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.

Stephanie Cahail

A lot of people think that you can’t have a successful full-time corporate career and travel a lot. I aim to show people through my blog and Instagram that it’s definitely doable, especially with the shift to remote work! I make it happen by going on workcations (working remote while traveling) to either stretch my PTO or in addition to the PTO I take. I also take advantage of long weekends, such as Labor Day Weekend, when planning trips. Read more>>

Hannah Knutson Adriana Ernst

As a small candle business, in our industry we see quite a bit of negligence when it comes to testing candle safety and effectiveness within the Corporate America world. As well as the quality of their ingredients they use. They tend to pick quantity over quality because they are able to get away with it and still see much success. Read more>>

Julia Bourque

My followers and friends know my motto is this: it’s better to make a friend than to make a sale. This is an extremely hard concept to get when… you NEED to be making money! But that’s just it, when you focus on the making money aspect of your business you loose out on the connection. Chances are you need that connection to make a sale. Read more>>

Yana Tait

Most companies don’t appreciate photographers and the creativity we bring to just about any industry. Not only can photography tell the story of a company and bring it to life for their customers, but we have the ability to capture daily activities and important moments that record a timeline of events that can be shared with employees as time goes on. Companies should employ photographers and compensate us adequately so we can help deliver their message to the world. Read more>>

Jose Aguirre

The mushroom industry has been getting a lot of attention lately, which is a good thing, but when corporate investors get involved, there’s a tendency to prioritize profits over other things like the community and the environment. Of course, a business exists to make money, but when we fixate on things like market share & ROI, we also create the conditions that may reward or incentivize shortsighted thinking. Read more>>

Marie Kube

I have found so many common ingredients in soaps that are not only unnecessary, but actually harmful, toxic chemicals that can pose serious risks to our health and the environment. On my website I have a soap blog where I have listed soap ingredients that I use and that I do not use and reasons why. Soap manufacturers add chemicals to their products for reasons (e.g., mass production, cheap prices, big profits, market exclusivity through patents, etc.) that are unrelated to your health and may even be at the expense of your health. Read more>>

Jalisa Gilliam

I feel like Corporate America just gets it’s aim at funding wrong. There are people out there that had no chance since birth. Those same people are born into poverty, grow up get good grades, graduate and start a business. But then they hit a wall, they have no credit or bad credit, the parents have ruined it before they could use it. Read more>>

Iam Nutzo

The thing that Corporate America gets wrong in my industry is putting every black rapper in a box of negativity when we’re clearly expressing our daily lives being treated less than respected human beings. Read more>>

Angelika Brewer

Creativity is one of the most valuable skills we have as humans. Without it, art, music, architecture, math, science, literature, film — nearly every modern advancement we know, ceases to exist. New ideas do not happen without creativity. Without new ideas, we never grow and develop as a society. Corporate America, the public school system, the workforce — they all have strict methods for halting creativity. Read more>>

Courtney Douglas

I feel that Corporate America has lost its touch within the food community. After achieving substantial success, most corporate food entities began to franchise, which opens up opportunities for the product to lose its quality. In the midst of that, the corporate entity isn’t as focused on the satisfaction of the customer, as long as the financial gain is increasing. Read more>>

Zach Holloway

Corporate America tends to look more at how to push the numbers than the methods they take. There is a fortune 500 company that will price items at a cost that loses money on order to take over a market. Another one was experiencing great growth as well as customer and employee retention and satisfaction when they suddenly changed it all. Read more>>