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Company Account
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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 500 women-owned businesses in the country. There were many […]
Brian Kelly
12 minutes Read
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 time a company changes its programming and end-users with trial-and-error learning sessions. Oftentimes, customers and […]
Brian Kelly
4 minutes Read
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 Willard & Shullman Group found some surprising differences between […]
Brian Kelly
2 minutes Read
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 thing’ after her company went public Tuesday and struck stock market gold. Martha Stewart, the queen of lifestyle advice, was […]
Company Account
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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 mention massages and other eclectic thank you’s, courtesy […]
Company Account
4 minutes Read
Stamford entrepreneur grows her revenues 20-fold in three years
Published: April 28, 1999Maggie Jackson | Stamford Advocate Women-owned businesses thrive To get ahead in the fuel procurement market, entrepreneur Kristen Schaffner-Irvin computerized her clients’ tanks so she could check inventory from her laptop. But unfortunately, her rivals were still using wooden dipsticks. That kind of creative edge drives women-owned businesses toward spectacular growth these days. […]
Company Account
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Residents find Company’s Work Styles ‘Essential’
Published: June 3, 1999Andy Hutchison | Darien News The Right Formula Essential Data President Antoinette Allocca says there are a few stand-out reasons why people come to work. This includes her newly honored Stamford-based company–flexibility, proximity, and salary. Ms. Allocca must be doing something right using that formula. Essential Data Corporation was recently named one of […]