“We decided in the first couple of weeks that we were going to go big. From day one, we looked at software that would allow us to scale.”
“Once you become an expert in your field, you have a moral obligation to turn around and teach others. I see that as a ripple effect. It's elevating individuals by giving them the power to have a ripple effect on others."
“There are 21 million students in the world studying Spanish right now, and Spanish is becoming more and more important every day in international communication.”
“When I established my curriculum, I was aware that there were different standards out there. I created a mind map and outlined the foundation of what should be included in the required 30 hours. From there, I was able to flesh out the engaging additional pieces."
“With 1-1 coaching, I felt like a record on repeat, answering the same questions. So I took everything that people were asking me, and turned it into an online program."
"Online education was a bit different from our core business, but what we realized is that we already had a lot of strengths to be able to launch our offerings. We already had core content verticals within science, an engaged audience, and a great network of researchers, scientists, and doctors. We saw this as a natural extension of our brand with those strengths."
"This is an online course with a mission to drive social impact. We want to change the way the world perceives math and science. Math is simply just thinking, and this course is a completely refreshed view on how people perceive the subject."
“Before Covid we were just working in East Africa, and now we are working with people across the globe, expanding with no boundaries and no borders—no nothing.”
“Charities are more traditional and conservative in their efforts to scale. Thrive’s had to take a different strategy to move forward, and that meant taking a risk and delivering virtual training through Thinkific."
“We had a WordPress site with an LMS integration, and it was a nightmare. There were lots of problems – people were paying and not getting access, or getting access without paying. It was really stressful."
“My background has been in in-person teaching. I really enjoy that because I like the interaction that you get with folks. But I was getting too tapped out trying to deliver the courses in person across Canada.”
“Out of all the platforms we looked at, Thinkific Plus was the best fit to help other companies get their sales reps the training they need in a very quick fashion, with a very affordable solution."
"Now I just go to Thinkific to manage my business, instead of using so many different tools. The whole business is so simple and easier to take care of!"
"You’re not thinking about strategies for making money or any of that, and really for about four years I was just plugging away making content and totally missing the marketing aspect of it."
“It’s easy to use, and there was a guide that I printed out that helped me complete everything."