Tampa’s Most Exclusive Entrepreneur Community for 7, 8, and 9-Figure Founders

Building a successful company can be exciting, but leadership often becomes more isolating as the stakes grow higher. The bigger the decisions become, the fewer people there are who truly understand the pressure behind them.

Founders Club brings the Tampa Entrepreneur Network together in a private environment where accomplished founders, operators, executives, and investors can connect with peers who are navigating similar responsibilities.

Join a curated circle of ambitious leaders committed to building stronger companies, improving themselves, and growing mentally, physically, and professionally.

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Why Members Join

City moves on relationships. Make sure yours are the right ones.

Building at the highest level means making decisions with limited time and imperfect information. The Founders Club chapter in your city gives you the room that matches the pace and the stakes of what you are building.

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Get direct, unfiltered feedback on the decisions that define your next chapter: hiring, exits, fundraising, pivots.
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Access capital, partnerships, and talent across the most active and high-opportunity industries in your market.
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Build a peer group that does not just celebrate wins. It helps you navigate the hard ones.
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Stay connected year-round through a high-signal private Slack and exclusive members-only events across the city.
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Join a founders mastermind that holds the bar where you need it, with peers building businesses of comparable scale and seriousness.
What Membership Includes

Everything you need to build the climb.

Entrepreneur Community Tampa gives you access to trusted relationships, relevant conversations, and opportunities designed to support your next stage of growth.

Entrepreneur Community Tampa gives you access to trusted relationships, relevant conversations, and opportunities designed to support your next stage of growth.

All the connections within our community are based on what you are building, the challenges you are currently facing, and the members who are best positioned to offer valuable insight.

Build meaningful relationships with established business leaders, exchange practical knowledge, and participate in conversations that actually lead somewhere. Members gain access to curated gatherings, professionally facilitated mastermind sessions, events, and trusted peer discussions. Each experience is designed to create genuine value. 

The community gives members new perspectives, stronger relationships, and continued momentum while creating opportunities that may extend far beyond a single event or introduction.

Founders Club

Monthly Mastermind Groups

Monthly Mastermind Groups

Join an intimate group of 8 to 12 like-minded, high-growth founders for a strategically designed and professionally facilitated session focused on brainstorming and solving your most pressing business challenges. Available both in-person and online.
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Local Tampa Bay Activations

Local Chapter Activations

As The Founders Club expands coast to coast across the United States, new chapters are emerging in every major market, giving founders more opportunities to meet locally, build deeper relationships, and grow together.
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150+ National Events

150+ Member Only Events Access

From in-person masterminds and celebrity guest speakers to box seats at sporting events, X-Games trips, and our once-in-a-lifetime Billion Dollar Dinners, members enjoy a curated lineup of exclusive events throughout the year.
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Annual Retreat

Annual Retreat

Each year, members from across the country gather for The Founders Club Annual Retreat, an immersive experience in one of Mexico’s most breathtaking destinations. Blending strategy, connection, and renewal, it gives founders the space to realign and return home ready to lead at a higher level.
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Members Only Slack

Members Only Slack

Tap into a private Slack community of vetted founders across industries and stages. Get real-time feedback, referrals, hiring help, vendor recommendations, and honest insight from operators who are in the trenches with you every day.
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$100K+ in Travel Perks

Travel Discounts

$100K+ in Perks
Members receive preferred rates on luxury hotels, premium airlines, and curated travel experiences around the world. Whether you’re booking a personal getaway or extending a business trip, our partnerships unlock meaningful savings and elevated perks that compound over time.
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Founders Club App

Founders Club App

The Founders Club App keeps the entire ecosystem in your pocket. RSVP to events, access resources, and stay plugged into what’s happening across chapters, all from your phone. Your network, organized and accessible wherever you are.
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Curated 1:1 Connections

Curated Connections

We don’t leave networking to chance. Through intentional introductions and thoughtful matchmaking, members are connected to the right people at the right time—whether that’s a strategic partner, investor, operator, or lifelong friend. The goal isn’t more contacts. It’s the right ones.
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Men's & Women's Growth Workshop

Men's & Women's Growth Workshop

Purposefully small gatherings that create protected space for vulnerability, personal development, and growth in mind and body.
Who Belongs in Tampa

For the founders already building something real.

The community is designed for established members of the Founders mastermind group Tampa who are already building, leading, or investing in successful companies.

Our members include founders and operators running businesses that generate 7 to 9 figures in revenue, senior executives taking on greater leadership responsibilities, investors supporting growing companies, and entrepreneurs looking for a trusted CEO peer group Tampa.

