Care Collective
Care Collective is a start-up on-demand Caregiving Marketplace Platform. #carecollectiveapp How do you find help?
The concept of Care Collective came from a 2016 University of Tampa Executive MBA workshop session in lean start ups. Our original idea, UHelpCare, was a one-stop-shop for a peer-sharing care community. Our team had caregiving experiences in the recent past, present life, and concerns about aging or chronically ill family. In 2019, our founder, Rebecca, experienced one of the biggest challenges pl
27/05/2024
May we remember those who didn't make it home. We are blessed because of your service and sacrifice.
10/05/2024
It may be our Founder's birthday today, but we still work and share our story everyday.
10/05/2024
The Tampa Bay Health care quarterly meet up didn't disappoint. Talking jobs and recruiting. Yeah... we got jobs, training and a plan to subsidize education to gig workers on our platform to get CNA licenses and more.
25/04/2024
Tonight we connected and networked with
Florida Association of Veteran-Owned Businesses, Inc. on a discussion of health care improvements available and on the voting docket for the Veterans Administration. With 2 VA hospitals here in Tampa Bay (Tampa and Bay Pines) and new Outpatient Facility in New Port Richey, there were lots of things we learned and heard from active, transitioning/newly retired, or seasoned veterans. Many of us in the room got more informed about programs and their rights in the VA benefits, TriCare, and Community Care options. We are looking to partner with the Veterans Administration to leverage long-term care assistance and work with and their families to get affordable, dependable, and flexible care faster and when they need it most.
26/03/2024
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21/03/2024
We are at the women's small business symposium today. We are excited to meet and connect with other women in our local area who are making and growing our economy. We are
17/03/2024
When you are an entrepreneur hustling for 5 years to win a very coveted pitch competition with and you win, you do what actors do when they win an Oscar. They go to an In-n-Out or boil up a Top Ramen and remember the journey. For me, it's a bowl of generic rice crispies.
I didn't even know about the event until the day before, only registered a few hours before the 1st session because I had not just 1 but 2 clients cancel pet sitting services this weekend, therefore no plans. Little did I know that the conversations, the mentorship and the persistence to stay awake this weekend with new friends and fellow entrepreneurs would award me with 1st place in the Techstars Startup Weekend Tampa Bay. I molded a better pitch, I made a better presentation, and I came up with a quick visual prototype to validate a solution that will work in today's need for healthcare. Personally and professionally.
A million thank yous to Akshay Bhuva, Alexander Wingeier, Mayra Harley, Mike Harley, Tracy Ingram, Brooke Beeler, Charlton Trezevant, Max Larson 🚀 , Samantha Ramos, MSITM, Dr. Sue Goodman, CFA for your time, insights, and support. Allen Clary, Dr. Andy Hafer, St. Petersburg, Will Freeman, Techstars for having this opportunity close to home! Patrick Maslanka, Allen Clary, Alison Barlow, , and James Faison for being the judges! And to all of the mentors, supporters, friends and family who have been here since the beginning, God bless you for putting up with my crap and sometimes incessant questions. Care Collective has some new morale fuel as we are raising funds to launch!
16/03/2024
Our founder is participating in the . We are excited for new perspectives and input on growing this company out of the
08/03/2024
We are proud to be a member of where volunteer efforts during the holidays gave 1500+ low-income and at-risk seniors a bag full of goodies they had on their Santa wish list. We also donated $30,000 to various non-profits through grants including the Area Agency On Aging Of Pasco-Pinellas, Inc. to help with unmet needs funds which help seniors with services or products that other programs cannot provide. Better Living For Seniors Pinellas
08/02/2024
02/11/2023
Thank you to Tampa Bay Wave for hosting a health tech showcase at USF Health-Center for Advanced Medical Learning And Simulation CAMLS
08/09/2023
We enjoyed our monthly networking opportunity with Better Living For Seniors Pinellas. Our founder, Rebecca, is the chair of the Grant Committee and Member at Large on the board. Such a great group of 200+ members in the senior care and other health services.
04/07/2023
Have a safe and happy 4th of July!
01/07/2023
The past two days we've been in New York City, exploring new Partnerships, networking, and opportunities for growth. Leaving with gratitude by living in the moment. Knowing that we are on the precipice of something great. Thank you Techstars New York City powered by J.P. Morgan
25/06/2023
Thank you to St Pete Catalyst for the coverage on St. Pete Pitch!
