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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.…

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.

Many Rivers’ 2nd Community Economic Development Program Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Report conducted by Deloitte Access Economics is now available! 

Deloitte Access Economics reports the outcomes and impacts achieved by the Many Rivers Community Economic Development Program each year by drawing on quantitative and qualitative data. 

“Many Rivers is supporting clients and communities to move out of structural disadvantage via a journey of growing self-belief, accountability, networks and business acumen.”  - Deloitte Access Economics 

Download Full CED Report PDF

Our Communities

Many Rivers has supported 41 Indigenous organisations across Australia, which represents 7,200 community members.

75% of communities identified as having a strong connection to community and 75% identified that their community had strong social cohesion. Only 6% of communities identified that they need to improve internal community relationships, which demonstrates that Many Rivers works with communities with high social cohesion.

There were 35 communities actively working with Many Rivers at the end of FY21.

No two communities are alike, and there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ community, with organisations ranging in size, aspiration, and values. The range of different economic activities that CED communities engage in reflects the variety of communities themselves.

The types of economic activities that Many Rivers supported communities engage in are diverse.

Our Results

Many Rivers supported community organisations, managed a combined $56M in assets, $30M in revenue, and employed over 200 individuals in FY21.

In addition to continuing operations, the supported community organisations reported establishing 10 new businesses, 13 economic projects and 9 economic activities in FY21.

Our Impact

Many Rivers’ CED program provides long-term support to Indigenous community groups motivated to develop businesses and employment opportunities for their communities.

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