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  1. History

  2. Business model

  3. Further reading

  4. Quorum data cited by the media

  5. See Also

  6. References

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Quorum (also known as Quorum Analytics) is an American multinational software technology company headquartered in Washington DC. Quorum produces an online legislative data analysis and aggregation platform that provides quantitative insights for qualitative policy questions. Quorum was developed for stakeholder engagement, legislative tracking, and grassroots advocacy.[1] The company operates internationally with an office in Brussels, Belgium, and serves cities, counties, and capitols across all 50 US states.

Quorum compiles and aggregates publicly available big data—in the form of bills, amendments, committee documents, floor statements, voting records, social media posts, press releases, email newsletters, and census data—into a single, comprehensive database. The platform then uses quantitative analytics to identify key players in specified legislation.

Quorum has been used to identify who is speaking on a specific issue,[2][3] measure the effectiveness of lawmakers,[4][5] identify connection between representatives,[6][7] identify champions of specific legislation,[8] review congressional records,[9]

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History

Quorum was founded by Alex Wirth and Jonathan Marks in 2014 while they were undergraduates at Harvard University.[12] The idea for Quorum was born from a frustrating summer Alex Wirth spent on Capitol Hill attempting to build bipartisan support for a Presidential Youth Council. Wirth saw first hand how challenging it was for advocates and organizations to influence the legislative process. Wirth worked with his college roommate Jonathan Marks to discover how they could use computer science to make the process of influencing legislation easier and more effective. Their initial goal was to see if they could “use computers to figure out which members of Congress know each other and work together based on previous patterns.”[13] 

The beta version of the Quorum platform was built in the Summer of 2014[14] in association with Harvard innovation lab[1] and was financed by a grant from the Harvard Institute of Politics.[2] Quorum earned further funding through the 2014 I3 Harvard College Innovation Challenge McKinley Family Grant for Social Enterprise,[17] the 2014 Harvard Ventures Pitch Competition,[18] the 2015 George Washington University Business Plan Competition,[3] and the 2015 The Queen's Entrepreneurs Competition.[20]

Quorum was publicly launched on January 26, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.[21] In May of 2015, the company moved its headquarters to Washington, DC to be closer to its client base.[21] Quorum was named as the number one DC startup-to-watch in 2017 by Technical.ly.[23] In May of 2017, Quorum opened an office in Brussels, Belgium, to serve the consultancy market of Europe’s regulatory capital.[24]

Business model

Quorum provides their software as a service (SaaS). Clients pay an annual subscription to provide their public affairs or government affairs team(s) access to Quorum software and data.

