Pam Slim has not only run her own business for over a decade, she has also been instrumental in guiding many who seek to bridge the chasm between the corporate sphere and the challenging world of entrepreneurship.

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A well-known coach and writer, Pam is a former corporate manager who also spent years consulting with such corporate leviathans as Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. So she's witnessed first-hand the angst many corporate employees have experienced as they’ve sought to take the entrepreneurial plunge. Pam blogs about her passion for entrepreneurship at “Escape from Cubicle Nation,” and she recently pulled together her many thoughts and insights on starting your own business in her new book, “Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur.”

Beware: To any would-be entrepreneurs eager to push the button below - this could cost you $17.13 (Amazon’s price before shipping and taxes). Because once you listen to Pam, you’ll probably want to run out and buy her book to learn much, much more about taking those crucial first steps.