So You Want to Change the World

Community-focused entrepreneurship challenges conventional business models by prioritizing social impact over profit-driven growth. Tia Korpe, founder of Future Female Sounds, and Cybille St. Aude-Tate, co-founder of Honeysuckle Projects, navigate systemic barriers in the music and food industries to create inclusive spaces for marginalized groups. Both entrepreneurs emphasize that mission-driven work requires significant ingenuity and resilience, often facing devaluation from traditional funding sources that prioritize immediate, scalable returns. Motherhood further shapes their professional approach, driving a long-term commitment to building sustainable legacies for future generations. By advocating for fair pay and community-centric development, these leaders challenge the notion that activism and social service must be uncompensated or secondary to commercial success, ultimately aiming to dismantle broken systems rather than merely participating in them.