Further reading

  • IOP Now “Millennial Must-Read: The Future Of Politics: One Line of Code At A Time” by Alex Wirth and Jonathan Marks[4]
  • The Washington Post “Who will decide which party controls the House? Whiter, wealthier Americans.” by Amber Phillips[5]
  • DC Inno “Office Envy: Quorum’s Journey from a Harvard Dorm Room to the Nation’s Capital” by Kieran McQuilkin[6]
  • DC Inno “DC Inno’s 25 Under 25” by Kieran McQuilkin[7]
  • WhereNext Magazine “How Big Data Is Changing Corporate Lobbying” by Jeffrey Peters[8]
  • Bloomberg Businessweek “Lobbyists Have a New Secret Weapon” by Alexandra Stratton[9]
  • Axios “Congress' favorite hashtag in 2017: #trumpcare” by Axios Staff[10]
  • The Queen's Entrepreneurs Competition “Quorum: On wading through U.S. politics and winning the QEC 2015” by QEC Staff[11]
  • Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences “The Un-dropouts” by Adam Zewe[12]
  • Technical.ly “Quorum has a new tool to track how much Congress gets done in a week” by Nia Dickens[13]
  • Technical.ly “Quorum goes international with EU expansion” by Zack Seward[14]
  • Technical.ly “Quorum releases new CRM for public affairs teams” by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier[15]
  • Technical.ly “These are the 20 #dctech startups worth watching this year: realLIST 2017” by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier[16]
  • Washingtonian “The Residents in DC’s Nerdiest Group House Want to Shake Up Washington’s Oldest Trade” by Michael J. Gaynor[17]
  • Consumer Technology Association “This Startup Helps Track Everything Happening on Capitol Hill” by Kelsey Pommer[18]
  • DC Inno “Bernie, Cruz Supporters Should Love Quorum Analytics’ New Grassroots Software” by Chris Bing[19]
  • The Huffington Post “This Startup Is Like Google For Congress, And Legislators Love It” by Alexander Howard[20]
  • FedScoop “Upstart big data firm hacking policy and the law” by Greg Otto[21]
  • Technical.ly “Quorum rolls out political analytics system to US statehouses” by Lalita Clozel[22]
  • National Journal “Saying No to the Slog: How Two Harvard Students Changed Lobbying” by National Journal Staff[23]
  • The Washington Post “The ‘Moneyball’ effect on K Street: The influence game gets scientific” by Catherine Ho[24]
  • techPresident “With Quorum, See What (and Who) Makes Congress Tick” by Jessica McKenzie[25]
  • The Harvard Gazette “Making sense of Congress” by Alvin Powell[26]
  • The New Mexican “Startup with New Mexico ties gathers congressional data for clients” by Anne Constable[27]
  • The Washington Post “Start-up Quorum offers insight into lawmakers’ actions, based on metrics” by Catherine Ho[28]
  • DC Inno “Harvard-Founded Startup Quorum Analytics Moving to DC” by Chris Bing[29]
  • Medium “Harvard Ventures: 2014 in Review” by Brian Truong[30]
  • The Harvard Crimson “I3 Innovation Challenge Awards Four $10,000 Prizes” by Francesca Annicchiarico[31]
  • Boston Inno “6 Student Startups Split $50K, Winning Harvard’s Most Competitive I3 Yet” by Lauren Landry[32]

Quorum data cited by the media

  • The Hill “Women, Dems leading sexual harassment discussion in Congress: analysis” by Christina Marcos][33]
  • The Hill “Vulnerable House freshmen passed most bills in decades, analysis finds” by Christina Marcos[34]
  • CyberScoop “This state is becoming America's factory for cybersecurity legislation” by Chris Bing[35]
  • The New York Times “How You Can Measure a Senator as a Presidential Contender” by Alex Thompson[36]
  • Time “How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart” by Michael Sherer[37]
  • Politico “What's next on gun control?” by Cate Martel and Jesse Rifkin[38]
  • Vox “Bipartisan legislation is making a comeback” by Matthew Yglesias[39]
  • CBS “Female senators upending the old boys' club” by CBS News Staff[40]
  • The Hill “Ted Cruz's Senate record by the numbers” by Jonathan Easley[41]
  • Bloomberg Politics “The Numbers Don’t Lie: Women Make More Effective Legislators Than Men” by Emily Greenhouse[42]
  • MSNBC “Female senators perform job better: study” by Rachel Maddow[43]
  • Mashable “Want to end partisan gridlock? Elect more women.” by Rebecca Ruiz[44]

