First Nations entrepreneurs are almost non-existent in the Australian business landscape, but sisters Adele and Cara Peek plan to change this.
The Yawuru/Bunuba women launched a Broome-based innovation hub, called Make It Happen, which is designed to support and developEconomic independence is the key to real self-determination for Indigenous Australians, according to 36-year-old Make It Happen founder Adele Peek.L Gates, early-stage venture capital firm Investible, Shop You, Jawun and US eSports partners, Atlanta Premier. Adele Peek, 36, says financial independence is the key to the true self-determination.
“As vehicles of self-determination, First Nations businesses and corporations provide social, cultural, environmental and economic contributions to Australian society. These benefits or ‘spillovers’ from First Nations business activity need to be understood and valued.”by non-profit organisation Supply Nation – contribute a social return on investment of $4.41 for every $1 invested, partly because they are far more likely to employ Indigenous Australians.“First Nations people ...
“A lot of people here don’t even have the internet at home. That’s the geographical reality of where we are. We are also combatting other serious socio-economic difficulties such as low levels of education, violence and a lack of safety in the home.” Make It Happen is already supporting 34 First Nation entrepreneurs and 15 individual businesses. One of them is Perth-based Indigenous artist Sam Edgar, who started a business with his brother-in-law.“I’d never really understood the basics of business before working with Adele and Cara and doing their program,” the 32-year-old told“I didn’t grow up with a family that had a business, so it opened a new world to me.
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