A team built to grow education brands, and nothing else.
Small, fully remote, and bringing together a wide range of expertise, all of it in education marketing.
From Bangkok events to education marketing.
We started in the industry we knew. An educator showed us what was possible. Then a week that cost us almost everything made education our future.
- 2019
Started in Bangkok
Manno and Rayed founded Think Orion after leaving agencies where they had organized events and technology conferences. We tried several niches, then focused on events. Early clients included the Singapore FinTech Festival and Marriott hotels in Bangkok.
- Early proof
Our first educator
Event work was inconsistent, risky and driven by price. Helping a family friend with an online education business showed us another path: monthly revenue grew from US$4,000 to US$30,000, then to months above US$100,000, with a peak of US$240,000 in a month.
- 2020
A forced pivot
When COVID hit, every event client cancelled within a week. We lost 95% of our business. We rebuilt around online education, finding clients through Upwork. After several difficult months, a major client steadied our revenue, and more educators joined each month.
- 2022
Education became our focus
By 2022, we were working with Udacity, Avado Learning and the McKinsey Forward Program. That year, we declined an offer of investment in exchange for equity, choosing to grow at our own pace.
- 2024
Our first university partner
We began our first university partnership in 2024. Since then, we have worked with institutions across the region, including the American University of Beirut, American University of Sharjah and University of Dubai.
- 2025
The Mind Minutes Method launches
Years of education client work became the Mind Minutes Method: research, creative and paid advertising working together to earn attention before asking for the form. The focus is on qualified conversations and the path from interest to enrollment.
- 2026
Our content-first, social-first production arm launches
We launched a dedicated content production arm to help educators create standout content for the feed—in formats their audiences enjoy and language they understand.
A dedicated team that knows education.
Small, focused teams bring strategy, creative, paid advertising and partner support together around your programs. Education partners tend to stay and grow with us.
Manno works on education marketing strategy and created the Mind Minutes Method.
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Rayed is Think Orion’s co-founder and Client Happiness Officer.
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What it is like to work with us.
A partner success manager who owns your account, knows your intake calendar and does not rotate off it.
Media buying, creative and content are separate people who only work on education programs.
We focus on informed, interested requests to learn more. Applications, enrollments and revenue help check whether those conversations lead somewhere.
A remote team working across time zones, with the communication rhythm agreed around your team.
“It is great to have a team that you trust and that I know is doing their best to find what works for my clients.”
