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Getting to the Deal Miranda Lievers: Taco Shop to $1B IPO, Selling the Dream House, and Redefining SuccessIn this episode of Getting to the Deal, host Krystyn Harrison sits down with Miranda Lievers, co-founder and former COO of Thinkific, who took her company public in one of the most compressed IPO timelines in Canadian tech history—five months instead of the typical 18 months, reaching a billion-dollar valuation with only $6 million raised. Miranda shares the unexpected reality of scaling from four people around a table above a taco shop to 500 employees: the hardest challenges weren't strategic decisions but mundane problems like where to put people when you don't have enough desks, because as she puts it, "code is...

2025-11-2642 min

Embrace the Squiggle Squiggling Through the Messy Middle with Miranda Lievers, Co-Founder of ThinkificQuestioning your career path? This week's guest went from working a normal corporate job to co-founding a tech company with a billion-dollar IPO—and reveals the unconventional wisdom that guided her journey.What You'll Gain:Permission to leave "secure" jobs when they no longer serve your growthHow side hustles can transform into unexpected career opportunitiesThe unfiltered truth about entrepreneurship's messy, non-linear realityStrategies for recognizing when it's time for your next pivotMiranda Lievers shares her remarkable path from corporate job at Telus to photography business owner to Thinkific co-founder, proving that career success often comes th...

2025-07-0948 min

Limitless: Unlocking Your True Potential 39. What If Everything You Called ‘You’ Was Just a Mask? A Midlife Masterclass in Neurodivergence, Queerness, and Reinvention (with Miranda Lievers)“I didn’t just take off a mask - I had to question everything I thought was me.” ~ Miranda LieversIn this bold and beautiful episode, Miranda Lievers, tech co-founder, systems thinker, and midlife reinventor, shares the story of what happens when you realize the life you've built wasn’t truly yours.After co-founding a multi-million dollar tech company and spending decades in a monogamous marriage, Miranda stepped away from it all and began the long journey home to herself. That journey led to an adult autism diagnosis, coming out as queer, exploring polyamory and kink, an...

2025-06-171h 03

ScaleX™ Insider Podcast Miranda Lievers: Thinkific - How to build a Billion Dollar UnicornIn this episode, I had a fascinating conversation with Miranda Lievers, Co-Founder of Thinkific. We talked about a range of topics including, what you know about balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship, Miranda's autism journey, three tips for business success, why you need to enjoy the journey in business, why you need to be cautious about innovation, Miranda's journey from lemonade stand to billion dollar Unicorn, why you need a vision, purpose and plan to be successful, the true meaning of success, the differences between a start-up and scale up. why autism is the unsung superpower and so much more…

2024-03-201h 10

Kroniek in Muziek 9. Passietijd!Nederland kent een unieke traditie van vele uitvoeringen van – met name – de Matthäus- en Johannes Passies van Johann Sebastian Bach in de weken voor Pasen. Voor musici is deze zogenaamde Passietijd elk jaar weer bijzonder!In deze aflevering hoor je hoe wij in de Passietijd onze verschillende rollen beleven en vormgeven. Wat is bijvoorbeeld de rol van de viola da gamba in Bachs Passies? Hoe bereidt een gambist zich er op voor? Wat doet een continuocellist, en hoe laveert een concertmeester tussen aria’s, koordelen en solo’s? Hoe geeft een solozanger invulling aan haar ‘rol’ en wat doet z...

2024-03-151h 16

To Lead Is Human Leading While Teaching (Miranda Lievers)Welcome to To Lead Is Human. This show helps listeners envision how they can uplevel their leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor. Miranda Lievers is the Co-Founder and former COO of Thinkific. She was named one of the top 10 operations execs in the country in 2022. “Businesses have never been mechanical machines. Businesses are human machines. And business school has only just recently acknowledged that these are human machines, and human machines are unpredictable and emotional.” — Miranda LieversMiranda Lievers, Co-Found...

2023-08-231h 00 $Elaine\'s Kitchen Table | Create Better Family, Health, Business, Self$

Elaine's Kitchen Table | Create Better Family, Health, Business, Self 159 - Creating a Unicorn, with Miranda Lievers of ThinkificNobody starts a big business - but some people build one up from scratch! Listen in on Miranda's journey to build her company Thinkific into a billion dollar unicorn company! Show Notes: https://elaineskitchentable.com/159 Connect with Miranda: Website: https://mirandalievers.com/ and https://thinkific.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirandalievers/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlievers/ Connect with Elaine: Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com Instagram: @elainetancomeau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine Get a free chapter from...

2023-06-2155 min

The Road to Seven Navigating Hockey Stick Growth With Miranda Lievers“For the majority of entrepreneurs, we aren’t running someone else’s playbook — we’re writing the playbook.”- Miranda LieversMiranda Lievers spends her time exploring the exciting possibilities relating to small business and technology. She is a co-founder & COO of Thinkific, an innovative all-in-one software platform that helps thought leaders create, market, and sell online courses and memberships with ease.In 2021, she and her team took Thinkific public, furthering the company's mission to make it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses of any size to scale and ge...

