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Because of the press he received from landing on the INC5000 list, companies began reaching out to him, looking for black freelance web development professionals. The\u0026nbsp;problem of finding diverse flexible talent was a much larger problem that needed to be addressed.\u0026nbsp;11. (Top Half) According to the Delivering through Diversity study conducted by McKinsey and Company 2. (Bottom Half) Survey conducted by IncluzionView Our Diversity Hiring Survey ResultsThe Birth of IncluzionAfter exiting his first startup, working on projects as a freelancer and\u0026nbsp;pivoting from another startup\u0026nbsp;that also focused on diversity, Jibril continued to reflect on how he could use his life experiences to help others.\u0026nbsp; For 2 years he'd worked\u0026nbsp;as a board member for his hometown's African American Chamber of Commerce,\u0026nbsp;creating relationships with local Black, Hispanic and Women business groups to provide solutions for\u0026nbsp;economic empowerment.\u0026nbsp;He was also able to grow a successful company and create his own economic empowerment, by accessing skillsets at the right time,\u0026nbsp;while providing overseas talent with the opportunity to earn money in a remote and\u0026nbsp;flexible way.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;However, Jibril\u0026nbsp;wanted to provide other minority and non-mority owned companies with a similar\u0026nbsp;opportunity to access the skills of diverse professionals in the USA and\u0026nbsp;empower US professionals with the opportunity to access\u0026nbsp;flexible work.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;So he launched Incluzion.Incluzion is the first talent marketplace that will leverage a dataset of Black, Latinx and Women professionals to\u0026nbsp;power algorithms that connect companies with skilled \"contract to hire\" freelancers in any region of the world; where companies work with freelance professionals in a project, freelance, remote, contract-to-hire or full-time capacity. Incluzion's Mission: To elimiate the issue companies have connecting with diverse talent and provide professionals with an additional ways to leverage a flexible work-life balace.\u0026nbsp;Incluzion also provides a dedicated social community that serves as a safe space for talent to network, collaborate and share.With our freelance talent platform combined with our direct hire and contract placement offering, Incluzion covers all avenues for job placement and will be well-positioned to provide talent to companies than need to hire thus, promoting a diverse and flexible future of work.The Workforce is Shifting to Flexible\u0026nbsp;In 2019, more companies are realizing that they can save 30% in costs by hiring flexible talent vs full-time employees. Technology is providing hiring managers with a way to circumvent recruiters and staffing companies through talent platforms and marketplaces.Workers are also shifting.\u0026nbsp; By 2027 more than 50% of the workforce will be professionals who want to sip cocktails on the beach and work. Talented professionals are increasingly wanting more flexibility and technology is giving them the opportunity to do so. \u0026nbsp;There's a major\u0026nbsp;shift\u0026nbsp;in the way companies hire and the way workers work. But as companies search for diverse talent, no recruitment firm, staffing firm or talent marketplace is focused on highlighting flexible\u0026nbsp;Black, Latinx and Female talent.\u0026nbsp;Here's Jibril's pitch for Atlanta Tech Village Monthly Startup Pitch-off:How do we make money?Incluzion generates revenue in multiple ways:Platform fees that occur when a company hires and pays for talent through the Incluzion Marketplace.Margins earned as part of the bill rate when a company hires contract talent from Incluzion in a technical staffing scenarioCommissions earned when talent is permanently placed with a company through recruiting activities. 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Int'l growth rates are up to 80% a yr"},{"index":4,"claim_id":"claim-fact-4","value":"Global workforce is rapidly shifting towards freelancing - 1 in 3 US workers currently freelances. Soon, 1 in 2 US workers will freelance!"},{"index":5,"claim_id":"claim-fact-5","value":"Freelancers are increasingly using technology to find work, which positions us perfectly to help them!"},{"index":6,"claim_id":"claim-fact-6","value":"Incluzion is providing more flexible earning \u0026amp; economic growth opportunities to historically marginalized groups."},{"index":7,"claim_id":"claim-fact-7","value":"Only company that provides a marketplace and social community for freelance professionals."}],"team":[{"id":760449,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:760449","user_entity_id":"wefunder:user:300764","role":"founder","name":"Jibril Sulaiman","title":"CEO / Founder","bio":"-2X Startup Founder. -Entrepreneur of 18 years -Prev company #484 on '16 Inc5000 list -Fellowships include: Civic Accelerator, Ascend2020 Atlanta \u0026amp; FounderGym.","avatar_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company_role/custom_photo/760449/square_cropped_jibril-200x300.jpg?1580240071","profile_url":"https://wefunder.com/jibril.sulaiman.3","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jibrilsulaiman/","twitter_url":"http://twitter.com/datdudejibril","related_urls":["https://wefunder.com/jibril.sulaiman.3"]},{"id":760813,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:760813","user_entity_id":"wefunder:user:301500","role":"employee","name":"Maxine Cain","title":"HR Advisor","bio":"20 years as HR leader @ Verizon","avatar_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company_role/custom_photo/760813/square_cropped_DSC09939sq.jpg?1583120372","profile_url":"https://wefunder.com/maxine.cain","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxinecain/","related_urls":["https://wefunder.com/maxine.cain"]},{"id":864620,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:864620","user_entity_id":"wefunder:user:647680","role":"employee","name":"Shaykara Waajid","title":"Full