Do word problems and on-the-spot equations make you queasy? Maybe you’re otherwise very intelligent, but can’t seem to figure out whether it’s cheaper to buy two ½ gallons of milk or one whole gallon this week. My friends in education have told me that most students who hate math aren’t actually bad at it; they’re [...]
April is officially Financial Literacy Month, and Aya and Elisa are competing for the title of “most financially literate”. Follow the competition as Matt judges and awards daily points. Check in on their daily progress and encouragement is appreciated!
Step 2: Assess your financial situation
Start your journey with a self assessment designed to motivate you. [...]
April is officially Financial Literacy Month, and Aya and Elisa are competing for the title of “most financially literate”. Follow the competition as Matt judges and awards daily points. Check in on their daily progress and encouragement is appreciated!
Step 1 – Commitment to Change
The first and most important step in developing and following a financial [...]
We worked really hard last week rolling out several product updates, improving the robustness of the site, and enhancing the categorization process.
And we’ve got many more exciting features on the way!
Here are a few photos from last week, capturing the moments when team Thrive stepped away from our computers.
This is not a typical Good to Grow blog post: we do our best not to spend time talking about the inner workings of Thrive and instead focus on the concept and practice of personal finance, because that is what helps the people we want to help. Talking about our team’s love for Rock [...]
Thrive was created to serve young people because they have typically not had access to credible financial advice. It was a privileged reserved for the well-connected and the wealthy, and obscured from the rest of society. The whole point is transparency.
Yes, most resolutions are broken by the second week of January, but they’re still worth making! It’s just as significant to make them, as they are to keep them, because you’re taking initiative to change. Consider the economy; do you think we would be trapped in this terrible mess if everyone made and stuck to [...]
Yesterday, Matt gave us 3 Rules to Giving the Good Gift. If you’re still stumped, here are some suggestions to get you started.
Start Baking
Homemade cookies, breads, cakes—as long as you avoid making fruitcake, who doesn’t love getting baked goods? Baked goods are a great way to show affection for someone, particularly if you personalize them. [...]
It probably isn’t surprising that I’m a disciple of the Good Gift, that perfect present that genuinely increases someone’s happiness. After all, people watching is my favorite sport and I tend to enjoy the opportunity to turn what I know about someone into a smile on their face. So when Marc asked me [...]
The I Will Thrive video started, like all good things, on a dark and stormy night when some of us were in the office far, far too late on a Saturday. We had stopped work to grab some food at a nearby eatery (Mooncake Foods, a favorite haunt of the team) and got to talking [...]
This post was written by Stephanie Cuellar Butler, Contributing Writer on December 14, 2009 
