Thrive In Business

Thrive is an impact-led business on a mission to enable female founders gain the knowledge, clarity and community they need to grow a resilient, small business. Our carefully curated events and expertly designed tools help you boost your business skills and entrepreneurial thinking, and make you feel part of a support community of women in business. Thrive was founded by Clare Griffiths in 2018, when she became frustrated that she couldn’t find the right kind of business support and community she needed as a female founder. As she couldn’t find what she wanted, she decided to create the solution herself - pulling on her expertise and experience as an entrepreneurship educator, innovation adviser and business mentor. Whilst there are many business support programmes for female founders who want to build a team and scale their businesses, there are very few initiatives for female solopreneurs who want to grow their business in terms of revenue, but not in terms of staff, and who are happy to remain working for themselves as a company of one. In response to this, Clare decided to fill that gap by delivering practical, informative and inspiring learning and networking opportunities for female solopreneurs who - she strongly believes - are underserved in the world of business support. In the early days of Thrive, Clare hosted monthly, peer support groups for female founders in Brighton, UK. Since then, she has developed a range of events and learning tools for female founders from Sussex and beyond - informed by her expertise and experience as an entrepreneurship educator, innovation adviser and female founder. Whilst Thrive is based in Sussex, UK, where most of our in-person events take place, female founders from anywhere in the world are welcome to attend our online events.