As the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China is prolonged, global events are being canceled one after another. MWC, the world’s largest mobile conference, was canceled for the first time in its 33-year history, and the Facebook Developer Conference F8 also announced that it would cancel the event this year. However, it is known that Facebook will film and stream some events. While tech companies like Facebook can do it, smaller companies actually have no choice but to cancel the event.
Run the World, headquartered in California, USA, operates an online event platform that is needed in the current pandemic. Everything from event ticketing to streaming and networking is conducted online.
Run the World was founded by CEO Xiao-win Qiu, who served as a product lead on Facebook and Instagram, to solve the discomfort experienced by his mother, who is a doctor, attending medical conferences. It was decided to create a platform that allows regular network connections with industry officials while reducing the cost of attending events.
Lander World, which has attracted seed investments from Anderson Horowitz and other investors, has been established for only four months, but has already held dozens of events and secured hundreds of connecting lines.
The growth of Runther World fell in line with the special situation of the Wuhan corona outbreak. This is in contrast to the past online event platforms ended in failure. One of Runtherworld’s customers is Wuhan 2020. Wuhan 2020 is an online hackathon to combat the Wuhan virus, with more than 3,000 developers expected to participate.
In addition, the online conference for the protection of elephants in Laos, held on the Run the World platform, collected $30,000 over two weeks. In addition, individuals who want to hold small events or workshops are also looking for Run the World.
Run the World takes 25% of the ticket sale as a commission and provides services such as payment, streaming, and networking required during the event.
“The advantage of online events is that you can have effective networking,” said CEO Chi. Offline, you don’t know which attendees to reach, but you can identify other attendees online through a video profile or Instagram story.
It’s a good thing for more people to attend the event online, but it also recognizes the dangers of live online events. In New Zealand last year, a problem with online broadcasting was pointed out as the appearance of a gunman killing dozens was broadcast live on Facebook. It will improve the quality of the platform and secure the safety of participants by providing various functions such as authentication by adding a profile that is a link to the participants of Run the World.