A day after winning Supply Nation's Indigenous Businesswoman of the Year, Carol Vale was already planning how to empower other First Nations female entrepreneurs.

Vale recently won the prestigious award for her work with Murawin, a consultancy firm dedicated to social justice and the empowerment of First Nations communities and marginalised groups.

A proud Dunghutti woman, she founded the Brisbane-based company in 2014 with her late partner Greg.

"I plan on leveraging this platform to amplify even further First Nations women in business, so I've already put the call to Westpac who is the sponsor of this award, to say 'let's make something tangible and work with it'," she told the National Indigenous Times.

"I'm meeting with Supply Nation shortly and Kate Russell (chief executive) and her team to say, how do we leverage off this.

"I'm going to travel around Australia so I'm going to take the opportunity while I'm in these places to connect with others and tell my story.

"So hopefully there might be someone in that room that is inspired by it, to say, 'Well, yep, if Sister can do it, I can do it'."

The 59-year-old, who has connections to the Gumbaynggirr and Anaiwan peoples, says while you must be competitive to survive in business, there was a camaraderie among First Nations women entrepreneurs.

She says many Indigenous businesswomen wanted the same thing for their communities: economic empowerment.

"These women are my competitors in the business world, but female consultants have sent work my way and I've sent work their way," she says.

"So, there is camaraderie there … there is collegiality there because we all come from the same boat.

"We know the power of business in breaking cycles of poverty."

The founder and chief executive of Murawin says while it's exciting to see so many First Nations women succeeding in business there are still hurdles in place for Indigenous female entrepreneurs.

"We have to make it more than most because of the racism, because of the lack of trust, because you've sort of got that stuff that we have to contend with," she says.

"But also, we've got the stuff we have to contend with that we can't afford to fail because if I fail, my family misses out, my community misses out and I won't go there."

Vale says her success has inspired other family members to start their own business.

She has also funded several First Nations start-ups.

"We're the first business in my family and so over the last few years there are many other businesses now that have come up, like my niece and her husband have a cleaning service, and my daughter has an early education learning service," she says.

"We've funded female Indigenous businesses in start-ups, so one's a counselling service and one's a service that supports the NDIS.

"It's not always about the money, it's about the connections that I've been able to gather over my career and also my business journey that I can introduce others into that space and I think that's been very valuable as well."