Autonode

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Founder of 365 Run Club LLP

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

What We Offer Daily & Night Community Runs:

• We organize regular, recurring group runs—ranging from weeknight night runs to weekend morning meetups—across cities like Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Whether it's our Bagel Night Run or a weekend social run, we create opportunities for you to lace up and connect.
• Structured Training Programs: We offer dedicated training sessions designed to help you build stamina, improve performance, and stay consistent with your fitness journey.
• Member Rewards & Progress Tracking: Through our web app platform, we offer a gamified experience with levels and rewards to keep you accountable to your daily goals—living up to our core philosophy: "Run every day. No excuses."
• Event Ticketing & Access: We provide seamless online event registration and ticket management so you can easily sign up and join our upcoming runs.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Autonode Interactive LLP to accomplish?

• Simplify club operations: Bring event creation, ticketing, QR check-ins, participant management, and communications into one system so we could grow the club with less manual work.
• Automate our annual flagship challenge, The 365 Way: Previously, athletes submitted daily Strava links through Google Forms, and our team manually updated Google Sheets. We wanted a platform where runners could log in, connect their Strava accounts, and have their activities and challenge progress tracked automatically.
• Reduce ticketing costs: Our previous platform charged 40% per ticket sale. We wanted our own branded platform to manage registrations and payments, reduce those costs, and retain more revenue.
• Gamify community participation: Introduce runner profiles, XP, levels, leaderboards, and rewards to encourage members to show up consistently and stay engaged.

SOLUTION

How did you find Autonode Interactive LLP?

• Online Search
• Referral

Why did you select Autonode Interactive LLP over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Autonode Interactive LLP were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Autonode Interactive LLP designed and developed a custom digital platform for 365 Run Club, covering event registrations, community engagement, and the automation of our annual flagship challenge, The 365 Way.

Previously, we used a third-party event platform that charged 40% per ticket sale. For The 365 Way, athletes submitted their daily Strava activity links through Google Forms, and our team manually reviewed submissions and updated Google Sheets.

The key deliverables included:

• Branded website and event platform: Event discovery, event detail pages, registrations, integrated online payments, digital QR tickets, and automated confirmation emails. 
• Admin dashboard: Tools for creating and updating events, managing participants, scanning tickets for attendance, handling cancellations and refunds, and communicating with runners.
• Runner accounts and profiles: Member onboarding, participation history, tickets, and progress tracking.
• Gamification: XP for event registration and attendance, levels, leaderboards, and configurable rewards to encourage ongoing participation.
• The 365 Way challenge platform: A dedicated runner dashboard with Strava OAuth authentication and API integration to automatically sync activities, track challenge progress, and update rankings, replacing our manual Forms and Sheets workflow.
• Mobile applications: Android and iOS apps for browsing events, registering, accessing tickets, and viewing runner profiles.

The overall scope was to give us our own platform, reduce our dependence on third-party ticketing, and automate the administrative work involved in running and growing the club.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

1. Reduced dependence on a platform charging 40% per ticket sale: We could accept registrations and payments through our own branded platform.
2. Automated The 365 Way’s daily tracking: Runners connected their Strava accounts, replacing daily link submissions through Google Forms and manual updates to Google Sheets.
3. Reduced administrative work: Activity syncing, challenge progress tracking, and leaderboard updates were automated, allowing our team to manage the challenge with less manual effort.
4. Centralized event operations: Registrations, payments, digital tickets, QR check-ins, and participant records were brought into one system.
5. Made participation trackable: Runner profiles, XP, levels, and leaderboards gave members visibility into their progress and gave us a foundation for measuring repeat participation.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Autonode communicated clearly throughout the project and was responsive to our questions, feedback, and changing needs. They took the time to understand how our club operated, particularly the manual work behind The 365 Way. They were also proactive in identifying additional workflows we could automate. They suggested practical improvements beyond our initial requirements and explained how those changes could save our team time and make the experience smoother for runners.

What was your primary form of communication with Autonode Interactive LLP?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

What impressed us most was how proactively they looked for ways to improve our operations. They took the time to understand how our run club worked and identified opportunities for automation that we hadn’t considered. Automating The 365 Way through Strava was particularly valuable—it replaced a daily manual process and made the experience easier for both our runners and our team. They felt like a partner invested in helping us grow.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Autonode Interactive LLP could have done differently?

We don’t have any major areas for improvement to highlight. They were responsive to our feedback and proactive in suggesting improvements throughout the project.