What Think IT does

Think IT is a national professional networking community operated as a brand under York Solutions, a private technology consulting firm headquartered in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The community has grown to 5,000+ members comprised of IT and business professionals distributed across the United States, with participation from named enterprises including Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN, Optum, and the National Marrow Donor Program. Membership is free, and engagement is delivered through virtual roundtables, in-person meetups, panel events, summits, forums, and an annual Charity Golf Invitational.

The core product surface consists of four sub-offerings: the Think IT membership network itself, the invite-only "Link to Leadership" executive development track, the recurring Think IT Events program, and a Discussion Ideas Submission mechanism that lets members propose topics for future programming. There is no proprietary technology stack disclosed — Think IT is positioned as a community and event platform, not a software product. Adjacent York Solutions assets include "Applied AI Solutions" and "MaxQ Studio" (an AI solutions sub-brand), which sit outside Think IT but within the same parent ecosystem.

Commercially, Think IT operates as a freemium, non-revenue-generating community whose economics flow indirectly through York Solutions' consulting, integration, and talent placement services. The community functions as a top-of-funnel talent pipeline and relationship-building channel for the parent, with growth driven by member referrals, event participation, and word-of-mouth within the Minnesota-anchored but nationally distributed professional network. The firmographic summary in the input describes Think IT as a "one-stop-shop for all your schools' ICT needs," which conflicts with all other source material describing a professional networking community; the company description is grounded in the dominant body of evidence describing the community.

Name

Think IT

Legal name

York Solutions

Website

https://thinkitassociation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Think IT is a free, national networking community of 5,000+ IT and business professionals operated by York Solutions, delivering peer learning, leadership development, and industry events across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Networking Community

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Interest-Based Communities & Forums (BPAMABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Membership Communities with Learning (Community-Led Education) (MPACALAF), Executive Leadership Summits (C-Suite, Board, Strategy Offsites) (THAHAMAA), Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

Keywords

• Professional networking community
• Leadership development program
• IT peer learning
• Business networking events
• Executive mentorship network

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership (Free): Think IT membership is free for all participants. The community serves as a talent pipeline and relationship-building platform for York Solutions, which operates the network. Revenue generation is indirect through talent placement and consulting services that York Solutions provides to member organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Think IT is a free national professional networking community of 5,000+ tech and business professionals, providing peer learning through virtual roundtables, in-person meetups, curated panel events, summits, forums, and an annual Charity Golf Invitational. It includes an invite-only leadership development program called Link to Leadership for senior IT and business executives. The community is operated by parent company York Solutions and functions as a talent pipeline and relationship-building platform.

Product overview

Think IT is a single product—a national professional networking community—offering members free access to a network of 5,000+ tech and business professionals. The core offering centers on connection and peer learning through three main components: the Think IT membership network itself, the Link to Leadership invite-only leadership development program, and Think IT Events (panels, summits, forums, and the annual Charity Golf Invitational). A fourth component, Discussion Ideas Submission, enables members to propose topics for future discussions. The portfolio functions as a unified community platform rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Link to Leadership: An invite-only leadership development program led by senior IT and business executives, focused on sharpening leadership capabilities and advancing careers.
• MaxQ Studio

Products and services

• Think IT Community A free national professional networking community of 5,000+ tech and business professionals offering peer learning, connection, and shared growth opportunities through virtual roundtables, in-person meetups, mentoring, and curated events for individual professionals across industries.
• Link to Leadership An invite-only leadership development program for senior IT and business executives, focused on sharpening leadership capabilities, advancing careers, and providing exclusive peer networking and curated development sessions.
• Think IT Events Curated professional networking events including panel events, summits, forums, and an annual Charity Golf Invitational designed to blend thought-provoking panels with authentic networking opportunities and community impact for members and partners.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• C-Suite Network: C-Suite Network convenes senior executives through summits, peer groups, and content — comparable to Think IT's executive networking and event programming, though with broader cross-functional reach beyond IT.
• The Executive Network (TENS): TENS is a peer network for senior technology leaders offering roundtables and leadership programming — closely aligned with Think IT's community-led, peer-discussion-driven engagement model.
• WITI (Women in Technology International): WITI is a membership network for women in technology offering events, mentoring, and leadership programs — comparable to Think IT's tech-focused networking and mentoring components, with a narrower demographic focus.

Direct peers

• Vistage: Vistage runs paid peer advisory groups for executives with monthly meetings, executive coaching, and events — comparable to Think IT's peer-learning model, though Vistage is a paid subscription platform with a global footprint.
• EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization): EO provides peer learning forums, leadership development, and member events for entrepreneurs — overlapping with Think IT's executive peer-learning and Link to Leadership track, with a similarly curated, invitation-influenced membership approach.
• Evanta (a Gartner Company): Evanta operates invitation-only CIO and CISO peer communities with summits, roundtables, and one-on-one mentoring — the closest direct competitor to Think IT's membership, events, and leadership development model, but with Gartner's deeper budget and global reach.
• Pavilion: Pavilion operates membership-based communities for cross-functional executives with in-person events, online forums, and curated peer groups — directly comparable to Think IT's community-led GTM and peer-learning value proposition.
• HMG Strategy: HMG Strategy runs CIO and technology executive summits, forums, and leadership academies with national events and an advisory model — a direct competitor to Think IT's executive networking and Link to Leadership programming.
• Society for Information Management (SIM): SIM is a long-established national membership organization for IT leaders offering local chapter events, mentoring, and leadership programming — directly comparable to Think IT's professional networking and peer-learning focus for senior IT executives.

Regional players

• Technology Executives Club: Technology Executives Club hosts regional networking events and forums for IT leaders — comparable to Think IT's panel and forum programming but with regional rather than national focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thinkit_p2p
• Facebookfacebook.com/thinkitassociation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2746291
• Instagraminstagram.com/yorksolutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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