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The First Innovators Indigenous entrepreneur program

Growing great Indigenous entrepreneurs and businesses

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Program Outcomes

Let yourself be opened up to many exciting opportunities for you and your business though the First Innovators Entrepreneur Program.  From the start of the program you will learn, share, connect and be opened to many new and exciting opportunities to develop your great ideas and business.

The program, held over a 12 week period, gradually builds towards a validated business model, tried and tested pitches across different formats, a better understanding of business, networking and connections, business promotion and a gained confidence in both yourself and your business.

Many of these outcomes include:

  • Business validation – tested and validated ideas and businesses

  • Refined and delivered presentations delivered across events, social media and other formats

  • A clearer understanding of business fundamentals

  • An understanding of how to best tell your story and promote both yourself and your business

  • Opportunities to share your story and promote your business products and services

  • Established goals and plans to give you a clear direction for your business

  • Build a validated business model – gaining clarity on your business model, a holistic picture across 20+ key elements that go into deriving and communicating your model.

  • Basic marketing plan – A strategy of how to best market your business

  • Financial projections – Long term business financial forecasts

  • Networking and connections to industry and investors

  • Ongoing business engagement, development and mentoring

  • Business operational tools and learning to best help you run your business

  • Being part of an Indigenous business community across Australia

 
 

What’s Involved? 

  Program Structure 

  • A twelve-week, focused entrepreneurial program commencing with a 2-day bootcamp and then weekly workshops, mentoring, and catch-up sessions, as you work together with other program participants. 

  • The program is conducted online and helps connect with our Indigenous online community regardless of your location across the country, you just need a good internet connection and computer. 

  • The program starts with a bootcamp, starting with a group bonding session and will be hands-on, getting you involved and active working with a variety of other Indigenous businesses. 

  • Weekly workshops follow with one-on-one and mentoring sessions with participants.  All workshops are recorded so if you aren’t able to attend then you are able to catch up on your own time schedule. 

  • Participants work on the development of their business through various tasks and activities across the program. 

  • Business owners will shape their business, develop clear plans and goals, develop, and validate a business model, and learn how to best tell the unique story behind their business. 

  • We connect you to our Indigenous business community from across Australia, called the “Glowworm” business group.  These owners share their experiences in sales, marketing, business development, finance, and how they grow their business.

    The program is presented and supported by leading entrepreneurs, experts, industry leaders, companies, investors, and growth mentors, imparting their knowledge and experience to help you learn, share and connect. 

    The program lead facilitator is Brendan Bishop, a Kamilaroi and Kooma man from Indigenous Business Builders in Queensland, supported by Jeri Childers, Programs Leader at First Innovators and Greg Hodgkinson, a Wirangu Aboriginal man and CEO of First Innovators. The program will involve many industry experts and coaches, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.