CHICAGO (Reuters) – The same skills used in constructing billion-dollar deals on Wall Street are helping women run successful business after they leave the corporate world.

“Many women who leave Wall Street can make a go of an entrepreneurial venture,” said Maddy Dychtwalk, author of “Influence, How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better”.

By Deborah L. Cohen

(Reuters) – It’s ironic that the skills that make women effective on Wall Street also help them run their own businesses after they leave.

“Many women who leave Wall Street can make a go of an entrepreneurial venture,” said Maddy Dychtwalk, author of “Influence, How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better”.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – It’s ironic that the skills that make women effective on Wall Street also help them run their own businesses after they leave.

“Many women who leave Wall Street can make a go of an entrepreneurial venture,” said Maddy Dychtwalk, author of “Influence, How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better”.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – When John Zimmer, 26, left his job at Lehman Brothers to pursue an entrepreneurial dream in the summer of 2008, he had no idea how fortunate his timing was.

“How can you leave a sure thing…to do this risky startup?’” Zimmer recalled a family friend warning him. Just months later, Lehman collapsed into bankruptcy, part of a chain reaction that sparked the financial meltdown on Wall Street.