2023-03-2135 min

BUSINESS BABES COLLECTIVE 147 | The Mental Game of Entrepreneurship, Rapid Growth and a $1 Billion Dollar Valuation with Miranda Lievers Co-Founder of ThinkificToday we have an incredibly inspiring guest, Miranda Lievers As Co-Founder of tech company Thinkific, who has helped 50,000 entrepreneurs and small businesses grow their companies while educating more than 100 million students around the globe. In 2021 Miranda and her team took Thinkific public with a $1B+ valuation, Beyond Thinkific she has also grown numerous businesses from a small web design agency to a nationally recognized photography studio, she’s helped scale a team from 40 to 1600 people, brought in over 7 figures with her side hustle! In this episode, we talk about the rapid growth of Thinkific and where Miranda ha...

2023-03-0734 min

Marketing News Canada Miranda Lievers (Thinkific)The one where Darian interviews Miranda from Thinkific.Sign up for the Marketing News Canada e-newsletter at www.marketingnewscanada.com.Thanks to our sponsor Jelly Academy. Jelly Academy has been helping professionals, students and teams across Canada acquire the skills, knowledge and micro certifications they need to jump into a new digital marketing role, get that promotion, and amplify their current marketing roles. Learn more about Jelly Academy's 6 Week online bootcamp here: https://jellyacademy.ca/digital-marketing-6-week-programFollow Marketing News Canada:Twitter - twitter.com/MarketingNewsC2...

2021-08-1233 min

Leveling Up with Eric Siu A Crash Course on Scaling an Online Course Platform with Greg Smith, CEO of Thinkific | Ep. #360Thinkific has risen to become the top searched course platform since their CEO Greg Smith last appeared on the show and today he joins us again to share some amazing updates. Our conversation with Greg covers the story of Thinkific’s evolution, and the company’s best practices for marketing, hiring, subscriptions, and corporate culture. We dive right in hearing Greg’s story about his college how-to blog for passing the LSAT that he morphed into an online course with the help of his software developer brother. Next up, Greg gives us a bunch of metrics about the company’s gross...

2020-06-1034 min

Music Teachers: Expand Online 089: A Practical Conversation about Thinkific with Co-Founder Miranda Lievers (Thinkific Series #6 of 6)This is Episode 89. It is our wrap up episode of the Thinkific series. Today I am joined by Miranda Lievers. She is the COO and co-founder of Thinkific. What better way to wrap up this series, then for us to have a conversation with someone who's been there since the beginning. Miranda has seen this platform grow from not even being a platform to being one of the leaders in course delivery online for entrepreneurs and small businesses. This is a very, very practical episode. We don't talk about jargon. We don't talk about tech all that m...

2019-10-0934 min

Support is Sexy 619: Thinkific Co-Founder and COO Miranda Lievers Shares Insider Advice on How to Launch Your Online Course NOW and Find Your Ideal AudienceHave you been thinking about launching on online course since... I don't know... FOREVER... but you always find an excuse to put it off? This episode of the of the Support is Sexy podcast featuring Miranda Lievers -- Co-founder and COO of Thinkific -- is going to help you get over that hump! Miranda is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur devoted to the intersection of small business and technology. As Co-founder & COO of Thinkific, she has helped more than 36,000 business owners earn $100 Million+ with online courses over the last year alone while educating millions of students around the globe...

2019-03-0449 min

The Smart Brand Marketing Podcast: Online Business | Content Marketing | SEO | Sales | Lifestyle Design SBM 106: Current State of The Online Course Industry Through The Eyes of a Thinkific Co-Founder with Miranda Lievers Today’s Guest In this episode you will learn about what it took Thinkific to grow so fast. The growth pains of the education industry. What some teachers are doing to make their courses super successful. Miranda Lievers is a COO and Co-Founder of Thinkific. This is the 106th session of Smart Brand Marketing. MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY: The people who succeed on Thinkific usually come with a business that is already successful in other areas or have an understanding of how to run a small business. Otherwise of...

2018-11-0428 min

Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold Ep. 06 – Building A Culture Of Feedback with Miranda LieversOur guest is COO Alliance Member Miranda Lievers, COO at Thinkific. In today’s time, companies don’t just check if applicants are excellent fit for the job and culture. They also search for the ones who are smarter than them, the leaders. That’s how Thinkific onboard members in their growing company. As the COO of the […]Resources:Subscribe, Rate & ReviewI'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a community.YouTube - Second In Command Podcast...

2018-05-0743 min

WP-Tonic | WordPress | SaaS | Bootstrap SaaS | Startups #267 WP-Tonic Show With Special Guest Miranda Lievers of Thinkific Miranda Lievers is co-founder & COO of Thinkific, a tech company enabling tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and companies to create, market, and sell their own courses online. She jumped ship from her fast-track corporate job and into full-time entrepreneurship a decade ago, earning her MBA along the way. These days she’s devoted to growing Thinkific while working to help business owners around the globe build their own successful companies online. https://www.thinkific.com/

2018-02-1623 min