Alice Combs grew up in Tarzana, California, and married at age twenty. She put her own college education on hold and did pink-collar work to put her husband through college. Eleven years later she became a single mother of two young daughters. Alice finished college, then worked briefly at a now-defunct department store until she was told, You're just not corporate material. Humiliated, Alice was determined to be her own boss. She discovered she was indeed corporate material, as long as it was her corporation. Alice has become a sought-after speaker who wants to empower women who wish to pursue careers in business.