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Best Country In the World For Women Entrepreneurs: United States

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If you want to prosper running a business, start it in the United States.  If you are based here (as I am - Chicago, IL), consider yoursel...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

A Website for Mom Business Owners

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Holly Hurd created VentureMom for the millions of moms who are looking for a venture that gives them fulfillment, provides extra income f...
Sunday, June 08, 2014

Barriers Facing Female Entrepreneurs

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Seventy-five percent (75%) of 30 countries surveyed for the second annual Gender Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index , commissi...
Sunday, June 01, 2014

Do Female Executives Drive Start-up Success?

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The study below focuses on the state of women ( 2012 ) in U.S. venture- backed companies and how women in leadership roles affect the succ...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

How to Love Being the Face of Your Business

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Building a brand takes time, patience, discipline and focus.  It's not something you do overnight.  I always start with the question: ...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Ridiculous Things Men Say to Women Entrepreneurs

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Listen up men, I know you are reading this.  Here are a few of the worst things you could say to women entrepreneurs. Ladies, you are go...
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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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