One of the biggest opportunities for folks who want to make an impact through entrepreneurship is to tackle things that Corporate America has gotten wrong and so we’ve asked some of the best and brightest in the community to share examples of what Corporate America is getting wrong in their industries.

Victoria Rivera

To get started a relatively big topic right now, Corporate America has slowly ruined the food industry with the over consumption and use in restaurants, as well as the “perfect” image of foods. I’ve seen both sides of fine dining as well as using what you’ve got, and the reality is the food tastes just as good if it’s a perfectly circle tomato, or a lopsided one. Unfortunately corporate America has made it out to seem that everything must look perfect to be good, and that’s just simply not the case. They carry literally the same flavor, just different growing conditions, but we waste so much food picking through for the perfect looking ones, trimming the quantity down to make them perfect. Read more>>

Jeremy Sheppard

Big guitar companies and giant retailers are hell-bent on selling you more guitars, not better guitars. They’re pushing quantity over quality, flooding the market with guitars that look shiny but feel lifeless.

Look, owning a ton of mediocre guitars isn’t hard. Anyone with a credit card and 15 minutes can do it. But finding the guitar that truly resonates with your soul, the guitar you’ll pass down to your kids, that’s the hard part. Read more>>

Heather C. Markham-Creasman

I am a Functional Accessibility and Barrier-Free Business Consultant. I also use a power wheelchair for my mobility. What Corporate America gets wrong in my industry is allowing comfort of the majority over meeting the law. I was at an upscale restaurant in Dallas and went into the Ladies Restroom after dinner. The door was placed at a jaunty 45-degree angle from the hall. When I opened the door, I saw a 1-foot-long wall about five feet in front of me. I immediately thought I might have difficulty making the turn once I got through the door. I was surprised when the door didn’t wide open enough to let my wheelchair through. Read more>>

Bethanie

Corporate America is moving fast on AI — but often, not smart. In the race to not fall behind, many companies are investing in the tech but skipping the strategy, structure, and human readiness that make AI stick.

AI is moving fast — but let’s be clear: the biggest threat to corporate America isn’t a lack of technology. It’s a lack of action. Leaders are investing in tools but stalling on transformation. Read more>>

Terry Wu

Corporate America’s approach to leadership development is a mess of misplaced priorities, shallow thinking, and squandered resources. With leadership more vital than ever, companies keep chasing trendy fads and shallow fixes, wasting tens of billions yearly while entrenching bad practices that hurt performance and employees alike. Read more>>