Desk Recruiter","bio":"8 yrs as HR Consultant/Recruiter","avatar_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company_role/custom_photo/864620/square_cropped_shay_wajiid.jpg?1583259650","profile_url":"https://wefunder.com/shaykara.waajid","personal_url":"http://3mcsolutions.net","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaykara/","twitter_url":"https://twitter.com/ShayWaajid","related_urls":["https://wefunder.com/shaykara.waajid","http://3mcsolutions.net"]},{"id":864627,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:864627","role":"employee","name":"Patrice Chang","title":"Executive Search Recruiter","bio":"Proficient in administering diversity and inclusive practices.","avatar_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company_role/custom_photo/864627/square_cropped_Patrice_Chang.jpg?1583120411","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricebey5/","related_urls":[]},{"id":760808,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:760808","user_entity_id":"wefunder:user:301049","role":"employee","name":"Brian Yack","title":"VP of Recruitment","bio":"Brian has been a technical recruiter for over 10 years.","avatar_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company_role/custom_photo/760808/square_cropped_b86932e343600ae55a4a1b4419b4c831ce2af06d-1.jpg?1583120145","profile_url":"https://wefunder.com/brian.yack","linkedin_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianyack/","related_urls":["https://wefunder.com/brian.yack"]}],"featured_investors":[],"investor_memos":[],"tab_counts":{"posts":0,"ask_questions":6,"featured_investors":0,"faq_entries":4},"active_fundraises":[{"id":28634,"entity_id":"wefunder:fundraise:28634","state":"successful","offering_type":"4(a)(6)","funding_type":"note","structure":"safe","security_type":"equity","currency":"USD","testing_the_waters":false,"min_purchase":100,"max_purchase":9,"funding_target":20000.0,"maximum_target":"107000.0","funding_started_at":"2019-11-22T22:55:50Z","funding_closed_at":"2020-04-30T05:02:15Z","auto_close_at":"2020-04-30T03:59:59Z"}],"latest_fundraise":{"id":28634,"entity_id":"wefunder:fundraise:28634","state":"successful","offering_type":"4(a)(6)","structure":"safe","testing_the_waters":false,"can_invest_now":false,"funding_started_at":"2019-11-22T22:55:50Z","funding_closed_at":"2020-04-30T05:02:15Z","terms":{"eb":null,"nb":"$2.5M","txt":"valuation cap"}},"recent_posts":[],"q_and_a":[{"id":83338,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:83338","question":"I seriously considered investing until I read your difficulty in finding \"LatinX\" talent. I would approximate the proportion of Hispanic people who are familiar with the word LatinX and either despise it or think it is moronic at ~99%. Your inability to discover talented individuals is seemingly due to being completely out-of-touch with those communities. Could you explain how input parameters for a data aggregation and deep learning schema would be a viable methodology if there is a significant deficiency in common sense, colloquial nomenclature, and culturally diverse parlance? The idiom, which you may or may not be familiar with, that comes to mind is, \"garbage in, garbage out\" as it is befittingly poignant for machine learning algorithmic development.","author_name":"Vincent Schmitz","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-03-20T23:19:05Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-83338","answers":[{"id":83343,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:83343","answer":"Hi Vincent. We're using our diverse talent dataset to power our algorithm by analyzing 15+ key attributes from both talent profiles and projects posted, in the form of structured, unstructured data and past feedback provided by companies and freelancers. The data is collected through simple, easy to fill inputs. Our algorithm will be backed by powerful Machine Learning and AI technologies, and dynamically qualifies candidates against one another to find companies the best match. Our algorithm will also learn with every interview and hire decision made by clients on Incluzion!","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-03-21T00:16:23Z"}]},{"id":81611,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:81611","question":"How long is your raise for? I am considering becoming an investor after your shout-out but until July I can't make any additional investments as I've reached the Sec's 2200 limit.","author_name":"Nicholas C BORTON","votes":1,"created_at":"2020-03-06T06:53:53Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-81611","answers":[{"id":81648,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:81648","answer":"Hi Nicholas. Our campaign ends on March 27th. :(","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-03-06T14:10:10Z"}]},{"id":265449,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:265449","question":"I have not received any updates since investing in 2020. Does Incluzion still exist?","author_name":"Gregg Steward","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-10-12T20:27:31Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-265449","answers":[]},{"id":215570,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:215570","question":"Hello Jibril, Just wondering when you are going to provide us wit some updates. We haven't heard anything in a while.","author_name":"Mario M Teel Jr.","votes":0,"created_at":"2022-08-16T20:54:24Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-215570","answers":[]},{"id":83856,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:83856","question":"Hi, congrats on your achievements thus far. I’m thinking of taking this ride with you but have a few questions: 1) it seems that your company started back in 2017, so, do you have any revenues? When do you expect to become profitable? 2) how many people have used your company? 