4.6 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Brendan Ciecko is the founder and CEO of Cuseum, a platform that helps museums and cultural organizations engage their visitors, members, and patrons. Ciecko has been building technology since the age of 11 and has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as being one of America’s top entrepreneurs under 30. Ciecko has been featured in The New York Times, WIRED, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and PC Magazine for his work in design, technology, and business.
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0:00.0 | QZM has now 175 customers paying on average 600 bucks a month, so called 105 grand in terms of |
0:05.6 | monthly revenue up from about 35 grand a year ago. So healthy growth and their casual positive, |
0:09.8 | which is nice. 1.5 million bucks raised, eight people between Boston and Europe, |
0:13.4 | less than 5% revenue turn per year right now, net revenue retention above 100% other economics |
0:18.6 | too early as Brennan looks and decides how he's |
0:21.6 | going to dial up and try and scale. |
0:24.2 | Hello everyone. |
0:24.9 | My guest today is Brendan Sieto. |
0:27.5 | He is the founder and CEO of a company called QZM, a platform that helps museums and |
0:32.0 | cultural organizations engage their visitors, members, and patrons. |
0:35.9 | He has been building technology since the age of 11 has been recognized by Inc. |
0:39.0 | Magazine as being one of America's top entrepreneurs under 30. |
0:41.7 | He's been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, entrepreneur, and many of |
0:44.7 | outlets for his work in design, technology, and business. |
0:47.8 | Brandon, are you ready to take us to the top? |
0:49.7 | Let's do it. |
0:50.5 | Thanks for having me. |
0:51.3 | You bet. Okay, QZM. I mean, were you like working in a museum, |
0:55.0 | totally frustrated, quit the $10 an hour job and said I'm going to strike it on my own? |
0:59.0 | Like, how did you get the idea? Yeah, so I started in the field of technology from a really young |
1:04.9 | age and had the unique opportunity to work with a cultural institution in New York City, |
1:11.1 | which was kind of unlike what we did at my agency. |
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