Mass High Tech honors women who excel in technological innovation, entrepreneurship and community involvement for their work as leaders in their field through the 6th Annual “Women to Watch” Awards, announced recently by Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology.
Intuit has announced a small business “stimulus package” that will provide the 27 million small businesses around the country with a monetary boost totaling $1,000 per small business and more than $350,000 in grants and donations.
We are the originator of the name Escape From Corporate America going back to as early as March, 2003 with our Conference Board article of the same title. We went on to secure a domain name of the same title -- Escape From Corporate America in July, 2004 and started this blog exactly the same time. 
We are excited to announce our new social enterprise called Women Entrepreneurs GROW Global (WEGG). It's about bringing global opportunity to women worldwide.
Scared about holding on to your corporate job? Hire yourself! Start a business! Become an entrepreneur! That way, you can't be fired and you have complete control over your destiny.Being an entrepreneur means no one can fire you. For a woman who wants to have children it means not totally sacrificing your career. The 65-plus executive who is told he must retire but isn't ready doesn't have to. What prevents a disabled person from starting and running their own business? It's really mind over matter.The quote above is from Marc Kramer's latest column over at TheStreet.com. Definitely worth a read.
Fellow Chicagoan and superb businesswoman Mellody Hobson (President of Ariel Investments), offers up some tips for starting a business. Although this piece via ABC was published September 2005, the tips are still relevant.
It's a wonderfully cold snowy day in Chicago. I decided to capture the last little bit of holiday cheer in the neighborhood. Pretty soon, the sun will be shining and flowers will be blooming. Can't wait.
According to The Frisky, where they start with The Best Guy Bloggers in 2008, they move on to The Best Gal Bloggers in 2008.
Have any doubts about what women entrepreneurs will accomplish in 2009? Then read this. Inspiration has never come so easy.
Interesting little piece in the The Christian Science Monitor about a mom traveling with her infant. My favorite part:It's no wonder that so many women eventually become successful business entrepreneurs. Motherhood requires skills that far exceed the requirements of managing the home. Once you have traveled with a baby, running a multimillion dollar business is a piece of cake. Why shouldn't Bill Gates's office be the next project? The job would be the same although the furniture and trimmings might cost a tad more. And if a mom found Bill sitting in his briefcase playing with his laptop, no one would be concerned.Read the entire essay here.
Whoever would have guessed that a simple, reflective walk by the lake -- one year ago today and reported here -- capturing an experience would bring such fun, joy and fame to my life.
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