Our Model - Good Enterprises

ABOUT GOOD ENTERPRISES

Good Enterprises is a catalyst for reshaping the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to one that provides equitable opportunity for business ownership, in order to transform lives and communities. The program provides business education and coaching specifically tailored to underserved entrepreneurs with the guiding objective of creating economic opportunity for all.

Good Enterprises utilizes the proven model and curriculum of Rising Tide Capital, a nonprofit based in New Jersey whose mission is to assist struggling individuals and communities to build strong businesses which transform lives, strengthen families, and build sustainable communities.

View the impact this model has had on other communities, and view Rising Tide’s founding video:

Meet the Team

Fatima Seabrook
Good Enterprises Systems Administrator

Fatima Seabrook is a dynamic professional with a diverse background and a genuine passion for business, culture, and technology. She graduated from the College of Charleston, where she earned a degree in International Business with a minor in Spanish.

Hailing from Charleston, South Carolina, Fatima has always had a deep appreciation for her local community. She is a firm believer in supporting local and minority-owned businesses, recognizing the importance of empowering and uplifting marginalized communities. In pursuit of her passion for technology, she is currently back in school, focusing on Information Technology. With a thirst for knowledge and a desire to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, she eagerly immerses herself in the world of technology and its endless possibilities.

Fatima’s well-rounded background in international business, her linguistic skills, and her dedication to technology make her a versatile and adaptable professional, a welcome addition to the team.

Outside of work and academia, Fatima is an avid traveler, always seeking new adventures and immersing herself in different cultures. She believes that experiencing the world firsthand helps broaden her perspective and fuels her creativity.

Adelai Brown
Good Enterprises Instructor

At 18 years old, Adelai Brown was a mother, living on her own, and struggling to figure out how she would ever fulfill her dreams in life. Because of this, she now uses her early life experiences and business skills to help individuals, families, and organizations create purposeful solutions that help them effectively and efficiently overcome internal and external conflict.

Through her transformational speaking and coaching abilities, Adelai, known as “The Heart Coach,” has written four books, created multiple emotional wellness workshops/courses, and empowered more than 100,000 leaders live and online with companies such as ESSENCE magazine, and The 700 Club.

Her company has also served numerous for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and mentored over 100 youth in the Charleston area with a focus on mental/emotional health, wellness and conflict resolution. Adelai is a licensed real estate agent in the state of South Carolina, a recent graduate of the Community Business Academy, and lives in Charleston with her husband Kevin, their 4 children and 2 cats.

Tatiana Vivas
Good Enterprises Portuguese Instructor

Tatiana leads our Portuguese language Community Business Academy and is an executive director, translator and interpreter, and public notary.

Morgana Bezerra
Academia Portuguese Class Monitor
Morgana is and activist, entrepreneur and editor and publisher of Smart News, a Brazilian newspaper in South Carolina.

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ABOUT LOWCOUNTRY LOCAL FIRST

Founded in 2007, the mission of Lowcountry Local First (LLF) is to cultivate an economy anchored in local ownership, because local businesses are the foundation of our culture, economy, and character. We are the on-the-ground, round-the-clock advocate for combating the forces constructing an architecture of ‘Anywhere, USA.’ Our programs implement a new model of local economic development that results in more vibrant communities, better quality of life and opportunities for all to prosper. In a nutshell, we provide: 1) awareness and education for the public, 2) resources to sustain and grow local businesses, and 3) the trusted voice for pro-local advocacy.

Learn more about Lowcountry Local First.

Topping national lists for worst place to start a business and fastest gentrifying city, low-income families in Charleston, South Carolina face significant hurdles to realize dreams of entrepreneurship and achieve financial security.

• Charleston demonstrated the 5th fastest growing gap between rich and poor residents in the US from 2011-2016.
• Median income levels for African-American and Hispanic households in Charleston County are less than half that of white households.
• There is a significant gap in our entrepreneurial ecosystem, one that provides opportunity for minority and low-income individuals to improve their lives through entrepreneurship.

After significant research and community involvement, Lowcountry Local First identified a need to scale our work to fill a gap in support for low-income entrepreneurship that does not currently exist in the region.

Lowcountry Local First’s model of community wealth building provides a high-touch approach to working with individuals on entrepreneurship. We provide one-on-one support through our network of more than 600 business owners willing to offer expertise. Creating valuable and mutually beneficial partnerships has been a key to our organizational success.