Business Coaching & Entrepreneurship

iCare Foundation is developing a Business Coaching & Entrepreneurship program to serve aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs in Greater Tampa Bay — with a particular focus on residents from underserved communities who have the ideas, the drive, and the work ethic to build successful businesses but lack access to the coaching, networks, and capital strategies that turn vision into viability.

Small business ownership is one of the most powerful pathways to generational wealth in the Two-Generation (2Gen) framework — a thriving business creates income, assets, and community investment that benefits both the owner and their children. Our program will provide structured coaching, peer networks, and practical business education designed specifically for entrepreneurs who have not had access to these resources before.

Greater Tampa Bay has one of the fastest-growing small business ecosystems in the country — but that growth is not equally distributed. Black, Hispanic, and low-income entrepreneurs face a persistent access gap: less access to capital, less access to professional networks, less access to the business education that turns a good idea into a sustainable enterprise. The result is a region where entrepreneurial potential in underserved communities goes largely unrealized.

iCare's Business Coaching program addresses the infrastructure gap — not by lowering the bar, but by building the support structure that allows talented entrepreneurs to clear it. When businesses in underserved communities succeed, they create jobs, build community wealth, and demonstrate to the next generation that economic independence is possible.