CREATING PROSPERITY

Bwadwet Innovation Community is an indigenous-centered resource hub providing the necessary space, tools and community entrepreneurs can use to accelerate their business endeavors or ideas. Through a relationship-based approach and culturally releavnt programming, we are focused on creating true prosperity for indigenous entrepreneurs across Indian Country.

SUMMER 2026 COHORT PROGRAM

Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Members who own businesses or have business ideas.
A 15-week, cohort-based training program designed to support Indigenous entrepreneurs through education, mentorship, and cultural connection. Participants receive personalized guidance based on a proprietary intake and assessment model. The curriculum integrates business fundamentals with Indigenous Ways of Knowing, featuring expert guest speakers and community-building activities.
The 15-week cohort program starts Monday, July 15, 2026, and meets once a week, every week until Monday, October 26, 2026.
The cohort-program will be a hybrid style, meeting in Crandon, Wisconsin, and virtually when needed.
The Summer 2026 Cohort Program application is now live at: [insert link]. Applications will be accepted up until [insert date].
Future cohort programs open to other indigenous entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs, artisans, youth interested in STEM will be available.

As our fire grows, it illuminates pathways to prosperity for all – today and for generations to come.

833 E. Michigan Street, Suite 400
Milwaukee, WI 53202

414.290.9490