Our Model
We want every person to have the same freedoms and opportunities.
In a country like Australia, every individual should be able to make their own choices, to self-determine their own future, to have a shot at their dreams.
We support remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to do this through enterprise.
Through enterprise, a dreamer becomes a leader.
Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 13 times less likely to be employed than the average Australian.
Jobs in remote communities are often limited to teacher, retail worker, doctor, police officer. And they’re often not available to local people.
Indigenous Australians are the oldest continuing civilisation and culture on the planet. Imagine how different our world might be if we harnessed thousands of years of creativity and wisdom when approaching modern problems.
There is no shortage of entrepreneurs wanting to create their own futures in remote communities. But there is a dire shortage of the right kind of support.
We aim to fill that gap.
Our work is guided by our
three-pillared vision for impact.
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Innovative Support
In our sector, programs are generally offered by non-Indigenous organisations with high staff turnover.
They are also often developed from a top-down urban perspective, with online or off-Country delivery and a lack of ongoing connection.
Our programs are directed by our co-CEO, Yolŋu business leader Liandra Gaykamangu, who is supported by a majority-Indigenous team of expert facilitators – each hand-picked to ensure they have the right skills and experience in leadership, business and culture.
We know we have as much to learn as we have to teach. We respect the knowledge and wisdom from both worlds.
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Empowered Entrepreneurs
Our programs are culturally relevant, tailored and co-designed with each individual entrepreneur.
Much of our support is delivered on-Country, at the preferred pace of the entrepreneur.
Every entrepreneur makes all of their own business decisions about their own enterprise and are supported to improve their business skills and to develop their leadership capacity.
We also work with each entrepreneur to build long-term relationships and meaningful networks. Entrepreneurs graduate into our alumni network and become future program facilitators.
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Communities Transformed
Our programs ensure that entrepreneurs are able to stay in their communities with increased skills and agency (they don’t have to leave their Country in search of new opportunities) and communities retain their next generations.
Entrepreneurism ensures that leadership is embedded in community, driving change at a local level. Thriving businesses naturally offer more employment opportunities and enterprise leaders inspire others across the region. They create their own eco-system for impact.
A community becomes an empowered collective working towards self-determined future.