Meet the winner of St. Pete Pitch Night A local company selling cannabis- and mushroom-infused drinks claimed the top prize at this year's St. Pete Pitch Night. Inside the Coastal Creative production studio, a handful of entrepreneurs presented six-minute pitches to a roomful of investors, city business leaders and a panel of judges Wed...
22/06/2023
It was a big check honor for Care Collective being selected as Audience Choice Award Winner at with St. Petersburg Greenhouse and St Petersburg Chamber. Thank you so much for this opportunity to present and share our story, mission, and passion for new ways to care
17/06/2023
🎉Meet the Pitches for St. Pete Pitch Night! 🎉
Today, we are highlighting Rebecca Paone with Care Collective!
Rebecca is a 22-year Tampa Bay resident, serial entrepreneur and double graduate (BA Communications & Executive MBA) from the University of Tampa. Her company, Care Collective, is founded from her family's personal struggles over the past 11 years caregiving for her disabled father when he suffered a massive stroke.
She has a passion and compassion for the daily caregiver struggles and current burnout of health care workers. Her goals are to empower these individuals to improve their life outcomes through support, education, and novel opportunities for growth.
I present to you Rebecca Paone with Care Collective!
St Petersburg Chamber
09/06/2023
We are happy to spend time networking with our fellow Better Living For Seniors Pinellas this morning. Thank you to St. Mark Village
21/05/2023
Do you know this important woman?
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing school, she provided self-taught nursing care.
The American Red Cross was founded on May 21, 1881. Training Services is one of the five divisions of the American Red Cross, responsible for providing health and safety training to the general public as well as the workforce. In fiscal year 2017 the American Red Cross trained 2.28 million people how to save lives through their First Aid, CPR or AED courses, water safety and care giving programs. There are a wide variety of course offerings available:
Administering Emergency Oxygen
Advanced Life Support
Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Auto-Injector
Asthma Inhaler Training
Babysitter's Training
Basic Life Support
Bloodborne Pathogens Training
California Child Care
CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers
Emergency Medical Response
First Aid/CPR/AED (English and Spanish)
Hands-Only CPR
Learn to Swim
Lifeguard Management
Life guarding
Longfellow's WHALE Tales
Nurse Assistant Training
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Responding to Emergencies
Safety Training for Swim Coaches
Title 22 (California First Aid for Public Safety Personnel)
Water Safety
Wilderness and Remote First Aid
In addition to basic level certifications in the above courses the American Red Cross also offers Instructor level courses and Instructor Trainer (IT) level courses. Instructor level courses are designed to teach participants how to become instructors for American Red Cross courses, whereas Instructor Trainer courses (also known as Instructor Trainer Academies) are designed to certify current instructors to become Instructor Trainers, or people who can teach Instructor level courses.
Training Services has an online store where you can purchase supplies including First Aid Kits, CPR key chains, flashlights, and emergency radios.
16/05/2023
We are celebrating at the Area Agency on Aging Pasco-Pinellas Annual Luncheon. AAAPP offers a variety of assistance, programs, and service to seniors, providers, and caregivers in Pasco and Pinellas County. Our founder is on the board of Better Living for Seniors of Pinellas which is a volunteer networking organization that supports AAAPP initiatives. It's amazing the amount of resources and connections we all have and can access in this area. If you need help, please let us know!
16/04/2023
We are sad to announce that Frank Paone, our Founder's father, has passed away. He made his transition the morning of April 15th. Frank's children and wife will miss their goofy and loving father and husband. We all send our condolences to them and those who will miss Frank's smile, humor, ornery at times nature, and determined attitude to advocate for the best care possible. May he be free to ski the best slopes, cycle the best roads, and cheer on the Philadelphia Eagles, Phillies, 76ers, and Flyers from the best seats in the house.
15/04/2023
We have so much gratitude right now for getting selected to move on to the quarterfinals of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School - Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies Program Most Fundable Companies List competition. This opportunity continues our Founder's father's legacy and her family's story about aging and personal care in our current Healthcare System and how Care Collective can make a difference.
31/03/2023
We are feeling so blessed right now to be accepted into Soaring City Tampa's inaugural accelerator program. A huge thank you to Florida Blue Embarc Collective Tampa Bay and Florida Business Development Corporation
We are excited to work with other entrepreneurs and growing our businesses to new heights.
