- The annual event connecting, empowering, and promoting women of
color in the knowledge economy will feature 20 top-tier speakers
including, Lisa Nichols,
Simran Kaur and Ellie Diop.
- The tens of thousands of expected registrants worldwide will
come together on Wednesday, July 27
to gain new skills and expertise that will equip them to launch a
new knowledge business, or scale an existing one to incredible new
heights.
- In the spirit of Think in Color, Thinkific is offering
attendees the chance to build on learnings from the summit with
ongoing training and coaching via an 8-week, free accelerator
program.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 12,
2022 /PRNewswire/ - Thinkific Labs Inc. ("Thinkific"
or the "Company") (TSX: THNC), the platform shaking up the
knowledge economy by empowering creators to create, market and sell
their online learning products, today announced its one-of-a-kind
speaker lineup for Think in Color 2022. Featuring entirely women of
color, the talented roster of inspiring speakers represents the top
minds in the knowledge economy, who will offer attendees useful,
expert insights that address the real challenges facing women of
color creators.
"Think In Color is a safe, positive space for women of color and
allies to show up, show out, and grow together," said Xayli
Barclay, Co-Founder and Host of Think in Color. "No matter where
women are in their journeys as creators, it's critical that they
have this space where they can learn from and connect with other
creators who share their lived experience, and have carved out
their paths as successful business owners. This standout event will
leave you feeling energized, inspired and confident in your ability
to build and scale your own incredible online business," said
Barclay.
Key event speakers include:
Lisa
Nichols - As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Motivating the Masses, Inc., Lisa has developed workshops and
programs that have transformed the lives of countless men and
women, and altered the trajectory of businesses throughout the
country and across the world.
Simran
Kaur - TEDx Speaker, Best Selling Author &
Founder of the worlds #1 investing podcast for women worldwide,
Simran Kaur has a mission to make
financial education accessible to women & minorities. Her brand
has been featured in Vogue, Business Insider, CTV + more.
Ellie
Diop - Ellie Diop is
a Business and Strategy Coach, an author, and a speaker. She is the
Founder and CEO of Ellie Talks Money and Ellievated Academy, and
the host of the Get Ellievated podcast. After losing her corporate
job during the pandemic, Ellie used her $1,200 stimulus check to build a multi-million
dollar online coaching business in one year. After serving over
50,000 students, Ellie is still committed to assisting women to
overcome their circumstances to build successful businesses so they
can live the life of their dreams.
The free, virtual summit on Wednesday,
July 27 is expected to attract tens of thousands of creator
registrants worldwide. It will serve as an important forum for
talented women of color leaders in the knowledge economy to share
their insights so others can launch and scale their own powerful
knowledge economy businesses. Throughout the full-day summit,
attendees will have the chance to join over 18 illuminating
sessions presented by 20 speakers. These include motivational
keynotes, workshops on how to build and sell digital learning
products, breakouts on the importance of building loyal and engaged
online communities, and an illuminating roundtable confronting the
issues facing women of color entrepreneurs.
To register for Think in Color 2022, click here. To see release
visuals here.
FAST FACTS: Ahead of Think in Color, Thinkific
conducted a survey in partnership with OnePoll that polled over
1,000 U.S. entrepreneurs to understand the different lived
experiences of today's entrepreneurs. The survey findings will be
discussed at Think in Color, but until then, here are some
key findings:
- 39% of entrepreneurs were motivated to run their own
business to bring about positive environmental/social
change
- For women entrepreneurs, the most common challenge they
faced was securing financing to launch, maintain and grow their
business (30%). As compared to male entrepreneurs, where the
most common challenge was finding the right people and managing
them (32%).
- Almost a third (29%) of women of color
answered that because of their race, they've had negative
experiences in entrepreneurship. Only 11% of white male
entrepreneurs said the same when asked the same
question.
About Thinkific
Thinkific (TSX: THNC) makes it simple for entrepreneurs and
established businesses of any size to scale and generate
revenue by teaching what they know. Our platform gives businesses
everything they need to build, market, and sell online courses and
other learning products, and to run their business seamlessly under
their own brand, on their own site. Thinkific's 50,000 active
creators earn hundreds of millions of dollars in direct course
sales while teaching tens of millions of students. Thinkific is
headquartered in Vancouver, Canada
and has a distributed team.
For more information, please visit www.thinkific.com.
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Company's Think in Color 2022 event and the anticipated benefits to
customers from Thinkific's ongoing training and coaching via an
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based on the current expectations of Thinkific's management, and
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