How Native businesses can and are doing it our way The message around business is so often "competition competition competition" which drives a lot of Native aspiring business owners and dreamers away. Because we come from a value system that prioritizes the whole over the individual this tension can prove too hard to bear. The notion of competition is built on a scarcity mindset and when we come from communities that suffer the greatest scarcity, this can feel daunting. Collaboration comes from an abundance mindset and says "we all do better when we all do better." As tribal people, it is oppositional to our way to see others as our competition, our enemy, and where we are trying to always run...
Twin Cities Business Magazine:
Native Entrepreneurs take on the future with new approaches to old ways
Native people have always been barterers, makers, and community builders. These innovators are taking these innovations to new heights.
Alongside innovators like Sioux Chef Sean Sherman and fellow Fond du Lac entrepeneur Round Lake Traditions we continue to adapt and grow
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Heart Berry's CEO named as one of the First People's Fund "Artist in Business Leadership" Fellows for 2021.
Alongside an incredible group of artists, entrepeneurs, and culture bearers, we are thrilled to be a part of this project.
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A collaboration between John's Hopkins Great Lake Hub and the Fond du Lac Band brought together community members to share about their strengths and resilience. The amazing photographer Nedahness Greene and Heart Berry's Howes were asked to create art to visually represent their words. These pieces are available through Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota, Howes' home community. For prints and information on Nedahness Greene connect with her on her facebook. For more information on custom art from Heart Berry email info@heartberry.com Check the gallery-- Art by Sarah Agaton Howes Photo by Nedahness Greene Art by Sarah Agaton Howes Photo by Nedahness Greene Art by Sarah Agaton Howes Photo by Nedahness Greene Art by Sarah Agaton Howes Photo by Nedahness Greene...
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John Pepion and Smudge for your thoughts!
Heart Berry's Howes and Pepion share about their journeys from art hustle to indigenous entrepeneurship.
Hear the inside of our mentorship with Eighth Generation and Louie Gong.
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