Better Indigenous businesses. Stronger Indigenous communities.
We deliver business management services and strategies to Indigenous businesses throughout Atlantic Canada.
The Indigrow Way
We believe that successful businesses have the power to lift their communities up with them, and we’re here to help Indigenous entrepreneurs toward that goal.
With Indigrow’s creativity, expertise, solid business practices and a dose of good design, we’re ready to help you solve your business challenges and achieve success.
Do you want to:
- Start a business?
- Grow your business?
- Improve your business?
- Improve your community?
For Indigenous. By Indigenous.
Indigrow is a majority-owned Indigenous company, and the first of our kind in Atlantic Canada.
Why?
Because we’re passionate about lifting up Indigenous businesses by giving you the tools to help you succeed. How can we claim such expertise?
We have:
- Meticulously crafted business skills,
- Partnerships with industry-leading advisors,
- Reputable funding agencies that back us, and
- Products and services proven to create wealth and prosperity for Indigenous businesses.
We want your business to thrive. What’s more, we want your community to thrive with you.
Thriving Indigenous communities, starting right here in Atlantic Canada.
We have business expertise and we’re here to help.
We know that booming Indigenous businesses are pillars of prosperous Indigenous communities.
We want to use our skills to build successful Indigenous businesses that care about their communities and move them forward.
As business owners, you don’t just employ residents and drive your local economy—you’re a building block for your community’s long term well-being and sustainability.
Indigrow’s mission is to contribute to the well-being of Indigenous communities by developing successful Indigenous-owned businesses that respect and support the communities where they operate.
We deliver on this mission with our
- industry-leading services that
- fuel growth and success
- for Indigenous entrepreneurs and
- businesses of all sizes,
- across all stages of the business life cycle.
We promise our clients: By working with Indigrow, you’ll become the best versions of yourselves—and working together, we’ll all contribute to the growth of our Indigenous communities.
Our Team
Richard Lewis, Founder and President
Born and raised in the Southern Inuit community of Cartwright, Richard is a proud member of the NunatuKavut Community Council.
After starting out in human resources for the council in 2011, Richard became an advisor for its business arm, Nunacor Development Corporation, in 2015.
That’s when Richard’s passion for Indigenous business took root. Within the year, he was giving strategy advice to Nunacor’s senior management, helping them establish and grow their own lines of business.
After playing an integral role in Nunacor’s 2016 acquisition of the Royal Inn + Suites hotel in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL, Richard was promoted to Operations Manager in 2017.
See how we’re lifting communities up already.
Our Services
Maybe your business is still a seed in your mind. Maybe you’re struggling to turn a profit. Maybe you’ve been around for 20 years, and you want to see another 20.
Whatever your situation, Indigrow has knowledge and experience to lead the way, and an underlying passion to see you—and your community—succeed.
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Start a Business
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Marketing & Creatives
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Grow my Business
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Improve my Business
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Help my Community
Start a Business
Expert business plans in 30 days or less
ndigrow partners with you to develop a successful business plan. Our team of experts has a proven track record across a wide range of industries, and we can assure our clients’ success for three reasons.
1. We conduct an up-front analysis of you and your business.
Indigrow is selective about the projects we take on. We want to know they’ll benefit most from our expertise—meaning they have all the ingredients needed to launch, achieve long-term success and contribute to the well-being and sustainability of Indigenous communities. If your business passes the Indigrow analysis, we’re confident that you’ll be successful.
2. Funding agencies know our name.
Because of our high standards and known expertise in business plan writing, agencies understand that any business plan completed by Indigrow has been thoroughly vetted and is primed for success. That gives your business the inside track.
3. We help you move quickly.
Because we’re selective with our projects, we can guarantee a completed business plan within 30 days or less from the start of engagement with Indigrow. That means you can have your plan in front of its intended audience in a month’s time.
Get your business off the ground with Indigrow.
Market Your Business
This is the fun part
Brand Strategy
A well-defined brand strategy is essential—it helps you understand your audience, know your position in the marketplace, and stand out among your competition.
Whether you need to build a brand from the ground up, or strengthen your existing brand, Indigrow can create what you need to succeed.
Website and Social Media Development
Our process here is simple. We listen before we create. We know the importance of a good first impression. We combine knowledge, technology and creativity to design engaging and eye-catching websites and social media accounts that increase brand engagement and generate higher conversion rates.
Marketing Communication
We create results-driven, integrated marketing strategies for our clients. From branding and content to social media management and digital ad experience, we bring a well-rounded lens to the table to ensure we're maximizing your opportunities—and your dollars.
E-Commerce Solutions
As consumers shift their shopping habits online, e-commerce has become the fastest-growing global retail market. Indigrow can help ensure you get this vital channel right, with a holistic view for the best e-commerce strategy. We drawn on our multi-disciplinary experience to ensure your business is optimized properly, from advertising right through to the customer’s final click.
Market your business with Indigrow.
Grow Your Business
We’ll help you grow. It’s just that simple.
To us, business is more than just a handshake and a signed contract. Through our full suite of services, we help businesses reach their goals and maximize their return on investment, while focusing on transparency and communication.
Grow your business with Indigrow.
Improve Your Business
We can help you move better, faster, stronger
At Indigrow, we take a customized approach with each client. You can count on us to be thorough; we’ll never apply a cookie-cutter approach to your business.
That said, we do have an essential process, and that includes:
- Process mapping,
- Digital transformation,
- Financial management, and
- Indigrow Elite 360.
We’ll start with a full review of your current business—digital advertising, e-commerce marketing, tracking and attribution. Starting with this deep knowledge, we’ll be able to fully optimize your operations, while addressing your specific goals and strategies.
At the end of this process, you’ll see
- increased year over year gross revenue across digital channels,
- a stronger return on ad spending (ROAS), and
- stronger brand engagement.
Improve your business with Indigrow.
Help Your Community
This is the heart of what we do.
Indigrow was born out of a desire to strengthen Indigenous communities by helping local businesses excel.
Do you share that same excitement for change and growth?
We’d love to hear from you.
Through workshops and education on best practices for community sustainability, we can equip you with tools to support your community’s development.
Work with Indigrow to strengthen your community.
Direct Investments in Indigenous Communities
We’re committed to doing more.
At Indigrow, we’re passionate about using our skills to better the lives of Indigenous people, and we will always encourage corporate social responsibility among our clients.
But we want to do more than that.
So Indigrow has committed a share of its profits every year to support grassroots community groups and programs. We’re especially focused on initiatives that uplift the most vulnerable among us.
As part of Indigrow’s official launch, we’re proud to announce two specific initiatives:
- The Indigrow Scholarship Program for Indigenous students
- The Indigrow Community Investment Program for grassroots Indigenous community initiatives
Stay tuned for further details on these programs, coming October 2020.
1.709.351.2722
info@indigrowbusiness.ca
Do you see yourself at Indigrow?
We’re currently growing our team, on the lookout for Atlantic Canada’s top business talent.
Indigrow has an innovative business model—we engage with our clients through a team of industry-leading, independent business advisors.
This approach is proven to give clients the best value possible, increasing their access to a better pool of business management experts than they would ever see at a traditionally structured firm.
As an Indigrow advisor, that means you get genuine control over the kinds of projects you take on and the timing of your work.
We strive to put our advisors into situations where their skills shine, ensuring that our clients and their communities receive maximum benefit.
Do you think you're a fit with Indigrow? Introduce yourself by emailing hello@indigrowbusiness.ca.
Naturally, Indigenous experts are preferred!