Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator

So a Human Resources director and a farmer walk into a bar. Sounds like the start of a great joke, but it is the true story of an AI based video tech firm with an international reach that started right here in Wichita, Kansas. Mike Mathia and Jason Toevs, co-founders of Quicc, join hosts Don and Ebony to explore everything from starting out with heavy involvement to investors and pivoting into new opportunities amid explosive growth.

Show Notes

So a Human Resources director and a farmer walk into a bar.  Sounds like the start of a great joke, but it is the true story of an AI based video tech firm with an international reach that started right here in Wichita, Kansas.   Mike Mathia and Jason Toevs, co-founders of Quicc, join hosts Don and Ebony to explore everything from starting out with heavy involvement to investors and pivoting into new opportunities amid explosive growth.  On this episode we discuss:
  • The evolving vision around helping others create content
  • Dealing with buyers and investors too early
  • Trying to scale a new business while also educating the market
  • Pivoting into new opportunities with automatic video captioning
  • Massive growth with the company pivot
  • How customers struggle to keep the right content in front of their audience
  • Seeing ahead and moving beyond a commoditized service to stand apart from the industry
  • What scares them about being a start-up in Wichita
  • Being a part of the next wave of video and enabling fast development in content creation
  • Saying yes to the conversation
  • What keeps companies and talent from wanting to stay in Wichita
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Quicc is every team’s secret weapon to amplify their brand by repurposing video content like a global heavyweight, without needing a media empire behind you to do it. Are you a video creator harnessing the power of video to educate, entertain, inform, and connect with your audience? If so, look no further than Quicc! In a world with so many viewers now watching video without sound, we've helped creators just like you in over 100 countries worldwide achieve maximum
accessibility and increased audience engagement through a simple, automated, custom  process to caption video content at lightning speed.
 
Mike & Jason are the Co-Founders of Quicc, a local Wichita startup that continues to grow. Video content was hard for them to scale in their first startup, which led to building Quicc. Since then they have been blown away by the community of creators who have been a part of our rapid growth! They believe in building a sustainable, transparent, and liberating product/company and hope others will join us by using Quicc as their own secret weapon in creating video content!
 
More Information:
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What is Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator?

Explore the world of business and entrepreneurship in Wichita. Learn from local business owners from a variety of industries as they share their experiences with hosts and Evergy leaders, Don Sherman and Ebony Clemons-Ajibolade, who are also small business owners. You’ll learn how they have built and grown their companies and the challenges and opportunities they encountered along the way. This podcast is brought to you by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce and is powered by Evergy.