ESCAPE From Corporate America!
Sunday, January 29, 2017

Listen to Your Customers and Adapt With the Times

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Ilene Keivel started her career in the health care industry, working in sports medicine and outpatient physical therapy. But her inner ca...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

March On Ladies

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Whether a mother, sister, aunt, grandma, entrepreneur, activist, feminist, actor, homemaker, or artist, women are changing the world. Le...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

How Can Women-Owned Firms Grow Their Enterprises?

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The 2015 State of Women-Owned Business Report (AMEX Open, 2015) estimated that women started 1,200 new businesses every day during the pas...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

Skip Wishes and Set Goals in 2017

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Many female entrepreneurs still have not realized the power of setting effective business goals. Is that you? If it is, make a plan and ...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Go Get'm Gals: Start That Business!

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Happy New Year Escape from Corporate America fans!  I wish you a joyful, healthy and prosperous 2017.  Now to business.  As Forbes points ...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas From the Official Escape From Corporate America Blog!

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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Happy Holidays From Escape From Corporate America!

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Raising High-Achieving, Independent Women

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Whether you are raising a daughter, looking out for a niece or overseeing the well-being of a granddaughter or neighbor, this article on R...
Sunday, December 04, 2016

Mr. President: Make It Easy On Us to Grow

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Elizabeth Gore  (pictured), entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dell computer company, wrote a letter to both main USA presidential candidate...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

The Future of Small Business Is Female

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Women are making it happen, building businesses, fostering collaboration and mastering the world of social media.  We're good.  We...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Inspiring You to Succeed

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To commemorate Women's Entrepreneurship Day (11/19), here are 30 quotes from successful and powerful women entrepreneurs that will in...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Pro-Women

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©2016 Laurel J. Delaney.  All rights reserved. Below are a few organizations that work to fight for the rights of our most vulnerable po...
Saturday, November 05, 2016

Useful Leadership Lessons

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We started this blog, Escape From Corporate America , because so many women are fed up with Corporate America.  Yet, many women decide to ...
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...
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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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