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.

Kara Duffy

The biggest mistake I see Corporate America making is letting sales teams or operational teams lead the direction of a creative company. We know revenues and cash flow are required for business – it’s what separates a business from a hobby. We know we need efficiencies and processes to keep everything moving forward. However, chasing the money and gantt chart should never be “why” a company does anything. Read more>>

Christopher Becerra

The way Corporate America approaches insurance is all wrong. Boards are beholden to shareholders who are constantly demanding growth and better performance at all costs. Managers are turning the insurance shopping process into highly transactional and depersonalized sales. And salespeople are left feeling like hamsters on a wheel, always chasing the next deal with little security should they have a rough month with poor production. Read more>>

Lindsey Paige

I would say that not showing appreciation had become a huge issue when serving customers and partners, so much so that when a company goes out of its way to show they value their client, often times it can be met with surprise. Read more>>

Carl Blust

Everyone thinks if you spit a dope flow, or have sick rhymes that you’re just gonna automatically make it in the industry. Well today that’s not the case.. The industry no longer cares if you have skills or talent, they look for popularity, good or bad. Doesn’t matter how fast you can rap, how good you think you are or may be? If you don’t have the fans or popularity to back it? You’re a nobody.. look at all the people individuals make famous these days.! Just think about it. Having talent anymore no longer matters? Read more>>

Matika Goldsmith

That we’re simply doing hobbies. I don’t feel that we are fully acknowledged as having full fledged careers and operating corporations. Read more>>

Lyndsay Dowd

We are at a major crossroads where it comes to leadership in corporate America. We saw people leave their jobs in droves in the Great Resignation and many people left their jobs with none to go to. They were fed up. They deserved better, and this was a grand way of the masses declaring this is not how we want to be treated. The entire world has modernized around us yet leadership practices have been slow to evolve. Once referred to as soft skills, and often thought of as nice to have traits, I refer to them as power skills. Read more>>