The Indy-based firm plans to accelerate marketing of its platform for finding and managing on-demand digital marketing talent as well as add employees and grow the firm’s footprint beyond the Midwest.
Central Indiana is facing crunch time in its push to bid for the Amazon HQ2 project, with pitches to the Seattle-based company due Oct. 19, less than two weeks away.
The company, which sells software for on-site audio marketing, intends to spend $3.7 million to triple its office footprint in Fishers’ Nickel Plate District.
The not-for-profit tech advocacy group has passed the board torch to Scott McCorkle and added two other software executives to the ranks.
In its first round of institutional fundraising, Fishers-based Fuzic secured backing from High Alpha, Allos Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners.
Former Salesforce executive Scott McCorkle has been named Torchlite’s executive chairman. The $2 million round brings the marketing firm’s total financing take to $4 million since its launch in 2015.
Launched by a car wash chain executive in December, music-messaging platform Fuzic has won more than 100 customers and the backing of former Salesforce executive Scott McCorkle.
Global forces are swaying tech companies to delay or forgo going public, and acquisitions seem poised to play a bigger role in the exit strategies of Hoosier tech firms.
The popular digital marketing conference got its start under ExactTarget in 2007. Salesforce said it would bolster its digital marketing agenda at its other events.
Scott McCorkle, who stepped down as CEO of Salesforce Marketing Cloud in August, will be executive in residence at High Alpha, a firm that creates and nurtures enterprise-technology companies.
Scott McCorkle, CEO of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, said he’s had an “amazing 11 years at ExactTarget and Salesforce.”
Salesforce.com appears to have scrapped plans to build its own downtown headquarters building and instead is seeking a huge block of space in an office tower to satisfy its aggressive growth plans.
The crowdfunding donation, which took place Thursday morning, completed funding for 152 open projects, helping more than 11,000 students in 150 classrooms at 30 schools.
Near the first anniversary of ExactTarget’s $2.5 billion purchase by Salesforce.com, local tech gurus explain how the acquisition lifted all ships by bringing new prestige, investment and expertise to the city.
Outgoing CEO Scott Dorsey wants to spend time with his four daughters, focus on mentoring young entrepreneurs, and maybe travel a little for leisure. His successor, longtime executive Scott McCorkle, plans to keep the company focused on email, even as the firm adds a broader suite of digital marketing services.
Company observers praised the elevation of Scott McCorkle to CEO for his combination of tech smarts, people skills, and experience with international operations.
Scott Dorsey, who co-founded ExactTarget in 2000, will be succeeded by Scott McCorkle, who currently is the company's president of technology and strategy.
Salesforce.com has extended job offers to ExactTarget Inc.'s top brass—and sweetened the pot by dangling awards of restricted stock topping $20 million.
Money and experience have flowed to a number of firms from Software Artistry executives.
