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Tag: Australia
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Review: Indigenous Housing Crisis & Solutions in Canada Report
The report highlights the pervasive neglect and egregious human rights violations faced by Indigenous peoples in Canada (North) and it calls for urgent, culturally appropriate, and human rights-based government action to address this issue. The report begins by providing a historical overview of the factors that have contributed to homelessness among Indigenous peoples, including: The…
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IBM partners with Barayamal to drive Indigenous Entrepreneurship
Sydney, Australia, 26 May 2020: IBM has announced a new partnership with Indigenous charity, Barayamal, to support and drive Indigenous entrepreneurship in the technology sector. The partnership will see IBM work with Barayamal to help Indigenous Australians interested in a technology career build their skills and knowledge of the industry, including how Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
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5 Reasons To Attend A Charity Hackathon
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community and make a difference in someone’s life? Do you love to code? Would you like to spend a day in a fun and collaborative atmosphere, coding and designing for a good cause? You’ve heard of hackathons before. But what about charity hackathons? Charity…
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FUNDING INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Dean Foley is the founder of the world’s first Indigenous- startup accelerator, Barayamal, or “Black Swan” in the Gamilaraay language. Our editors discussed venture capital, sustainable entrepreneurship, and black cladding in a wide-ranging interview with Foley. Prior to the colonisation of Australia, school- children in Europe were only taught about white swans, while Australia’s First…
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End of Year Review 2020
Dear Barayamal Family, 2020 was a challenging year for First Nations entrepreneurs but like our ancestors who’ve adapted and thrived in Australia for millenniums, we’ve come a long way and continue to get stronger. A massive thank you to all our supporters this year! It’s been a good learning curve and we’re looking forward to…
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A national call to arms to Protect Indigenous Rights
Australian state and federal governments don’t agree on much: from the handling of COVID-19 to how we can thrive after our most recent recession but there’s one thing they seem to have an understanding on – watering down of Indigenous Rights for commercial gains. The mining industry is the largest economic contributor to Australia’s GDP, which makes Rio Tinto…
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Barayamal Network (Member Snapshot)
A quick snapshot of the Barayamal Network – where Indigipreneurs (First Nations Entrepreneurs) collaborate, network & receive mentoring. The First Nations Entrepreneurial Network is a collaborative platform for Indigenous entrepreneurs to connect with each other and share their knowledge in order to grow as business owners. Barayamal “Allies” (non-Indigenous supporters) can also join. The gathering…
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Did you miss the 2019 Barayamal Demo Day?? ?Rewatch all the deadly pitches from our latest cohort here
Did you miss this year’s Barayamal demo day? Rewatch all our pitches from last month in the Victorian Innovation Hub. The event was a celebration of some of Australia’s most innovative Indigenous entrepreneurs. It showcased their stories, ideas and innovations to help inspire others on how they can create change for themselves and communities around…
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Barayamal Newsletter – August 2019
Barayamal Demo Day & Awards Have you received your invite for the Barayamal Demo Day & Awards event yet? This event provides a national platform to showcase Indigenous entrepreneurship, break negative stereotypes and show the world that like black swans, Indigenous entrepreneurs exist and we can also build successful businesses too. Barayamal Q&A The next…
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Barayamal Accelerator – apply now!
The Barayamal Accelerator is now open to Victorian Indigenous startups and scaleups, which closes this Friday at 11:59 PM. If you or someone you know have a strong desire to grow your business and take things to the next level, please click the link below to find out more and don’t miss out on submitting an application! Here are 6 reasons…
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Indigenous entrepreneurs share their election wishlists
Indigenous entrepreneurs share their election wishlists With the recent launch of the Barayamal Network and Federal Election coming up, we decided to ask Indigenous entrepreneurs and community members what they would like to see happen to better support the growth of the Indigenous business sector. Here we share the top 3 key issues Indigenous entrepreneurs…
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Indigenous startups finally have access to funding.
