About Us
The Connected Trust
Our Nonprofit
Vision:
To ensure that every aspiring entrepreneur has equitable access to the essential resources of land, labor, capital, knowledge, and entrepreneurial support, mirroring the opportunities historically enjoyed by dominant industry leaders in America’s past, thus fostering a diverse and inclusive landscape for the pursuit of entrepreneurial happiness.
Mission:
To serve all businesses who identify as the global majority with resources to start, scale, and sustain their entrepreneurial endeavors.
Our Purpose:
Our purpose is to empower entrepreneurs by fostering a community of risk-takers, problem-solvers, and leaders by providing (4) core elements:
1. Connecting like-minded professionals
2. Foster opportunities to create authentic relationships
3. A safe place for ideation, collaboration, and business development
4. Key relationships strengthening their business infrastructure
To serve all businesses who identify as the global majority with resources to start, scale, and sustain their entrepreneurial endeavors.
Our Goals:
Give a central location for freelancers and small businesses
Increase the opportunity for entrepreneurs to collaborate
Provide business resources for operational support
Create better data points for entrepreneurship and small businesses not within metropolitans
Donate
We’re dedicated to transforming the lives of entrepreneurs and their communities. Your support can drive positive change in their businesses. Help us by donating today! Every contribution goes directly to programs to build a more inclusive, inviting, and inspiring world. Together, we can make a lasting impact. Thank you!
Please send donations to this address:
The Connected Trust
2404 E Mill Plain Blvd Ste A
Vancouver, Washington 98661
If you’d like to donate via credit card, please email us at info@theconnectedtrust.org.
About the Let’s Connect Conference
A safe and business-friendly event for BIPoC, Women, and Veteran businesses to grow and be encouraged throughout the Pacific Northwest.
We do not discriminate. This conference welcomes all who choose to attend. The focus is on building each other’s business while keeping the balance of purpose and pleasure as one. It’s undeniable that balance can be difficult no matter which industry, age, race, or region we live in- but we still must try.
Nevertheless, we still crave community within both circles of life, professional and personal.
We do not discriminate.
From Idea to Reality
Background
In 2019, Nathan invited underrepresented leaders, owners, and interested parties to have a conversation in Vancouver, WA about business, community, and life. The conversation was requested by all parties to continue and hasn’t stopped after he launched a FB Live video.
From coffee meetings, happy hours, Zoom meetings, to conferences.
Anyone who identified as the following: minority, women, veteran, students, supporters. All are welcome.
The reality of access and equity to the opportunities of entrepreneurship and leadership isn’t always fair- and history has shown the we, as the global majority, continue to overcome.
Our company understands the barriers to access to success still exist. Every business owner, entrepreneur, and leader deserves the opportunity to start, scale, and sustain their business ventures with their wins and losses.
Our Gallery
See our previous successful conferences
2021
2022
2023
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2024
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