A business from northwestern Ontario has made it to the semi-finals of the Pow Wow Pitch.
This is a North American-wide competition featuring Indigenous entrepreneurs.
Ricky Dankewich is starting up his business call Blackstone Concrete.
“We do decorative overlays working specifically with polymer modified concrete,” explains Dankewich.
“It comes as a pre-mixed bag and then I do colour staining. We fix a lot of deteriorating concrete surfaces. I take it from old deteriorating concrete and turn it into a work of art.”
Dankewich, who is originally from Cat Lake, will be making his pitch to the judges next week.
“I pitch to a panel of judges on August 16th and August 18th there’s going to be voting starting. The public is going to get a chance to vote for whoever they want to win in Pow Wow Pitch ’23. Whoever gets the most votes advances to the finals.”
There are a number of categories and Dankewich is in Professional Services with 7 other entrants.
First prize is $25,000.