Startup Guide Issue 18 | Page 19

N Event r one i s a pl at f or m t hat pr ovi des weddi ng pl anni ng and management t o i t s cus t omer s i n one pl ace, f r om f i ndi ng t he bes t vendor s on a budget t o hel pi ng wi t h t he decor at t he weddi ng and ever yt hi ng i n bet ween. How has t he cur r ent COVI D- 19 s i t uat i on af f ect ed your bus i nes s ? W e' r e i n t he event management i ndus t r y, s o needl es s t o s ay, we' ve been af f ect ed ver y negat i vel y. Our di vi s i on t hat pl ans event s and execut es t hem has had t o cancel al l upcomi ng event s . However , our s of t war e- end i s s t i l l on- goi ng, wher e we' r e s t i l l addi ng s ever al modul es t o our vi r t ual mar ket pl ace and t he bus i nes s management t ool f or SMEs . However , s i nce s t ar t ups at s eed s t age ar e par t i al l y dependent on f undi ng f or s us t ai nabi l i t y, s uch s cenar i os ver y negat i vel y af f ect t he over al l oper at i ons of a s t ar t up as al l our mi l es t ones , par t i cul ar l y wi t h r es pect t o vendor out r each and s al es ar e goi ng t o be badl y del ayed. W hat ar e you doi ng t o keep your oper at i ons up and r unni ng dur i ng t hes e t i mes ? For t unat el y, s i nce day one, I had kept al l my t eam on Convo - a r eal l y good t eam col l abor at i on t ool . So our devel oper s , mar ket i ng and des i gn t eams et c. ar e al l coor di nat i ng vi a Convo t o keep oper at i ons af l oat . W e al r eady had check- i ns and dai l y updat es on Convo, whi ch al l owed us t o wor k r emot el y and on f l exi bl e hour s bef or e t he pandemi c as wel l , s o al l t hat i s goi ng on as us ual . The s al es t eam however , des pi t e bei ng on Convo, can' t do much becaus e t he event management i ndus t r y t hes e days i s MI A.