After 10 years in radio and television, Melissa Bochet left the corporate world and started a business called Thrive Assistant Services, offering VA services specializing in attaining sales and cold calling. As she began marketing she became frustrated with the way most lead groups were run, so Melissa decided to create her own group. In 2008, The Breakfast Club, a small networking group in South Windsor, CT was formed. This group grew and transformed over the years. In 2013 Melissa decided to dissolve the VA business and start multiple Breakfast Club networking groups. She had found her true passion, to support and inspire entrepreneurs and ultimately connect them to the people they wanted to meet, to bring them the success they desired.