The world’s first Indigenous Accelerator PRESS RELEASE Thursday, 7 March, 2019 Indigenous startups finally have access to funding. After running the world’s first Indigenous Accelerator in November 2016, Barayamal is now running the first Indigenous Accelerator program in Victoria later this year – thanks to LaunchVic! Five innovative Indigenous startups will be selected for the…
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Victoria’s first Indigenous Accelerator Program
After running the world’s first Indigenous Accelerator in November 2016, Barayamal is now running the first Indigenous Accelerator program in Victoria later this year – thanks to LaunchVic! Five innovative Indigenous startups will be selected for the Barayamal Accelerator and receive a funding total of $50,000 in grants with all startups also receiving support through free…
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From the streets in Cairns to addressing the United Nations in New York
You go through depression, you go through your own mental battles and struggles and obviously being homeless at the time, it definitely not a good thing. Remember why you’re doing it, because nothing good comes easy you know. You have to suffer, but that suffering isn’t there to make you weak its there to make…
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The Importance of Mentors
When I started studying law I didn’t know any lawyers, growing up in Mount Isa all of my family and family friends were people that had worked in the mines. My mother and step-father had also been separated and for long time and I didn’t have any male role models in my life. I was…
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Three Things I’ve Learnt from Richard Branson
I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to do after finishing year 12 and I didn’t feel I was smart enough to go to university with below average grades so I ended up joining the Royal Australian Air Force. It’s kind of funny in hindsight because I’ve almost completed two masters degrees (MBA & Masters…
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Indigenous entrepreneurs set their sights on global markets
“I’m excited to announce that Barayamal is taking some of the best up-and-coming Indigenous entrepreneurs to America from September 3 to 13. The “Indigipreneurs” will attend TechCrunch’s Disrupt event, spend time at the Australian Landing Pad for startups in San Francisco, and meet Native American entrepreneurs in New Mexico. The Startup Tour aims to inspire…
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Barayamal raises $13,000 for the international first nations startup tour in September 2018
The Barayamal Family was able to raise over $13,000 at the 10×10 Philanthropy crowdfunding event in Sydney, which will be invested in taking some of the brightest First Nations youth to Silicon Valley and New York for our International Startup Tour in September this year. This trip will inspire First Nations youth to “think big”, learn new…
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VicForum 2018: A Barayamal Experience
It was an incredible experience for the Barayamal Family to be a part of the 2018 VicForum! Below is a quote from our MD and a link to the event report if you would like to know what happen. We shared our story and discussed how we’re empowering First Nations communities through our First Nations…
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Barayamal Budding Entrepreneurs Program kicks-off in Queensland and New South Wales
Our Barayamal’s Budding Entrepreneurs Program will accelerate your business success by providing free working space at Australia’s largest community of scalable tech startups (Fishburners) and an Entrepreneurship Development Program (mentoring from successful Indigenous and non-Indigenous entrepreneurs, workshops and training by Barayamal) for 3-months in Brisbane or Sydney. 3-month Budding Entrepreneurs program kicks off today with…
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First Nations Founders Stories: Philip Harris
Name: Phillip Harris Mob/Heritage: Wiradjuri and Eastern Arrernte Business concept: Our short-term platform is a music-booking marketplace, which aims to help connect musicians with customers. In the long run, we will be adding new and improving on existing online features that will assist in setting us apart from the generic marketplace model and our competitors.…
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Meet the Founder of Australia’s first Indigenous Startup Weekend
Dean is the founder of Australia’s first indigenous startup weekend and Barayamal (Black Swan), Australia’s first Indigenous run accelerator for indigenous businesses. Meet Dean Foley, a 27-year-old Kamilaroi man and the founder of Australia’s first Indigenous Startup Weekend and Barayamal an Indigenous startup accelerator to showcase Indigenous entrepreneurs. After finishing Year 12, Dean left his…
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Four Indigenous entrepreneurs will have the life-changing opportunity to work on their startup ideas
Four Indigenous entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to be involved in a 3-month entrepreneur development program at Australia’s largest community of scalable tech startups, Fishburners. Barayamal is teaming up with Fishburners to deliver Barayamal’s Budding Entrepreneurs Program. In May 2017, Barayamal organised Give Backathon a national charity hackathon that helped four Indigenous charities (First Nations…