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.

Michelle Waymire

Young people don’t need their parents’ advisor, or some other old white man in a suit peddling products. They need financial advice from someone who is approachable, knowledgeable, and not going to talk down to them. So many “financial gurus” out there right now are focused almost exclusively on numbers, investment returns, and selling products. What they’re not focused on is in actually helping regular people achieve their goals and navigate the emotional side of money. “Personal finance” is more personal than it is finance; you have to actually listen to someone and hear where they are uniquely struggling in order to help them live their most abundant life. Read more>>

Nikki Santello

Corporate America in general, not just in my industry, lacks the support of women, specifically working moms. The United States is far behind the rest of the world in offering mandatory paid parental leave. Working moms in this country go back to work too soon because they need the financial support or because they lack the job security that is too big of a risk to forego. Women are also subject to discrimination on a regular basis for being of childbearing age or being married. We are constantly having to work harder than our male colleagues for raises, promotions, or at the bare minimum, equal pay. Women make amazing leaders. We are compassionate, loyal, and great listeners. Corporate America would benefit from a stronger presence of women in leadership as well as a true program that supports working parents to offer them enough bonding time with their babies, time to heal from birth, and balance the new normal ahead of them. Read more>>

Terrance Green

In the corporate world, there this mentality in thinking it’s okay to gatekeep information, that can potentially change his or her life in the long run. What the corporate world does wrong in my industry, is that sometimes they don’t help independent artist. They like to gatekeep information. There was an artist I work with, which is a amazing artist, has have issues with previous distribution company’s getting his music on all music platforms. The problem with this is that some of these distributions company’s will allow you to upload your music but don’t help with getting your music heard, streams, radio placements, etc. Read more>>

Tricia Padich

It’s difficult to be inspired when you’re sitting at a cubicle! As a designer I’ve always found that my best ideas occur when I’m out in the world. Inspiration can strike when I’m out in nature, at a museum or even just sitting at the local cafe people watching. It would be great if corporate companies recognized this and allowed designers to get away from their desks more. Read more>>

Reggie Haynes

Not showing proper representation in regards to the African(Black) Community. I make sure that our people are represented in the most respectable way while producing my content on the RHTV Network. Read more>>

Lisa Muller Armendariz

As a photographer that has worked as an In-House creative for some of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations, I have for sure seen a lot that I necessarily do not agree with when it comes to In-House Studios. Many of these corporations that do decide to create a photo/video studio have very little knowledge as to what goes into creating these marketing investments. Because there is a lack of knowledge as to what goes into making a photo or video, the expectancy is to large to maintain. There were weeks I was working 60+ hours shooting images, creating gifs, retouching, producing, and conceptualizing while being a salaried employee and still feeling like I was never creating quality work. Read more>>