David Ness

Dave has a colorful history in business primarily focused in the start-up world. Dave’s ventures began with Fortis Riders in 2000 where he served in Atlanta, GA as Vice President of Sales & Marketing and helped grow the new company to more than a million dollars in revenue. Today, Fortis Riders is one of the largest companies of it’s kind and has debuted on the INC 500 list several times. Dave remains one of it’s largest shareholders. Dave left Fortis Riders in 2004 to help start Modern Downtown Developers, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. “Modo” quickly became one of the largest and most active condo conversion companies in Denver with more than 40 investors and more than 130 units developed. With the real estate market downturn in 2008, Modo Developers was shelved, and Dave made the lateral move to become a real estate agent. In 2012 Dave founded Thrive Real Estate Group. Since then, Thrive has grown to more than 100 licensed real estate agents, sold over 4 billion dollars of real estate,