SuperQuickQuestion
Techstars '24Astoria, US · Founded 2020 · 11 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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SuperQuickQuestion operates a web-based platform that enables athletes, musicians, and celebrities to conduct live one-on-one video chats with fans for approximately 60 seconds per interaction. The service targets sports teams, leagues, and brands seeking to offer VIP fan engagement experiences without logistical overhead.
Also known as SQQ · Super Quick Question
Founders & leadership
SuperQuickQuestion was founded in 2020 by Dave Benson.

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Company profile
researched Sep 2026SuperQuickQuestion (SQQ) operates a web-based, patented platform for live one-on-one video interactions between fans and athletes, musicians and celebrities, with each interaction capped at 60 seconds. Customers are sports teams, leagues, brands and talent representatives, who use the product as a fan-engagement activation or as a component of sponsorship packages. The company positions the format as a replacement for physical player appearances, removing travel, security, staffing and scheduling requirements: talent can join from any location, including while traveling.
Events run through a hosting interface that lets the host control the session, a branded interactive lobby where fans wait in queue, the 60-second one-on-one video calls themselves, and a downloadable digital snapshot given to each fan at the end. No app download is required. Fan entries are collected via prompts that capture name, email and the fan's question, generating first-party data for the host; submissions are narrowed to roughly 40 to 50 selected participants per event through a combination of AI and manual screening by SQQ together with the athlete or their representatives.
As of February 2026 the company reported more than 5,000 completed interactions and operated with a two-person team consisting of Benson as CEO and Brian Weissler as CTO.
Founding story
The idea originated from Dave Benson's irritation with the phrase "super quick question" during a three-year stint at IBM, where such questions routinely turned into long conversations. Coming from more than two decades in news with its hard deadlines, Benson would start a timer on his watch to keep interactions brief. He framed the original concept as an exercise in business efficiency built around brevity. He has said that after developing the idea, people who believed in him wrote checks to build it, after which he left his job.
Business model
SuperQuickQuestion sells a turnkey, fully hosted virtual fan-engagement event. Teams, brands and talent representatives book the platform and supply the talent; SQQ handles the event mechanics, fan intake, screening, hosting interface and post-call assets. The company is currently paid per activation, and states a long-term goal of converting customers to retainer relationships in which SQQ serves as their standing fan-engagement tool. A secondary value proposition is the first-party data the events generate for the host, since fans submit name, email and their question in order to enter.
Revenue is generated on a per-activation basis, with a stated long-term objective of establishing recurring retainer arrangements with teams and brands.
Traction
The founder reported more than 5,000 one-on-one interactions completed as of February 2026 with no incidents of participant misbehavior. Named customers include Verizon (largest customer; 20-team NFL deployment in January and February 2026), Pepsi, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the Indianapolis Colts, Juventus, AS Monaco, and Monumental Sports' Washington Wizards, Mystics and Capitals, which renewed. Events have also featured Ric Flair, Ricky Williams and Wrexham AFC's Ben Tozer.
Latest developments
In early 2026, Verizon, a long-term NFL league sponsor and the company's largest customer, deployed SuperQuickQuestion with 20 teams during January and February, including an activation with former Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero that he joined from a Caribbean vacation. Brand sponsorship has become a recent area of emphasis alongside the original team-level business. The company was profiled by Sports Business Journal in February 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
SuperQuickQuestion is an early-stage fan-engagement technology vendor in the sports and entertainment sector, operating with a two-person team while serving large brand and team customers. Its customer list includes Verizon and Pepsi on the brand side and Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the Indianapolis Colts, Juventus, and Monumental Sports' Washington Wizards, Mystics and Capitals on the team side, with the Monumental properties having renewed.
The company's stated points of difference are that interactions are live rather than pre-recorded, strictly one-on-one, and time-boxed to 60 seconds, which it argues makes them spontaneous while remaining logistically light for talent. It describes the 60-second video platform as patented. It also emphasizes safety and vetting of participants; the founder attributes the absence of misbehavior across more than 5,000 sessions to participants not being anonymous. A third-party customer, a Cleveland Browns sponsorship executive, is quoted describing the live one-on-one format as unique in sports.
Technology
A browser-based video platform requiring no app download, described by the company as patented. Components include a host control interface, a branded interactive fan lobby and queue, 60-second one-on-one live video calls, and automatically generated downloadable digital snapshots of the fan with the talent. AI is used alongside human screening to filter fan question submissions down to the selected participants. The company states that data and privacy are protected with industry-standard encryption.
Go-to-market
The company sells directly to sports teams, leagues, brands and talent management, offering demos through its website and marketing the product as a way to supercharge sponsorship sales packages. It is listed as a vendor in the ALSD (premium experience) supplier directory, with a named director of business development. Growth channels have included accelerator networks — the 2024 Techstars Sports program produced its Colts relationship — and conference networking, which produced the Verizon relationship that shifted the business toward brand sponsorship activations.
Professional sports teams and leagues, consumer brands and sponsors, talent management firms, and entertainment properties; end users are the fans who take part in the calls. The platform has also been used outside sports, including sessions letting children on the autism spectrum or with mental wellness struggles speak with Santa Claus.
Geography
The company is registered at an Astoria, New York address and the founder is based in New York City. Deployments span the United States, including NFL, NBA and WNBA teams, and extend internationally to European clubs, with events involving Italy's Juventus, France's AS Monaco and Wrexham AFC.
History
Founder Dave Benson spent more than 20 years in news, including at the BBC, CBS Radio and Bleacher Report, followed by a three-year stint at IBM, where the recurring phrase "super quick question" became the seed of the company name and concept. As of February 2026 he described himself as four years into the venture. The company was selected for the 2024 Techstars Sports Accelerator in Indianapolis, which produced its connection to the Indianapolis Colts; the Colts ran a pilot at the end of 2024 with injured rookie cornerback Julius Brents for season-ticket holders. Teams were the initial customer focus, but a chance meeting with Verizon's Katie Ward at a conference led to work with Nick Kelly, then Verizon's VP of partnerships, who identified the platform as a solution to the difficulty of executing contractual athlete appearances in sponsorship deals. Kelly, now CEO of Encore Sports & Entertainment, is an adviser to the company. The company reports the platform was also recognized as an ALSD Spotlight winner in 2023.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsA Verizon activation featured former Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero, who joined from his vacation in the Caribbean.
Verizon, described as SQQ's biggest customer and a long-term NFL league sponsor, deployed the platform with 20 teams in January and February.
Monumental Sports CMO Hunter Lochmann discussed why the Washington Wizards, Mystics and Capitals renewed their use of the platform.
The Colts ran a pilot at the end of 2024 using SuperQuickQuestion with injured rookie cornerback Julius Brents as a perk for season-ticket holders.
SuperQuickQuestion joined the 2024 Techstars Sports cohort in Indianapolis; the program produced the connection that led to the Indianapolis Colts becoming one of its first team clients.
The company lists itself as a winner of the ALSD (Association of Luxury Suite Directors) Spotlight award for 2023.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SuperQuickQuestion do?
- Web platform that runs live, 60-second one-on-one video meetings between fans and athletes, musicians and celebrities.
- Who founded SuperQuickQuestion?
- SuperQuickQuestion was founded by Dave Benson in 2020.
- Who are SuperQuickQuestion's investors?
- SuperQuickQuestion's investors include Elevate Ventures, Techstars.
- Where is SuperQuickQuestion headquartered?
- SuperQuickQuestion is headquartered in Astoria, US.

