INDIANAPOLIS – (October 27, 2004) – The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, a division of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, recognized Indiana’s leading high potential, high growth companies at its 11th annual Growth 100 Dinner and Awards Banquet, Wednesday, October 27, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis.
ExactTarget, Indianapolis, was among the winners. ExactTarget, founded in 2001, is a developer of on-demand email marketing software solutions that makes it easy for marketers to achieve a closer relationship with their customers. Using ExactTarget’s on-demand email solution, marketers can communicate to customers individually with relevant, trackable emails while staying compliant with current anti-spam regulations.
Scott Dorsey, co-founder and president, states that he is proud to be recognized as an Indiana Growth 100 Company. “Besides the personal satisfaction, this award is further confirmation that ExactTarget is adding value to the Indiana business community,” said Dorsey. “Since our inception, we have consistently created high level positions in the technology sector.”
The Growth 100 Award honors Indiana’s rapid growth, high potential entrepreneurial companies. Nominees for the award must be privately held Indiana businesses and have at least $500,000 in annual sales or have raised a significant amount of funding. This year, 88 highly qualified companies were carefully selected from across the state. Growth 100 companies are identified through an analysis process that is based upon High Performance Organization research conducted by The Johnson Center.
Sponsors who generously contributed to the event included: The Indiana Venture Center, the law offices of Katz, Sapper and Miller, and the accounting firm Ernst & Young.
“This year’s 2004 Growth 100 awardees have a combined 2003 sales total of more than $1.17 billion, with an incredible growth rate averaging 58 percent,” said Tom Hustad, interim director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IU’s Kelley School of Business. “To be able to build this type of momentum in such a challenging economic climate is quite a feat.”
“These companies are a vital, central contributor to the state. Combined, they employ more than 8,600 Indiana residents, and have increased their employment numbers by an average of 33 percent in the last three years. With the state experiencing an overwhelming loss of jobs through an equivalent period, this is quite remarkable.” Hustad adds, “We recognize these companies because they represent the entrepreneurial spirit of Indiana business, working to enlarge the state’s role in the national and global corporate arena.”
Individuals who wish to nominate their own or another’s company for consideration for next year’s Growth 100 award should contact The Johnson Center at 812.855.4248. For more information regarding the Growth 100 program and The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, visit The Johnson Center’s web site at www.kelley.indiana.edu/jcei.
About ExactTarget
ExactTarget delivers on-demand email software solutions for permission-based email marketing. The Home Depot, General Mills, Scotts, Churchill Downs, Encyclopedia Britannica, and nearly 2,800 organizations worldwide rely on ExactTarget email solutions to strengthen their customer relationships and to control email throughout the enterprise. JupiterResearch ranks ExactTarget highest in business suitability in 2004 based on the solution’s usability, strong feature set and dynamic content tool. ExactTarget was ranked a Strong Performer in the 2004 Forrester Wave™ report based on the software’s extreme ease of use and standout capabilities for managing brand consistency and legislative compliance. ExactTarget offers solutions that meet the needs of all industry verticals and all size organizations, including SMB, corporate divisions, not-for-profits, large retail/direct marketers, agencies and enterprises. Privately owned and headquartered in Indianapolis, the company has more than 30 U.S. sales offices. To learn more, go to http://www.exacttarget.com.
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