Thrive in Five with Thrive Community Partners
Building stronger communities starts with stronger strategy.
Thrive in Five is a quick, practical podcast for the people doing the important work of building, sustaining, and growing communities.
Hosted by Sarah Stephens Krupp and Renee Smith, founders of Thrive Community Partners, each episode delivers one actionable idea in five minutes or less for community leaders, economic developers, chambers of commerce, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and organizations working to create lasting impact.
Drawing from decades of experience in community development, strategic planning, entrepreneurship, grant strategy, and organizational capacity building, Sarah and Renee share honest conversations about what works, what doesn't, and how to move from ideas to implementation.
Whether you're leading a downtown revitalization effort, writing your next strategic plan, building partnerships, supporting entrepreneurs, or looking for funding strategies that create long-term success, Thrive in Five provides practical insights you can apply immediately.
New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Topics include:
- Strategic Planning
- Community Development
- Economic Development
- Entrepreneurship
- Grant Strategy
- Organizational Capacity
- Leadership
- Partnerships
- Rural & Small Community Growth
Because thriving communities don't happen by accident—they happen through intentional leadership, practical strategy, and people willing to do the work together.
Thrive in Five with Thrive Community Partners
Latest Episodes
Why We Started Thrive
After all of these quick episodes talking about grants, strategic planning, entrepreneurship, community development, leadership and everything in between, Renee closes out Season 1 of Thrive in Five by going back to where it started....
Not All Growth is Good
Entrepreneurs and community leaders are constantly told to scale faster, do more and chase the next opportunity. But growth that outpaces your people, systems or capacity can create more problems than progress.In this episode of T...
Your Grant Rejection Isn't Personal
You spent hours researching, writing, gathering data and building the strongest proposal you could. Then the answer comes back: no.In this episode of Thrive in Five, Renee explains why even strong grant proposals get rejected, inc...
This is Why You Should Ask for Help Before You Need It
Sarah speaks to executive directors, small business owners, and community leaders who are trying to do too much alone, describing a common pattern where capacity, strategy, funding, or team issues are ignored or handled internally until ...
You Don't Need Authority to Lead. You Need Trust.
Renee contrasts business leadership with community leadership, emphasizing that community leaders often have real responsibility but limited authority and can’t mandate participation or force collaboration. Instead, they build trust by s...
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