Steven Vanloffeld, EMBA카지노 게임 컬렉션23, an Anishinaabe entrepreneur from , is spreading the word about the need for economic reconciliation and the accomplishments of Indigenous entrepreneurs.
It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a message he actively promotes with his podcast, , which highlights Indigenous entrepreneurs who are effecting change in their communities and by financially supporting the next generation of Indigenous business leaders.
Neither would be possible without his own accomplishments as an entrepreneur.
Vanloffeld카지노 게임 컬렉션s path to becoming a successful business owner has been anything but linear, but if there is one common thread throughout his career, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s his passion for Indigenous community economic development.
He카지노 게임 컬렉션s worked as a co-ordinator for the Indigenous Education Network at the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto카지노 게임 컬렉션s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, as the executive director for Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council, and as the executive director of the Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies of Ontario (ANCFSAO).
His experiences working in non-governmental agencies served as the catalyst to return home and run for chief of Saugeen First Nation. While he finished second, he was elected to council.
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While serving on council he realized that $27 million, or 84 per cent of his community카지노 게임 컬렉션s annual budget, went to expenditures. Out of necessity, this money went to external companies because the area lacked the business infrastructure to keep that money circulating in the community.
카지노 게임 컬렉션Sitting on council, I saw millions, tens of millions of dollars flowing out of my community,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Vanloffeld remembers. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Where's it going? What are those businesses doing for us?카지노 게임 컬렉션
Determined to prevent this economic leakage, Vanloffeld founded , an online distributor of business supplies, in 2019.
Office, janitorial, and industrial supplies offered an opportunity to keep money in Indigenous communities, as every business requires these items, but Vanloffeld was also intrigued by the parallel between his idea and historical Indigenous trade networks.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We are the original supply chain. When you think back to the trade that happened through our routes and networks when the folks came over here from across the ocean, we were those supply chains to get things to where they were going. Those were our people. We are those networks. And it's opening up that commerce again to Canadians, but also between nations as well.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The company카지노 게임 컬렉션s continued success has had a direct financial impact on Indigenous communities. Vanloffeld카지노 게임 컬렉션s team has spent the past year developing an e-commerce platform, Couch Cushion, to offer Indigenous communities an all-in-one customizable e-commerce platform with revenue sharing to ensure more dollars stay in community.
In addition, a portion of each eSupplyCanada sale contributes to the company카지노 게임 컬렉션s , which helps financially support Indigenous students in business, economics, law, and the trades pursue post-secondary education.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I intentionally focused on those sectors. Why? High potential, high growth, high opportunities, but we still lack the critical mass of people within our communities with those skill sets. As a result, we're still contracting mainly non-Indigenous people from institutions and organizations and urban areas to meet those needs. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s another example of economic leakage. I want to build up a knowledge base of people that have business skills within Indigenous communities to take advantage of the considerable opportunities within their territories.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The company has other education-based charitable efforts, including a 10-year, $25,000 commitment to the Chippewas of Nawash Board of Education.
Direct financial support is not the only way Vanloffeld continues to give back. On his podcast, he amplifies the voices of Indigenous leaders whose businesses are positively affecting lives. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a chance to call attention to some of the 50,000 Indigenous-owned business owners, small and large, making a difference in their communities.
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