28/03/2023
Better Living For Seniors Pinellas and their fundraising committee put on an amazing benefit concert event on Sunday. They exceeded their fundraising goal and provided hours of entertainment and exciting raffles. Kudos to Sheri Gruden chairwoman, our Founder, Rebecca Paone (vice-chair) and their entire committee for such a successful achievement!
15/02/2023
Congratulations to Monica on winning our super big and Fabulous gift bag full of Valentine's Day Essentials. A big thanks, again, to all of our fellow female entrepreneurs who donated to the basket. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth. It was a fantastic event full of thousands of people roaming Amalie Arena and hundreds of businesses exhibiting their talent, ingenuity, and innovation. If your company is being Innovative in your industry, this is the place to Showcase that next year. Synapse Florida
14/02/2023
Good morning from
C.C., I and our entire Care Collective team wish you a Happy Valentines Day.
If you are at Synapse, you can win this very large gift bag full of Valentines Day essentials donated by fellow female entrepreneurs worth over $325.
Thanks to Hannah from Tampa Bay Laser , Faith Wilson at Edward Jones , Melissa Goodman with MARY KAY, Erica Carpenter with Campbell River Cheese & Charcuterie and Rebecca Paone with Care Collective
12/02/2023
How do you find us inside Amalie Arena? We are on the Level 3 Promenade near Ford's Garage, Section 108, Table 6. See the map below for a better idea on what side of the building we are on when you enter.
Show us some love at Synapse Summit. Take the elevators to the 3rd floor. We are in Section 108. Keep an eye out for our famous spokesmodel, CC.
10/02/2023
Thank you to Raechel Canipe for the shout out on Live Bold and Boss Up Podcast this week! Such an honor that our story is getting out there. We love our win-win-win for everyone in the care transaction. We are using tech to make affordable, dependable, and flexible care available to all. The way health care used to be. We look forward to seeing all of the innovative companies across Florida at Synapse Summit on February 14th!
Tickets at synapsefl.com
Listen to the podcast ---> https://youtu.be/lmbB1WM74lU
How Being a Connector Can Make You Think More Innovatively - with Raechel Canipe | LBBU Podcast Steph and Ash talk to Raechel Canipe, Director of Community Engagement at Synapse Florida and Founder of Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship. Raechel tells us w...
09/02/2023
We were on Campus today. Just happened to be at the same time was speaking. Thank you Rob and Fawn for their time discussing with small businesses and startup entrepreneurs at about traditional funding options, proper planning, and alternative funding.
The Best Education & Friends
UHelpCare (UHC) started in November 2016 during a breakout workshop with our first semester Entrepreneur Development Master Level Class, Executive MBA program, at the University of Tampa. Our Professor, Dr. Rebecca White, took the day off to celebrate her daughter’s wedding out of state and had Adjunct Professor, Dr. Andy Gold, substitute and conduct his Lean Start Up lecture and think tank. Dr. Andy Gold is part of the Million Cups group locally and heads the Hillsborough Community College Entrepreneur Business program.
The cohort group, SoRRTS (Stephen Dunham, Ryan Hill, Rebecca Paone, and Jyothivel “Shivan” Shivan), was assigned to pick a challenge or something we like and figure out a way to improve it. All of us in our group had recent experience in caring for someone close to us - a spouse with cancer, a father who suffered a massive double stroke, a spouse with auto immune issues, and a mother and grandmother who passed of cancer, a child who developed spontaneous epilepsy and other neurological issues in her early teenage years, and raising children despite 2-parent households was a challenge.
All of us had that emotional tie and never-ending experience. Cancer can come back. Health continues to decline. And we all age and will need help at some point. We talked and discussed how people have to search and hunt for the things they need. Social Workers and Care Advocates can only do so much and even they don’t know it all. The internet provides so much in niche specific things, you have to hunt, call, interview, visit, call, search, and it’s a continuous cycle. It’s time, it’s energy, it’s overwhelming. No one is immune to caregiving, even with normal children and family members. Raising a normal child is just as taxing as caring for a parent with dementia that needs round-the-clock care.
In the initial lean start up exercise we broke down the need on easel paper and markers. We drew out the target user. The services they can get. The problems we can solve. The people and team we need to leverage. And shared with the class to get more feedback.
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