• Side Hustle Selling Online (Youth Entrepreneurship Series)

    How to help youth earn income and start a business with an online store Part of the Teaching Native Youth Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship Webinar Series To register, please click: ntv.bz/augustyouth Ecommerce is already over 20% of all retails sales in the US.  In the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has Read more

  • A Complete Overview of the Side Hustle Youth Entrepreneurship Program

    Time: 9:00am PST | 10:00pm MT | 11:00pm CST | 12:00pm EST Have you joined us for any or all of our Teaching Native Youth Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship Webinar Series? For the last eight months, we have been walking through our youth entrepreneurship curriculum (The Side Hustle) one module Read more

  • How to produce videos for Instagram Reels and TikTok

    To register, please visit: ntv.bz/tiktok Creating video content is a great way to engage with your followers and increase interest in your products and services. The essence of Instagram Reels and TikTok is the same: providing users with a creative space to create and share short videos with others. They Read more

  • Programs for Tribes & Native Businesses

    Register at ntv.bz/oied In this webinar, representatives from the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED) will provide an overview of their resources for tribes and Native businesses. The agenda will cover the following: Competitive grant programs to fund economic development feasibility studies, tribal tourism feasibility studies, living language programs, and Read more

  • A Guide to Website Development

    Are you running a business without an online presence or relying completely on social media to interact with customers? If this is you, please join us for a special webinar that will teach you about the different options for creating a website to help you share information, build credibility, establish Read more

  • What You Need To Sell Your Arts And Crafts Online

    April Webinar What You Need To Sell Your Arts And Crafts Online Thursday, April 14th 12:00 - 2:00pm Registration Link: ntv.bz/uspto   Join us for the second session of a year-long webinar series to help Native artists sell online.  Speakers will explore the various options that Native American visual artists and Read more

  • Pricing Your Art

    Pricing Your Art Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Time: 5:30 - 6:30 PT | 6:30 - 7:30 MT | 7:30 - 8:30 CT | 8:30 - 9:30 ET Presented by: MaryBeth Timothy Putting a monetary value on your art can be a very daunting process for artists. How do you Read more

  • Business Ideas That Cost Less Than $100 to Start

    Business Ideas That Cost Less Than $100 To Start -​ Thursday, April 21st, 2022 10:00 am Pacific; 11:00 am Mountain; 12:00 pm (noon) Central; 1:00 pm Eastern 2-hour webinar Rural areas are often the best place to become an entrepreneur. Let us show you how to use Career Vision to Read more

  • What You Need to Sell Your Arts and Crafts Online

    What You Need to Sell Your Arts and Crafts Online Date: May 12, 2022 Description Building your identity for Native American visual artists and craftspeople The majority of people identify brand development with larger businesses that provide goods and services. People will get to know and recognize you as an Read more

  • A Guide to Website Development (4-part series)

    Are you running a business without an online presence or relying completely on social media to interact with customers? If this is you, please join us for a 4-week course that will help you create a website to share information, build credibility, and sell your products online. This class will Read more

  • Protecting Your Arts and Crafts

    Protecting Your Arts and Crafts Date: July 14, 2022 Description: This session will cover the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), as well as trademark and copyright regulations, to assist you protect your arts and crafts. We'll also talk about how to secure your arts and crafts in ecommerce, as Read more

  • Enforcing Rights in the E-commerce Environment

    The series has been organized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in collaboration with the United States Department of the Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Indian Dispute Resolution Services. All programs will be recorded and made available for viewing online after the program date. There Read more

  • Using Mediation to Handle Disputes

    This session will feature representatives of the various options for selling your arts and crafts online, who will discuss how to bring and how to resolve a dispute within their marketplace. We'll also provide you a general understanding of how to handle infringement allegations, including how to employ mediation. Finally, Read more

  • Seasonal Marketing

    Session 8: Seasonal Marketing Date: October 6, 2022 Description This session—a “bonus” session, offered in addition to our monthly series—is designed to assist American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists in enhancing their marketing plans for seasonal/holiday sales. It will focus on: Setting up “pop-up” markets through social Read more

  • Protecting Your Business: IP and IACA

    Session 9: Protecting Your Business: IP and IACA Date: October 13, 2022 Description Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople face unique challenges with the shift to online sales and continued limits on attendance at local arts and crafts fairs. This session will focus on protecting Read more

  • Increasing Profits through Merchandising

    Increasing Profits through Merchandising Date: November 10th, 2022 Description Native artists frequently undervalue their talents and crafts. Pricing is both an art and a science, and this workshop will look at several factors to consider when pricing a variety of visual arts and crafts for retail. This course will also Read more

  • Exporting Products Overseas

      This session will assist anyone interested in selling their arts and crafts overseas in understanding the export process, determining whether they are ready to export, and developing an export strategy. We'll also provide materials to assist you in getting started with exporting or, at the very least, determining whether Read more

  • Artists and Crafts People Panel

    The series has been organized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in collaboration with the United States Department of the Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board and Indian Dispute Resolution Services. All programs will be recorded and made available for viewing online after the program date. There Read more

  • Introduction to Investing

    On Friday, December 1st, financial expert, Eddie Torres, continues his four part workshop series to cover your whole financial life, both personal and business, with a topic that is scary to many of us...investing. We know we need to but so often we don't save as early or as often Read more

  • Entrepreneur Success Story: Heather Gomez

    Join the IDRS Acorn Project as we celebrate Heather Gomez and her work as an Airbnb entrepreneur. Come learn about her work to develop a successful Airbnb business including the planning process in which she considered purchasing property, how she found her partner that helped her set up the business, Read more