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Building. Learning. Bonding.

That’s why we invest and advise. To help you build your business. To learn and grow by tackling new and exciting challenges. To create effective and fun teams.

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mapEDU v.2
mapEDU v.2

We launched the initial SAAS version of mapEDU’s curriculum mapping platform in early 2021.

The basic thesis was that this new approach, which objectively analyzes actual course content to map the curriculum, would be a boon to higher education professionals seeking to better understand gaps and redundancies in their curriculum, prepare for accreditation, etc.

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Our Growing Portfolio
Our Growing Portfolio

As part of the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship angel investing conference this year (AngelCon2021), we were introduced to Michael Allen – CEO and co-founder of SpinShot.

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On Strategy
On Strategy

The Thrive Haus gang is very busy these days with the launch of mapEDU. Thus, these blog posts will be less frequent than they were in 2020.

The focus will be a bit different, too.

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2021 Is Launched!
2021 Is Launched!

As we shared in our last post, Thrive Haus Consulting has re-oriented a bit to focus solely on mentoring, advising, and investing.

On the investing front, we are pleased to be involved with Tastry, Relentless, and WizeFi. All interesting companies based here in SLO.

Surprisingly, we have somehow managed to get even more involved with a SoCal based company – Sarcix (DBA mapEDU). Not only are we investors, but I somehow ended up as the CEO – and Kat is the Digital Brand Manager.

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2020 Reflections
2020 Reflections

As 2020 (thankfully!) comes to a close, we’d like to give you an update on where Thrive Haus has been this year – and where we are going in 2021.

Kat and I have had a lot of fun forming the company, building a web presence, and meeting lots of new and interesting people.

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Pandemic Opportunities: Part Two
Pandemic Opportunities: Part Two

This week, we want to take a closer look at another Relentless Management Group portfolio company: CheddrSuite.

CheddrSuite is a restaurant management software provider. It ties together all the disparate restaurant systems into one seamless, accessible interface. It is hosted, fully integrated and priced to be affordable for anyone from a single mom and pop location to larger chains.

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Pandemic Opportunities
Pandemic Opportunities

We have not been blogging much lately about the pandemic – as there is a lot of information available on this topic. But, as a vaccine is on the horizon, and there is light at the end of the tunnel (though plenty of pain first) – we thought it might be helpful to explore where opportunity lies.

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805AGTECH
805AGTECH

The CA Central Coast has lots of interesting start up activity.

The primary way this activity is funded is some combination of:

Family and Friends

Individual Angel Investors

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A Perfectly Balanced Flywheel
A Perfectly Balanced Flywheel

We are going to end our series on The Flywheel Effect (at least for now) with an example of a perfectly balanced virtuous cycle.

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A Different Kind of Flywheel Effect
A Different Kind of Flywheel Effect

WizeFi is a very interesting company.

When a first met founder Sean Allen, he made a very powerful pitch which centered on three key points.

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