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.

Schellcy Turner

Being a small business owner within the black and brown community; helping to break the stigma around dress code in Corporate America has been an uphill battle. Still prevalent in 2022, many Corporate American companies still seem to lack a sense of diversity and social ethnicity when it comes to black culture and how it is portrayed within their organization. The upper echelon of Corporate America has defined professionally acceptable dress code in the workplace without having the input of a culturally diverse setting for many decades. Growing up Trinidadian/American, I would watch my aunt’s and mother hide their ethnicity when it came time to step into a work environment. Read more>>

Cristian Suarez

Fast fashion and the idea that clothing has an expiration date. I don’t believe in making people feel inadequate for owning “past season” clothing. It’s that same business model that has encouraged us to discard the old, buy the new, and ignore the landfill of pollution that aggressively accumulates. ADH is meant to be timeless, relevant, and available year-round; because unlike food, clothing does not have an expiration date. Read more>>

Lynsie Blau

In general, I feel that most people have glamorized any profession in the Wedding Industry. Almost all wedding vendors are, at the root, small business entrepreneurs. We are running businesses with all the same obstacles and duties that any other entrepreneurial profession would face. There is a creative aspect to our industry but it is not all glitz and glam. As of 2022, the wedding industry is a $57.9 billion industry. Read more>>

Javion Blake

In the food industry which I&I Foods by Jus Chill, Inc. operate there is a lot of gate keepers. Unfortunately, those gate-keepers are not there to ensure that your CPG food products are healthy and safe instead they are there to make sure what products gets to the consumer is very profitable. That is very good in broad sense because sustainability in business model is one of the most important metrics. On other hand, producers have to create products that are “optimized” for distribution versus being good for consumer health. This is one of the major reasons you hear about the the “broken food system of America”. Read more>>

Mark Samuels

There is a lack of diversity in the executive positions in television and the film industry. Every network is looking for diversity and inclusion yet the people who make the decisions lack the diversity that they are aiming to represent. Read more>>

Michael Quan

I’m pretty sure Corporate America and the general population doesn’t really know that the Professional Organizing industry exists! Even I didn’t know that becoming a Professional Organizer was a career path until I accidentally stumbled upon it. The closest industries to us in the past have been both Interior Design and Real Estate Staging, but many people overlook the less camera-ready parts. Not everyone gets to start with a blank slate and may have years of accumulation built up. Read more>>

Laura Foster

This is such a great question. The latest Gallup poll came out a few weeks ago and it showed that in the United States 67% of employees are disengaged with their work- globally that number jumps to 79%. This means that the vast majority of employees here and abroad don’t really like the work that they do. This simply isn’t sustainable. Read more>>

Somya Gupta

In the retail industry, there is a demand for convenience and affordability above all. Large commercial companies have met that demand with a surplus of convenient options that offer short-term use and meet your budget as a consumer. This is great in terms of efficient supply and demand cycles, but in regards to industry standards and quality control, corporate America has failed. Read more>>