See Also

  • Guide to Public Affairs

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://innovationlabs.harvard.edu/current-team/quorum/ |title=Venture Teams: Quorum | date= 2014 |website=Harvard innovation labs |access-date=1 March 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/internships-careers/gov-20-grant/2014-winner |title=2014 Winner | date= 2014 |website=Harvard Institute of Politics |access-date=2 March 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://newventurecompetition.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2886/f/downloads/2015%20GWOE_1415_9_2015GWBPC%20Highlights.pdf |title=7th Annual GW Business Plan Competition Highlights | date= 14 April 2015 |website=GW New Venture Competition |access-date=2 March 2019}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/iop-now/millennial-must-read-future-politics-one-line-code-time-0|title=Millennial Must-Read: The Future Of Politics: One Line of Code At A Time |last1=Wirth |first1=Alex | last2=Marks |first2=Jonathan |date=1 March 2019 |website=Harvard Institute of Politics |access-date=2 March 2019}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/17/who-will-decide-which-party-controls-the-house-whiter-wealthier-americans/|title=Who will decide which party controls the House? Whiter, wealthier Americans. |last=Phillips |first=Amber |date=17 May 2018 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=1 March 2019}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/dc-startup/office-envy-quorums-journey-from-a-harvard-dorm-room-to-the-nations-capital/ |title=Office Envy: Quorum’s Journey from a Harvard Dorm Room to the Nation’s Capital|last=McQuilkin |first=Kieran |date= 7 November 2018 |website=American Inno |access-date=1 March 2019}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/inno-insights-dc/dc-innos-25-under-25/ |title=DC Inno’s 25 Under 25: 25 of the DC Metro's brightest young innovators|last=McQuilkin |first=Kieran |date= 18 September 2018 |website=American Inno |access-date=1 March 2019}}
8. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/publications/wherenext/big-data-in-politics/ |title=How Big Data Is Changing Corporate Lobbying |last=Peters |first=Jeffrey |date= 30 January 2018 |website=Esri |access-date=1 March 2019}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/lobbyists-have-a-new-secret-weapon |title=Lobbyists Have a New Secret Weapon: Walmart’s successful campaign to kill a piece of the tax bill it hated was greased by computer code designed in a Harvard dorm room. |last=Stratton |first=Alexandra |date= 10 January 2018 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=1 March 2019}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/congress-favorite-hashtag-in-2017-1512649523-0483c93b-45ae-423b-a5a9-3d5a37214c82.html |title=Congress' favorite hashtag in 2017: #trumpcare |author=Axios Staff |date= 7 December 2017 |website=Axios |access-date=1 March 2019}}
11. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://theqec.com/quorum-on-wading-through-u-s-politics-and-winning-the-qec-2015/ |title=Quorum: On wading through U.S. politics and winning the QEC 2015 |author=QEC Staff |date= 30 September 2017 |website=The Queen's Entrepreneurs Competition |access-date=2 March 2019}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/09/un-dropouts |title=The un-dropouts: Mission accomplished at a growing startup, former students return to Harvard |last=Zewe |first=Adam |date= 26 September 2017 |website=Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |access-date=1 March 2019}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=https://technical.ly/dc/2017/07/07/quorum-congress-weekly/ |title=Quorum has a new tool to track how much Congress gets done in a week: It's a snapshot of how active legislative leaders are both on and off social media. The startup is also working on local government tracking tools. |last=Dickens |first=Nia |date= 7 July 2017 |website=Technical.ly |access-date=1 March 2019}}
14. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://technical.ly/dc/2017/05/31/quorum-goes-international-eu-expansion/ |title=Quorum goes international with EU expansion: The startup, which makes CRM software for public affairs pros, is making the announcement today from a conference in Brussels. |last=Seward |first=Zack |date= 31 May 2017 |website=Technical.ly |access-date=1 March 2019}}
15. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://technical.ly/dc/2017/02/28/quorum-releases-new-crm-public-affairs-teams/ |title=Quorum releases new CRM for public affairs teams: It's like Salesforce for special interest groups. |last=Chappellet-Lanier |first=Tajha |date= 28 February 2017 |website=Technical.ly |access-date=1 March 2019}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=https://technical.ly/dc/2017/02/09/top-startups-dc-reallist/ |title=These are the 20 #dctech startups worth watching this year: realLIST 2017: From picture frames to lobbying data, these young companies are the area's most exciting. |last=Chappellet-Lanier |first=Tajha |date= 9 February 2017 |website=Technical.ly |access-date=1 March 2019}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/10/30/nerdiest-group-house-washington-quorum-big-data/ |title=The Residents in DC’s Nerdiest Group House Want to Shake Up Washington’s Oldest Trade |last=Gaynor |first=Michael J. |date= 30 October 2016 |website=Washingtonian |access-date=1 March 2019}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.cta.tech/News/Blog/Articles/2016/August/This-Startup-Helps-Track-Everything-Happening-on-C.aspx |title=This Startup Helps Track Everything Happening on Capitol Hill|last=Pommer |first=Kellsey |date= 12 August 2016 |website=Consumer Technology Association |access-date=1 March 2019}}
19. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/grassroots-advocacy-software-dc-tech-quorum-launches-product/ |title=Bernie, Cruz Supporters Should Love Quorum Analytics’ New Grassroots Software|last=Bing |first=Chris |date= 4 February 2016 |website=American Inno |access-date=1 March 2019}}
20. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/quorum-analytics-google-for-congress_us_562e82d8e4b06317990ee3e6 |title=This Startup Is Like Google For Congress, And Legislators Love It: Quorum Analytics crunches data to tell you how influential or effective members of Congress are. Washington is taking notice. |last=Howard |first=Alexander |date= 27 October 2015 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=1 March 2019}}
21. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.fedscoop.com/how-a-big-data-startup-is-changing-the-legislative-process/ |title=Upstart big data firm hacking policy and the law |last=Otto |first=Greg |date= 7 October 2015 |website=FedScoop |access-date=1 March 2019}}
22. ^{{cite web |url=https://technical.ly/dc/2015/08/05/quorum-analytics-state-data/ |title=Quorum rolls out political analytics system to US statehouses; D.C. newcomer Quorum Analytics helps lawmakers and lobbyists wade through political data. After starting with Congress, the startup is expanding its reach. |last=Clozel |first=Lalita |date= 5 August 2015 |website=Technical.ly |access-date=1 March 2019}}
23. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/26737 |title=Saying No to the Slog: How Two Harvard Students Changed Lobbying |author=National Journal Staff |date= 22 May 2015 |website=National Journal |access-date=1 March 2019}}
24. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/the-moneyball-effect-on-k-street-the-influence-game-gets-scientific/2015/03/12/4ab365f2-b14e-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html |title=The ‘Moneyball’ effect on K Street: The influence game gets scientific |last=Ho |first=Catherine |date= 13 March 2015 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=1 March 2019}}
25. ^{{cite web |url=http://techpresident.com/news/25471/quorum-see-what-and-who-makes-congress-tick |title=With Quorum, See What (and Who) Makes Congress Tick |last=McKenzie |first=Jessica |date= 5 March 2015 |website=techPresident |access-date=1 March 2019}}
26. ^{{cite web |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/02/making-sense-of-congress/ |title=Making sense of Congress: Student-launched startup sheds light on legislative process |last=Powell |first=Alvin |date= 26 February 2015 |website=The Harvard Gazette |access-date=1 March 2019}}
27. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/business/startup-with-new-mexico-ties-gathers-congressional-data-for-clients/article_ad7c8e12-a3c7-56b8-a851-a3aca5fa18a7.html |title=Startup with New Mexico ties gathers congressional data for clients |last=Constable|first=Anne |date= 26 January 2015 |website=The New Mexican |access-date=1 March 2019}}
28. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/startup-quorum-offers-insight-into-lawmakers-actions-based-on-metrics/2015/01/23/f8ef28a8-a349-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html |title=Start-up Quorum offers insight into lawmakers’ actions, based on metrics |last=Ho |first=Catherine |date= 25 January 2015 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=1 March 2019}}
29. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/harvard-university-startup-quorum-analytics-moving-to-dc/ |title=Harvard-Founded Startup Quorum Analytics Moving to DC|last=Bing |first=Chris |date= 10 February 2015 |website=American Inno |access-date=1 March 2019}}
30. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@trubrian/harvard-ventures-2014-in-review-ffc6f7d0f03d |title=Harvard Ventures: 2014 in Review|last=Truong |first=Brian |date= 8 December 2014 |website=Medium |access-date=2 March 2019}}
31. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/4/4/harvard-innovation-challenge-i3/ |title=I3 Innovation Challenge Awards Four $10,000 Prizes|last=Annicchiarico |first=Francesca |date= 4 April 2014 |website=The Harvard Crimson |access-date=2 March 2019}}
32. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.americaninno.com/boston/2014-winners-of-the-harvard-college-innovation-challenge-harvard-i3/ |title=6 Student Startups Split $50K, Winning Harvard’s Most Competitive I3 Yet|last=Landry |first=Lauren |date= 4 April 2014 |website=American Inno |access-date=2 March 2019}}
33. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/362036-women-democrats-leading-sexual-harassment-discussion-in-congress |title=Women, Dems leading sexual harassment discussion in Congress: analysis |last=Marcos |first=Christina |date= 27 November 2017 |website=The Hill |access-date=1 March 2019}}
34. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/302533-vulnerable-gop-lawmakers-outpace-other-freshmen-in-productivity |title=Vulnerable House freshmen passed most bills in decades, analysis finds |last=Marcos |first=Christina |date= 24 October 2016 |website=thehill.com |access-date=1 March 2019}}
35. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.cyberscoop.com/texas-cybersecurity-legislation-michael-mccaul-john-ratcliffe-will-hurd/ |title=This state is becoming America's factory for cybersecurity legislation |last=Bing |first=Chris |date=20 October 2016 |website=CyberScoop |access-date=1 March 2019}}
36. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/upshot/how-you-can-measure-a-senator-as-a-presidential-contender.html |title=How You Can Measure a Senator as a Presidential Contender |last=Thompson |first=Alexander |date= 5 January 2016 |website=The New York Times |access-date=1 March 2019}}
37. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/ |title=How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart |last=Sherer |first=Michael |date=2 October 2015 |website=Time |access-date=1 March 2019}}
38. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2015/10/whats-next-on-gun-control-vw-hires-jones-day-210523 |title=What's next on gun control? |last1=Martel|first1=Cate|last2=Rifkin|first2=Jesse |date= 2 October 2015 |website=Politico |access-date=1 March 2019}}
39. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/9/13/9310733/bipartisanship-chart |title=Bipartisan legislation is making a comeback |last=Yglesias |first=Matthew |date= 14 September 2015 |website=Vox |access-date=1 March 2019}}
40. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/claire-mccaskill-amy-klobuchar-kelly-ayotte-shelley-moore-capito-women-senate/ |title=Female senators upending the old boys' club |author=CBS Staff |date= 31 July 2015 |website=CBS |access-date=1 March 2019}}
41. ^{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/237172-ted-cruzs-senate-record-by-the-numbers |title=Ted Cruz's Senate record by the numbers |last=Easley |first=Jonathan |date= 27 March 2015 |website=The Hill |access-date=1 March 2019}}
42. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-20/the-numbers-don-t-lie-women-make-more-effective-legislators-than-men |title=The Numbers Don’t Lie: Women Make More Effective Legislators Than Men: A new startup by two Harvard seniors finds that women have been considerably more likely than their male counterparts to get bills through, and to achieve that near-unicorn of modern Washington: bipartisan agreement. |last=Greenhouse |first=Emily |date= 20 February 2015 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=1 March 2019}}
43. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/watch/female-senators-perform-job-better-study-401713731892 |title=Female senators perform job better: study |last=Maddow |first=Rachel |date= 19 February 2015 |website=MSNBC |access-date=1 March 2019}}
44. ^{{cite web |url=https://mashable.com/2015/02/19/female-legislators-more-effective/#M0g9vOsz5aqi |title=Want to end partisan gridlock? Elect more women. |last=Ruiz |first=Rebecca |date= 19 February 2015 |website=Mashable |access-date=1 March 2019}}
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