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Wall Street Journal article

Wall Street Journal article

Published: June 1998 | Elizabeth Seay | Wall Street Journal In the shadow of a downtown shaped by corporate downsizing, one business thrives on hiring the downsized. Entrepreneur Antoinette Allocca has built her technical-writing business, Essential Data Corp. of...
EDC Honored by Inc 500

EDC Honored by Inc 500

When Antoinette Allocca started her own business, there were many risks. But in just three years, the company, Essential Data Corp., has grown from $1 million to $20 million in total annual sales and recently was recognized by Working Woman Magazine as one of the top...
Sales Diva from CT Business Magazine

Sales Diva from CT Business Magazine

By Lisa Karam Middleton An office culture that promotes creativity, hard work and tangible results stands integral to the success of Essential Data. Steadfast persistence and hard work have paid off for Essential Data Corporation. However, frustration sets in each...

With a Woman at the helm

Workers in the business writing field report change of environments in firms led by women CEO’s The gender gap may be more like a canyon when it comes to CEOs’ leadership styles and the corporate cultures they foster. A recent survey of 2,000 CEOs by Greenwich-based...

MARTHA STEWART Living well

  Gary Strauss. USA TODAY. McLean, Va.:   Copyright USA Today Information Network Oct 20, 1999 America’s Newest Billionaire  AMERICA’S NEWEST BILLIONAIRE; One could almost hear the queen of gracious living utter ‘it’s a good...

Connecticut’s Appetite for Talent, Fed With Flexibility

THE NEW YORK TIMES by Diane Serapina When Lisa Benne left her job as a seller of medical diagnostic equipment two years ago to join the Essential Data Corporation, a Stamford consulting firm, little did she expect to get breakfast at the office every morning, not to...