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Scott Dorsey’s Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders

Feld Thoughts

If you don’t know Scott, he was the co-founder and CEO of ExactTarget (2000) – one of the original SaaS companies. Are always learning is the essence of being a leader in a super high growth rapidly changing world which most SaaS companies operate in. Indianapolis’ startup community, like Atlanta’s, is thriving.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 and are guiding LA 2.0. But Is This Really That Surprising? Isn’t the Overall Market Just Booming Now? .

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

I believe this is an important post for both founders and investors in the Bay Area and outside the Bay Area to read carefully. Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. Global and Local.

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Eight Ways To Fight Entrepreneurial Fires And Constantly Improve In The Process

YoungUpstarts

I learned this lesson from Dave Lindsey, a successful entrepreneur and founder of Defender Direct in Indianapolis. You should also have checklists critical to the operation of your business. Do so and you’ll turn each one of them into an opportunity to improve. He called them ‘huddles.’