Indigenous Biz Con’s fourth year brought together more people than ever as hundreds from across the country gathered at Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Casino to hear from Tribal leaders and Native entrepreneurs.
For two days, Oct.13-14, members from tribes around the country came to Milwaukee’s Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 1721 W. Canal St., for Wisconsin’s largest gathering for Indigenous business. Indigenous Biz Con is now in its fourth year after its founders from the Indigenous Business Group — local Native entrepreneurs Rob Pero, Zoar Fulwider and Collin Price — sought to create a central place for all things business in Indian Country.
Hundreds turned out for its largest gathering yet, but to Pero’s surprise, Indigenous Biz Con saw its largest out-of-state attendance. Roughly a quarter of all attendees were not from Wisconsin representatives from Tribes in all corners of the country…