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Leaders in Native Finance and Venture Capital Join Change Labs Board
Lakota Vogel of Four Bands Community Fund and Betsy Fore of Velveteen Ventures bring decades of leadership in Native entrepreneurship and capital access.
Action, Abundance, Achievement: Lessons from Pitch Your Hustle Winners
“If you are thinking about applying for Pitch Your Hustle or even adventuring to run your own business full time, you have to have the mindset of abundance and blessing,” says winner Samantha Molina. “You got to put action behind it. So once you have that confidence and the ability to really believe in yourself and then show up for yourself, everything is there for you.”
Change Labs to Launch First Regenerative Equity Fund for Navajo Entrepreneurs with Wells Fargo grant
$900,000 from Wells Fargo to Support Groundbreaking Investment Model for Indigenous-Owned Businesses
First loan approved under the Navajo Small Business Credit Initiative
Change Labs announces historic milestone in expanding access to capital for Navajo entrepreneurs on and off the Navajo Nation
Indian Motorcyle and Indigenous artist Jeremy Arviso partner on limited edition apparel collection to support Native entrepreneurs
Indian Motorcycle to donate collection proceeds to Change Labs, an Award-winning, Native-led organization growing the next generation of Native American entrepreneurs
OneAZ Credit Union Invests $130,000 in Legacy Grants toStrengthen Arizona’s Workforce and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
New grant funding supporting JobPath, Change Labs and Startup Tucson
Change Labs expands with new coworking space in Shiprock, NM
The second location will provide vital resources and support to fuel business growth across the Navajo Nation and beyond
Business incubator introduces largest cohort and see’s largest applicant turnout
As a 15 member cohort starts their training in the Change Labs Business Incubator, they are already standing out as being the largest and most competitive cohort the incubator has welcomed.
Change Labs commits to deploy $13.3 million in loans to Navajo businesses
Change Labs’ new lending initiative leverages the Navajo Small Business Credit Initiative (NSBCI) to finance established business owners, artisans and nonprofits
Learning together: announcing a new Kinship Lending cohort
The Change Labs Kinship Lending program welcomes a former Navajo Nation Council Delegate, coffee shop owners, artists, silversmiths and a fashion designer as participants in this newest cohort.
Paying it forward
Change Labs Kinship Lending loan program welcomes back a record number of alumni into its new cohort
Navajo-led orgs secure more than $11M in Wells Fargo Invest Native funds
More than 25 Native‑led organizations aim to grow housing, small business, financial opportunities.
Change Labs receives $100,000 to invigorate economic opportunities on the Navajo Nation
The 2023 AHEAD grants will support 75 innovative economic development initiatives throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada
Change Labs to Receive $125,000 Our Town Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Change Labs is approved for a $125,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the architectural design of expansion of its entrepreneurship hub in Tuba City as well as architectural design for a Change Labs entrepreneurship hub in Shiprock, NM
For Native entrepreneurs by Native entrepreneurs: Change Labs’ entrepreneurship hub opens its doors
The 1,400-square-foot work and event space, meeting area and community center is the first building of its kind for business owners, creatives and the entrepreneurial-curious on the Navajo Nation.