@Michael Swan it may not be "pretty" but I know a guy from Council Bluffs, IA who THRIVES in F's D's C's... yes he works 60 hours a week.

There are plenty of ways to learn, grow and thrive in life without going to college to do it.

I want nothing more than to make this a thriving business where we have 20+ employees.

As long as they are low, then all of the mechanisms that drive our economy can do so with a lot less overhead, so they thrive. 

Focus on family and it thrives.

In those nearly four decades, despite all the gloom and doom predictions, the state has figured out a way to survive and thrive despite the challenges.

For some it is not the best thing to do, for others, that have that certain fire inside,  those select few that thrive on challenge... good luck stopping them with their self projected fear and insecurities!

First and foremost, I'd lose the momentum of thriving to success.

The strategy to thrive in the class C investments is to buy the properties cheap. 

What I loved is that the downtown was a thriving and safe place (lots of homeless on the streets, who were for the most part harmless).