Author Issues Call For Stories From Women Entrepreneurs

Mary Cantando, nationally recognized expert on women business owners, is searching for successful businesswomen across the nation to feature in her latest book, The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What it Takes to Grow Your Business.

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) October 8, 2005 -- Mary Cantando, nationally recognized expert on women business owners, is searching for successful businesswomen across the nation to feature in her latest book, The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What it Takes to Grow Your Business. This book, to be published by Dearborn Trade Publishing in May 2006, will provide strategies and stories on four key business elements: organization, promotion, certification and expansion. To be considered for The Woman’s Advantage, please email stories@womanbusinessowner.com for more information.

“So many women across the country have amazing stories of their success in building their businesses,” says Cantando. “I want to share those stories and inspire other women to achieve business breakthroughs for their companies.”

About Mary Cantando:

Mary Cantando is a nationally recognized expert on women business owners. She sits on the National Board of the Women Presidents’ Organization, serves as the “Business Growth Advisor” for Women Entrepreneurs, Inc, sits on the National Women’s Forum, and is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. She is the author of Nine Lives: Stories of Women Business Owners Landing on their Feet. As a member of the National Speakers’ Association, Cantando speaks to women who want to grow their businesses, as well as corporations seeking to attract the lucrative, fast-growth market of women business owners.

About WomanBusinessOwner.com:

WomanBusinessOwner.com is a national advisory firm that works with successful women business owners as well as corporations seeking to sell to large women-owned businesses. For more information, call 919-841-0401 or visit the website at

http://www.WomanBusinessOwner.com.

About Dearborn Trade Publishing:

Dearborn Trade Publishing, a Kaplan Professional Company, is the nation’s premier trainer and information provider for business and financial leaders committed to profiting from breakthrough ideas. Kaplan Professional, based in Chicago, provides education, certification and professional development courses for financial services, IT, legal, real estate, architecture, engineering, contracting and home inspection professionals and corporations. In addition, Kaplan Professional provides comprehensive licensing and compliance solutions to top financial institutions around the world. Offering an array of educational tools, from on-site training and classroom instruction to over 600 online courses, Kaplan Professional serves individuals who must maintain licenses and comply with regulatory mandates. Kaplan Professional is a unit of Kaplan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). For more information, please visit www.kaplanprofessional.com.

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