ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Sunday, October 30, 2016

To Grow, Find Good Mentors

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Three out of 10 small businesses are owned by women nationally.  About two percent of them have broken the $1 million mark in revenues.  W...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Never Be Afraid to Start Your Own Business

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Artist Sylvia Sinel  (pictured) said her craft is experiencing a revival.  Sinel moved from Sweden three years ago and said she "foun...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Take It Global Gals!

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If you are in or around Chicago on Friday, October 21st, join us for the world's best little Global Small Business Forum held at 70 W...
Saturday, October 08, 2016

Women-Owned Businesses Are Growing Across the Nation

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Dun & Bradstreet and Pepperdine Universit y have released new data showing how women-owned small businesses stack up against the natio...
Sunday, October 02, 2016

Women-Owned Businesses Will Be the Major Job-Creators in 2018

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According to The Guardian Small Business Research Institute , women-owned businesses will create more than half of the new jobs by 2018.  ...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Are You Robbing Yourself of Entrepreneurial Success?

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I can't say I do any of these.  Do you? 4 Ways Entrepreneurs (Especially Women) Unintentionally Rob Themselves of Success Regardl...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Raising an Entrepreneurial Daughter

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Is entrepreneurialism a skill that can be developed?  It's certainly a mindset.  Here are four ways you can help your daughters become...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

On Financing, Female Entrepreneurs Still Face Challenges

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According to Fundera's new study, two things are a fact: Women are approved for small business financing at a lower rate than men. ...
Sunday, September 04, 2016

Over-50 Entrepreneurs Have the Fire in the Gut

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Are you an encore entrepreneur -- a man or woman over the age of 50?  Like any business you start, you must write down your goals if you w...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

What Leads to Success in Starting a Business?

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Is the following what you are thinking?  When I started my business, it's what I thought. Many people start a business thinking they...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Entrepreneurship Can Be a Lonely Endeavor

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Entrepreneurship can be a grueling and solitary journey.  Ask some of the women who attended a recent conference hosted by Amazon in Seatt...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Top 5 Cities That Cultivate Women Entrepreneurs

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The top five cities considered the best to be a female entrepreneur: New York San Francisco Bay area London Stockholm Singapore. T...
Saturday, August 06, 2016

Women Entrepreneurs Get a Confidence Boost

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Is the glass half full for women entrepreneurs when it comes to growing our businesses?  We certainly hope so.  Yet, for our male counterp...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

How to Get Finance Ready

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Women are also nearly twice as likely as men to rely on family members to fund their new businesses, and young men age 18 to 24 are about...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Entrepreneur Ivanka Trump

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Ivanka Trump owns her own company.  More importantly, she wore a dress from her own label to introduce her father at the Republican Natio...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

It's Still a Man's World in the Aftermarket Automotive Industry

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Come on ... research shows that more diverse companies are more profitable.  So what gives when it comes to the old boy's network in t...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Are You a Chicago Woman?

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Chicago Woman is a magazine and media brand that speaks directly to professional women who live, work and play in Chicago. They tell the ...
Sunday, July 03, 2016

Best Beach Reads to Build Your Business

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I am not a big beach reader but I love to squirrel away in my home and knock down a business book or two each week.  Everyone has to find ...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Fake It Till You Make It

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It's hard to believe that women the world over running successful businesses still struggle to be taken seriously.  One woman business...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Leading Reasons Why Men and Women Go Bankrupt

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What a sensitive topic.  Who likes to talk about insolvency whether personal or professional?  Best to sweep it under a carpet and move on...
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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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