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Starting A Business With Many Rivers | Your Business Coach

Whether you’ve started your own business, dream of starting a new business, or you’re looking for a business coach, that’s where Many Rivers comes in.…

Many Rivers’ Community Economic Development (CED) program supports regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities that want to establish economic activity on their land. The communities we work with have plans to achieve real economic growth.

In the current environment communities are working through social, health and economic concerns. Many Rivers is here to assist communities as they manage their situations.

The guidance offered below is relevant to help manage through COVID-19 as well as being useful to support and strengthen community leadership overall:

1. Utilise Many Rivers technology support platform – stay connected with each other, your community and your stakeholders.

2. Actively manage your finances – assess your financial situation, including Income & Expenditure and balance sheet, and update your budget to help your organisation continue to sustain your community’s business activities and keep people in employment.

3. Learn what Commonwealth and State Government stimulus packages apply to your community – know what your community is eligible for and what you need to do to access support.

4. Inform your community and those who work with your community about what is happening – identify what is important for you to communicate and send structured and regular communication to your stakeholders (press releases) and community members (notices).

5. Keep your governance foundations strong – think through what you need to do as directors and how you can continue to lead and make decisions during these times to stay on track towards your goals.

The work we do at Many Rivers is part of an ongoing service available to regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

We welcome community organisations interested in this information and broader CED support to contact Many Rivers. We are here to help.

This page will be continually updated, please check back or follow us to receive updates.

Indigenous Business Month runs from October 1st – 31st each year.

This year, the theme of Indigenous Business Month is to ‘invigorate, build, maintain.’ It is organised by MURRA, which is an Indigenous Business Program at the University of Melbourne. The course is designed for Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals to teach tools to grow their businesses and develop economic opportunities in their communities.

“We want kids to see that their future lies not just in arts and sport. Business also requires creativity and provides a path to community growth and individual aspirations.” – Program Director Dr Michelle Evans

At Many Rivers, we support people to ‘start, stay and thrive’ in business. We are excited to continue to support Indigenous businesses and communities to grow.

Did you know that 39% of our clients who open their own businesses are Indigenous? And 100% of the communities we help in our Community Economic Development Program are Indigenous communities.

This October, we will be celebrating our Indigenous clients in alignment with MURRA’s Indigenous Business month. We will be sharing Indigenous clients’ business journeys and highlighting their business wins.

Make sure you are following us on Instagram and Facebook to stay updated.

Listen to David, who runs his own barber shop in Yamba NSW, talk about his business journey.

MURRA

MURRA is named after the word for “fish net” in the Woi Wurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of Melbourne. It represents a gathering of Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals who are joined by a common purpose to develop business opportunities for the benefit of their communities. Visit their website to find out more about the program.

Check out some of our client stories here.

We would love to encourage more people to take the first step towards kick starting their small businesses idea.

Do you want to make your small business dreams a reality? We’re here to support you the whole way.

Please take the Small Business Self Assessment and see if we are right for you.

Starting A Business With Many Rivers | Your Business Coach

Starting A Business With Many Rivers | Your Business Coach

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