3) You’re entering a very concentrated market, how will you compete with the other much bigger “fishes” out there? Please advise and thanks for your time! Best regards, Alex","author_name":"Alex Lebon","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-03-25T18:40:56Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-83856","answers":[{"id":84157,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:84157","answer":"Hi Alex and thanks for the question. Per our Q\u0026amp;A: What happened in 2017 and 2018? After attempting to grow another culture-focused project in 2017 \u0026amp; 2018, I pivoted to Incluzion. Because we raised a previous Regulation CF round of funding around this project because and those previous investors believed in ME and the mission, I didn't want to let them down. So using the existing company Spendwith Corp, I made the pivot to the Incluzion brand. Bringing with me previous investors and 2 years of financials with no revenues. I spent the rest of 2018 painstakingly researching the business idea, building multiple versions of our product, scaling up a database of freelancers, testing our offerings in the market to find the right set of customers and finally launching in 2019 We had approximately $17K in revenue in 2019","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-03-28T19:14:51Z"},{"id":84158,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:84158","answer":"Per our Traction slide above: 1000+ professionals 250+ clients have signed up.","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-03-28T19:16:57Z"},{"id":84159,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:84159","answer":"3. The bigger fishes like Upwork aren't worried about this niche. Our competitors are companies like The Mom Project and Powertofly. They offer a freelance marketplace + staffing + recruiting but are only focused on Women as a target candidate. But gender and ethic diversity are directly correlated with increased profitability at companies. Our advantage is to focus on these demographics as well. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/delivering-through-diversity","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-03-28T19:19:23Z"}]},{"id":78847,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:78847","question":"Hello Jibril, Great presentation. I would like to know what are your plans to outshine the competition from companies like Diversity.io, who is also doing a crowd funding campaign on WeFunder? Like Incluzion, they're focus is to connect people of color with the tech industry.","author_name":"Keith Davis","votes":0,"created_at":"2020-02-18T00:18:19Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/incluzion#question-78847","answers":[{"id":78848,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:78848","answer":"Great question Keith.\u0026nbsp; In contrast to the company you mentioned, Incluzion is a diversity-focused version of Upwork, meaning we provide a b2b service, b2b marketplace and payment facilitation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Our business model is contingent on facilitating not only the connection with diverse talent\u0026nbsp;but also the financial\u0026nbsp;transaction around the services that the talent provides. Because of this we are providing value and focused on the emerging flexible workforce of the future.\u0026nbsp;A workforce that will be less reliant on human facilitated services and more\u0026nbsp;on technology to connect clients and talent on-demand, and in a full cycle capacity.","author_name":"Jibril Sulaiman","votes":2,"created_at":"2020-02-18T00:35:23Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"Hello Jibril, Great presentation. I would like to know what are your plans to outshine the competition from companies like Diversity.io, who is also doing a crowd funding campaign on WeFunder? Like Incluzion, they're focus is to connect people of color with the tech industry.","answer":"Great question Keith.\u0026nbsp; In contrast to the company you mentioned, Incluzion is a diversity-focused version of Upwork, meaning we provide a b2b service, b2b marketplace and payment facilitation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Our business model is contingent on facilitating not only the connection with diverse talent\u0026nbsp;but also the financial\u0026nbsp;transaction around the services that the talent provides. Because of this we are providing value and focused on the emerging flexible workforce of the future.\u0026nbs..."},{"question":"How long is your raise for? I am considering becoming an investor after your shout-out but until July I can't make any additional investments as I've reached the Sec's 2200 limit.","answer":"Hi Nicholas. Our campaign ends on March 27th. :("},{"question":"I seriously considered investing until I read your difficulty in finding \"LatinX\" talent. I would approximate the proportion of Hispanic people who are familiar with the word LatinX and either despise it or think it is moronic at ~99%. Your inability to discover talented indiv...","answer":"Hi Vincent. We're using our diverse talent dataset to power our algorithm by analyzing 15+ key attributes from both talent profiles and projects posted, in the form of structured, unstructured data and past feedback provided by companies and freelancers. The data is collected through simple, easy to fill inputs. Our algorithm will be backed by powerful Machine Learning and AI technologies, and dynamically qualifies candidates against one another to find companies the best match. Our algorithm..."},{"question":"Hi, congrats on your achievements thus far. I’m thinking of taking this ride with you but have a few questions: 1) it seems that your company started back in 2017, so, do you have any revenues? When do you expect to become profitable? 2) how many people have used your company?...","answer":"Hi Alex and thanks for the question. Per our Q\u0026amp;A: What happened in 2017 and 2018? After attempting to grow another culture-focused project in 2017 \u0026amp; 2018, I pivoted to Incluzion. Because we raised a previous Regulation CF round of funding around this project because and those previous investors believed in ME and the mission, I didn't want to let them down. So using the existing company Spendwith Corp, I made the pivot to the Incluzion brand. Bringing with me previous investors and 2 ..."}]}}}