We look for members who lead generously, contribute before expecting something in return, respect confidentiality, and hold themselves, their teams, and their businesses to a higher standard.

The strength of the community does not come from collecting impressive titles. It comes from bringing together people who are willing to share what they have learned, listen to different perspectives, and support the progress of others.

If you are ready to contribute, challenge your thinking, and build authentic relationships with other proven leaders,  the community can help you prepare for what comes next.

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Member Overview

A snapshot of what's being built inside the Founders Club network.

$20B
Combined Revenue
$14M
Average Revenue
1,700+
Vetted Members
35+
Cities

The founders already inside.

A look at the operators building inside the Tampa chapter right now.

Anne Mahlum
SolidCore

Anne’s session on leadership and self-mastery at Founders Forum became one of the most talked-about events of the year.

Her story of resilience continues to shape the Club’s culture of high performance with empathy.

Jake Karls
Midday Squares

Jake has taken the stage at our Annual Retreat and calls The Club “the only place where founders can speak without filters.”

His roundtable in Miami inspired dozens of members to take bold creative risks that transformed their brands.

Megan Klein
Little Saints

“Secured a $2.3M partnership from a dinner introduction.”

Through a single TFC dinner, Megan connected with a strategic investor who helped scale her beverage brand into national retail chains within six months.

Dom built relationships that led to the eight-figure sale of Mela, sparked by an introduction from a member inside the Club. Today, he continues to expand his network through the same high-caliber rooms that helped him win.
          
Dom Purpura
Dom Purpura
Founder, Mela
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Building a company in Tampa means operating in an evolving market filled with new businesses, expanding industries, and ambitious entrepreneurs.

The city offers meaningful opportunities, but sustainable growth still depends on trusted relationships, strong decisions, and access to people who understand the realities of leadership.

That is why we created this exclusive Entrepreneur Mastermind Tampa community: to connect established entrepreneurs with relevant peers, practical insight, and conversations that can make a measurable difference.          

Tampa has a growing entrepreneurial culture that brings together established local businesses, emerging companies, experienced executives, and founders relocating from other major markets.
Entrepreneurs here often navigate rapid expansion, competitive hiring, shifting costs, new partnerships, and opportunities across different industries. Our community connects you with people who understand these conditions firsthand.
All members of our community operate within the same broader business environment. Therefore, discussions become relevant, advice becomes practical, and true relationships are built around shared experience.
The Tampa chapter includes founders, operators, and investors from a broad range of industries such as technology, real estate, finance, healthcare, professional services, construction, logistics, hospitality, e-commerce, consumer brands and many more.
Every member is carefully vetted to maintain a consistent standard of business experience, leadership, ambition, and contribution. The cross-industry structure also gives members access to ideas, strategies, and perspectives they may not encounter within their usual professional circles.
Our team organizes in-person mastermind sessions at selected locations throughout Tampa. Virtual participation is also available. Every session is professionally facilitated and focused on real decisions, current challenges, and meaningful opportunities.
The goal is not to discuss general business theory. It is to help members think more clearly, evaluate their options, and move forward with practical next steps.
Every introduction is made with intention. We consider what you are currently building, your immediate priorities, the challenges you are working through, and which members may be able to provide useful insight.
Nothing is left to chance, and members are not expected to navigate the community alone.
The Founders mastermind group Tampa is designed around the schedules of busy founders, investors, and senior executives. Participation is flexible and focused. We do encourage you to attend the sessions, gatherings, and conversations that are most relevant to you.
With that being said, there is no pressure to be constantly active. The value of membership comes from contributing honestly.
Nothing is left to chance, and members are not expected to navigate the community alone.
Yes, absolutely. Trust and discretion are essential to the community. Every member is expected to protect the privacy of the business information, personal concerns, decisions, and opportunities discussed inside the group.
Confidentiality allows members to move beyond surface-level discussion and address the issues that genuinely matter.
Yes. Membership provides access to both the local Tampa chapter and the broader national network. You can develop meaningful relationships with leaders in Tampa while also connecting with accomplished founders, executives, operators, and investors in other major markets.
Our membership gives you the advantages of a trusted local community while keeping you connected to opportunities beyond your immediate market.
Nothing is left to chance, and members are not expected to navigate the community alone.
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Apply to the Tampa Chapter

Membership inside Founders Club Tampa is intentionally limited. The Founders mastermind group Tampa is not designed for everyone. Its value comes from bringing together people who are prepared to participate meaningfully rather than simply increasing the number of people in the room.

For the right founder, the community can provide the confidence needed to approach the next stage of business and leadership with greater clarity.

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