Idea Exchange
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Weisbrot Studied TED Organizer Manuals For 100 Hours to Run Events
“And so I spent at least a hundred hours studying all of the manuals that TED organizers have. So I taught myself how TED organizes an event so that I could put on this sim quality professional event.”
Weisbrot: Idea Exchange Scaled to 600 Attendees With Zero Marketing Spend
“You know, the first time we had a hundred people at our event, we did no marketing, and we thought we were only going to have about 30 or 40, maybe. And so the second time we got a venue that held two 50 and we put 300 people in that room. Again, we didn't spe…”
Weisbrot: Futian District Allowed Foreigners to Host Events in Government-Only Venue
“So that in itself was really impressive to me that they had the courage to trust a foreigner to run an event in a venue that's for private use only that no one else outside of the government has ever been allowed to use.”
Weisbrot: Idea Exchange's Free Government Venue Would Cost 50,000 RMB Per Event
“If we had to pay for this venue, it would probably cost 20 to 50,000 RMB for an event, for one event.”
Weisbrot: Chinese Society Discourages Young People From Questioning and Seeking Self-Knowledge
“I think the biggest problem is they grow up in a society that doesn't ask them to ask questions, that doesn't push them to want to know themselves.”
First IdeaExchange event drew 100 attendees with zero marketing spend
“A hundred people showed up. A hundred. And we didn't do any marketing, we didn't spend any money on advertising or anything.”
Weisbrot spent 50 unpaid hours weekly organizing early IdeaExchange events
“I spend 50 hours a week planning this event each month, and I don't make anything for it, other than my own happiness of seeing everybody here.”
Weisbrot: Idea Exchange partnered directly with the Chinese government for operational support
“I only accepted one opportunity and that was working with the Chinese government. And I felt like I didn't have a choice. Because it's the freaking government, you know. But, ah, they were very supportive, so I couldn't say no to the offer. It was too good to …”