ICYMI: The University of Arizona's Native FORGE program will help tribes around Tucson and across Arizona develop startups, starting with the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
David Wichner Arizona’s Native American tribes are getting help fostering entrepreneurship among their members from the University of Arizona’s business accelerator.
The San Carlos Apache entrepreneurs will travel to Tucson for the first Native FORGE Conference, held at FORGE at Roy Place from Nov. 2-3, coinciding with the TENWEST Impact Festival. “Tribes, nations on this continent historically had extensive trade routes, economic systems that supported the community,” Tapia said. “Then, the impact of colonization really disrupted not only the way of life, the culture, but also the systems that sustained them.”
They will work through a FORGE curriculum that combines business planning, financial literacy, intellectual property and other startup concepts, he said.The upcoming Native Forge Conference will provide the entrepreneurs with access to venture resources, introductions to mentors and investors, and technical equipment including laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots.
Nash said the tribe has tried to boost entrepreneurship with community outreach including in recent years a “Shark Tank” style business-pitch competition with a $5,000 prize, and it has partnered with Eastern Arizona College to host a small-business lecture series for tribal members. He said he was pleased that all of the tribes that applied for the program but were not selected have reached out to see how they can collaborate going forward.
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