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How Women Can Achieve Success In Male Dominated Professions

YoungUpstarts

However, once I got married, my career path changed, as my husband’s job was transferred back up to Connecticut (where I’m originally from). In Connecticut I chose to make the transition from working at a large public accounting firm, to a small privately owned company.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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You used to be able to raise venture money based on an idea and a team, but those days are long gone unless your name is Ev Williams or something similar. WOW, I hate the name. The r­es­t is­ her­e: F­r­om­ N­othin­g­ To Som­ethin­g­ How To G­et Th… [.]

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. Go to a reputable business astrologer and work with him/her to complete steps 1 and 2. The ecosystem is just hard to beat. And how do you do this? I’m not kidding.