The Schoolhouse of Rock: Strength Through Music
On a new Thrive Arizona, Host Zach Yentzer chats with Sarah Fire of The Schoolhouse of Rock about the therapeutic and community benefits of music. For more about The Schoolhouse of Rock, visit their website at Thrive Tucson is a conversation series with the innovative and fascinating entrepreneurs that make Tucson the vibrant city it […] Read More
Science City: 5 Biotech Firms Bringing Tucson Into the Future
The biotech industry has become an integral part of Tucson and Southern Arizona’s economy over the past decade, as startups and established companies rush into the burgeoning field. According to , jobs in the life sciences have grown 9% in Arizona since 2014, twice the rate over the rest of the country. With the University […] Read More
Creative Tribe: Creating Communities One Workshop At a Time
Theresa Delaney, founder of Creative Tribe, joined Zach on this week’s Thrive Tucson. Creative Tribe was founded in 2015 to provide a space for creatives to share ideas and deepen relationships through unique workshops ranging from cooking demonstrations to crafts. Theresa discusses the early days, when a last-minute decision sent her back to Tucson and […] Read More
Meeting People Isn’t Easy: A Conversation with Theresa Delaney of Creative Tribe
For Theresa Delaney, the road to the future led her out of Tucson. Or so she thought. A recent graduate of the University of Arizona, Theresa eagerly packed up her belongings and headed west to San Francisco to be part of the explosive entrepreneurial scene. But once she hit the road, she found herself having […] Read More
Financial Fix: Woman-Run Businesses Lead Growth in Arizona and Beyond
The past decade has seen an explosion of growth among women-owned businesses both in Arizona and across the US, creating a more diverse and inclusive economy. According to the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, women-led firms in the US grew by 58% since 2007, compared to businesses overall at 12%, while contributing over $3 trillion […] Read MoreMar 5, 2019
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Cost Savings for Your Business Make It Easy to Be Green
Debates on the viability and benefits of solar power have been going on since the 1970s and, in that time, technological developments have increased efficiency and lowered costs. Solar panels have become ubiquitous now—we see them on parking lot canopies, peeking out from behind parapets on rooftops, and in full display on the side of […] Read More
Why Employees with Soft Skills Are in High Demand
Cutthroat employees make for cutthroat business. While it is sometimes good to be intense about work, being too intense can sometimes prove to be more trouble than it’s worth and affect both the quality of the work being done as well as the working environment itself. People with soft skills, on the other hand, are […] Read More
How to Save When You’re Just Starting Out
Your college and post-college years can be lean times when it comes to cash flow. Since you’re just jumping into the workforce, you might have a ways to go before you see the paychecks that you daydreamed about in class. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend your post-college years broke. With the following […] Read More
Owning It: How Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Growing Arizona’s Economy
On a blistering hot June day in 2017, Maria Mazon surveyed the new home of Boca Tacos, the Mexican restaurant she opened in 2010. Mazon had only two weeks until the opening and there was still plenty of work to be done. “I ran out of money after buying the new building and had to replace […] Read MoreJun 15, 2018
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Gaslight Empire
Vantage West Member Tony Terry Jr.—founder of the Gaslight Theatre and its family of sister companies—built an efficient operation designed for family fun. Here’s how he grew his business and why he still loves every second of it. Most people wouldn’t move to a remote Alaskan town to establish a live theater company. But Tony […] Read MoreApr 27, 2018
5 min read
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