"Everything I would need to start my business is what they provided me...I was able to get approved for that loan; go buy all the equipment. I didn't have to wait. I pretty much have been able to double my income."

“Thanks to the Mvskoke Loan Fund, we are able to [become business owners] 10 years sooner, which puts us on a faster trajectory which affects our children and grandchildren. When you can utilize our own systems that the tribe has put together to really help individuals do that, that means a lot."