What is at stake?
Unexamined assumptions, competing interests or unclear responsibilities can leave a Nation carrying costs and obligations it did not anticipate.
About us
Why First Nations Umbrella?
First Nations Umbrella brings business experience and relevant specialist connections to priorities chosen by each Nation.
START WITH WHY
Too many approaches. Too little time to assess them all.
Leadership needs clear information before committing resources.
How we help
We help clarify priorities, examine proposals and coordinate the specialists and information needed.
What your team receives
A defined assignment, useful findings and a clear next decision.
WHO WE ARE
A working relationship built around your priorities.
We work alongside First Nations leadership and economic-development teams on business opportunities, work coordination, purchasing decisions, development initiatives and data sovereignty requirements.
Our role is to clarify information requirements, examine the commercial case, explain options and help organize approved next steps. Qualified technical specialists assess cloud architecture, security and implementation requirements. Each Nation retains authority over its priorities, partners and commitments.
Steve and Royce lead the relationship directly. Where an assignment needs technical, legal or other professional expertise, the scope identifies the appropriate specialist and their responsibilities.
LEADERSHIP
Steve Harvey
Business strategy and commercial advisory
2009
Founded Business Finders Canada
Steve is a serial entrepreneur, business owner and business consultant. His background includes business brokerage, acquisitions and sales, commercial real estate and leasing, business valuation, negotiations and transaction structuring.
He works with the financial and operating questions behind an opportunity, including budgets, cash-flow assumptions, growth strategies, commercial partnerships and exit planning.
His broader leadership activities span golf and recreation, simulator distribution and air purification.
Contribution to Umbrella
Evaluating opportunities, examining financial assumptions, reviewing commercial terms and supporting negotiations.
- Business acquisitions and sales
- Commercial real estate
- Valuation and cash-flow review
- Negotiations and transaction terms
- Business consulting
- Growth and exit planning
Royce Dalupan
Nation relationships, business consulting and operations
1985
Working with First Nations since
Royce’s experience combines Nation relationships, business consulting and operational follow-through. His work includes understanding priorities, engaging suppliers and coordinating the information needed to advance an assignment.
His background includes GreenBoost Industries, environmental and agricultural solutions such as dust suppression and biofertilization, FN Air Purification, water treatment and coordination of solution providers.
He has sales, operations and partnership experience within TRU Nations Golf and TruGolf Canada. His background also includes entertainment and film-production involvement, including a project focused on missing Indigenous women.
Contribution to Umbrella
Connecting Nation priorities with the people, information and actions required to advance approved work.
LASTING VALUE
Connecting today’s decisions with tomorrow’s opportunities.
Local procurement, employment, training, ownership and operating capability can form part of a Nation’s objectives. We help bring those requirements into the commercial discussion.
Our wider vision spans Nation control over information, community infrastructure, healthier buildings, recreation, land and environmental solutions, technology and local capacity. We expand assignments according to demand, qualified providers and delivery capability.
Relevant ownership interests and supplier or referral compensation are disclosed before affected recommendations. Related companies retain separate contracts, fees and responsibilities.
Our engagement approach ↗Have a proposal you want reviewed?
Tell us what you want to achieve, why it matters and what is standing in the way. Start with a brief, non-confidential overview.