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.

Lucy Sunflower

When it comes to the Food and Beverage industry we face interesting issues that Corporate America is completely blind to. For one, food waste. Food waste in our business is a rampant problem. From normal problems like shelf life to dealing with issues like slow days: food waste is a problem. Internally we do things like staff meals, a shared meal with the staff to help reuse old food. Most Chefs would love to deliver food to houseless communities, communities in need across the spectrum. But there’s strict laws in place that don’t allow us to donate food daily. They tell us we could get sued for feeding people who are hungry. You could loose licensing and receive huge fines. Imagine that, Chefs are only allowed to feed people with money? Are we not, at our core, professionals, that cook food? But we’re constantly being told to only feed people at luxury prices. Read more>>

Hilary Young

I worked in different versions of creative corporate America for about 12 years. The first part of my career was in television production, working for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, and CollegeHumor, among others. After working long hours consistently and burning out, I made the shift over to the marketing world, working for both nonprofit and for profit companies. I thought I would have more balance when I made the leap to a more traditional corporate environment, but the expectations were unrealistic and relentless. Having work/life balance and flexibility are essential to being a creative person – without taking breaks, it becomes nearly impossible to create. Read more>>

Cori Wickert

I think people in corporate America have frowned upon network marketing opportunities for decades now. I do believe in the current day we are starting to break that mold, finally. People in corporate America are taught to use a degree that they have gone into usually a substantial amount of debt to earn, and with that degree get a job, mostly starting at an entry-level position and climb the corporate ladder day in and day out until someone tells you that you can retire, or that you’ve saved up enough money to retire. I think that if we were educated from a younger age to look for opportunities, rather than “just jobs”, there would be so much more success to go around. In the network marketing industry, we have the ability to build our own business from the ground up. Read more>>

Justin Petrucci

The problem with the real estate industry in America is most corporate companies focus too much on recruiting and not enough on retention. When you join a traditional brokerage most brokers do not care if you’re making enough money to pay your bills. It’s all about income to the brokerage and the number of agents they can recruit. Read more>>

Trenton Jardine

In our industry, one of the aspects where Corporate America often falls short is in prioritizing the hiring and training of movers. Many large moving companies focus primarily on cost-cutting measures, which can lead to hiring inexperienced or untrained movers to handle customers’ valuable belongings. Read more>>