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From a Strip Mall to a $2.5 Billion Sale | Scott Dorsey, ExactTarget

7/24/2026 • 60 min

On today's show I sat down with Scott Dorsey, former CEO/co-founder of ExactTarget and currently the managing partner at High Alpha, about his move from Chicago to Indianapolis to start ExactTarget and build email marketing software with co-founders Peter McCormick and Chris Baggott, the latter also being his brother-in-law. ExactTarget originated in a Greenfie… Play episode

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