Yukon First Nations Yukon First Nations have an integral role to play in support of Yukon entrepreneurs, including in the development of an angel investment community. In a Government of Yukon news release of February 15, 2019, Minister of Economic Development Ranj Pillai is quoted saying “our government believes First Nations and their development corporations are key to the success of advancing economic development in Yukon”. (6)
Areas of Opportunity:
Advise the angel community leadership with respect to bridging the cultural gap between Western business models and traditional, culturally relative approaches.
Participate in the angel community as investors
Promote angel investment educational programs to Indigenous entrepreneurs and help to identify investment opportunities
(6) Government of Yukon (2019). Government of Yukon supports successful Indigenous economic development conference. Retrieved on April 22, 2019 from https://yukon.ca/en/news/government- yukon-supports-successful-indigenous-economic-development-conference
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MOBILIZING ANGEL ACTIVITY IN YUKON
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