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.
Lulu Gallegos
Body Art has been around for quite some time, what tattoos have done to this generation is the unthinkable. Corporate America still judge individuals for having tattoos as if we are thugs, bums or low life criminals. The reality is that body art is a fashion trend that is becoming more acceptable to the human eye. As some people may spend their hard working money on designer clothes, the tattoo enthusiast will spend on their body. Corporate America will spend money on their clothes, cars, jewelry, but fail to realize that the body art may cost as much as a Banksy painting . Body art is a beautiful way of expressing yourself which many careers frown or wont hire or discriminate on future employees. We see many people with different aspects of life who love body art. Body art is not who you think people are, but what’s inside their heart is who we truly are. Read more>>
lauren quinn
While challenging to generalize all of corporate america, it is a common practice in the apparel industry to design “fast fashion”, ie fashion for profit that is neither about fit nor ethical manufacturing. Our brand model is based on empowerment on both sides of the garment. This means we aim to lift up the people behind the hands that touch the garment through respectful wages and respect as well as listening to our consumer and designing a garment that will embrace the skin she is in rather than creating a garment that completely disrespects her figure and leaves her feeling less than she is. Read more>>
Scott Greenberg
Corporate America excels at operations but struggles with soft skills. These are the human elements of business. Many try to operational these elements or invest in them in ineffective, perfunctory ways. I had a meeting at a hip tech company recently. They had game tables all over the place and a candy buffet. They claimed to value life balance and fun. But what I was told in confidence was that it was a totally toxic culture. Ultimately what matters isn’t what you give people, but how you make them feel. Read more>>
Felicia Neysa Garcia
Corporate America is always on the hunt for more eyeballs, more ROI, and trackable data. Those elements are important, but often times in business you have to make an investment in joy. One of the best decisions we made as an agency was to continue doing collaborations with people that inspired us even if we didn’t know where it was going to lead. It allows us to give back to the community we love, but it was the greatest relationship-building tool we had. We got to meet people, get to know their stories and build trust that an email newsletter could never get in a year. Read more>>
Jordan Ohara
In the landscape of my industry, a notable misconception perpetuated by Corporate America, social media platforms, and the broader public revolves around the confusion between medicinal adaptogens like CBD and functional mushrooms, and their recreational or illegal counterparts. It’s intriguing to observe how various social media platforms maintain policies against the promotion of illicit drugs and related paraphernalia, a stance that aligns with sensible guidelines. However, what remains perplexing is the tendency to extend this prohibition to CBD, a compound extracted from industrial hemp. Read more>>