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Published · transcript-backedScott Dorsey: evaluation
5 Jul 2016 Acquired ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce) with Scott Dorsey
“One, it’s just quite exceptional I think how young people are developing so quickly and when we look across our businesses at interns or contributions new college graduates can make, they are able to contribute to businesses in a way today that never existed in the past.”
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- Scott Dorsey
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- 5 Jul 2016
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- Acquired
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…Thanks. David, I should clarify. Jack Dorsey is no relation. Although I’ve got lots of family connections here on the show, Jack and I are not related to one another although that would be kind of fun. So my Carve Out was a month ago I was flipping channels trying to find I think probably an NBA playoff game and flipped over to ESPN and caught the end of the National Spelling Bee, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. And it was phenomenal. The two finalists were an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old who were just extraordinary at their ability obviously to spell very difficult words and handle a tremendous amount of pressure and they ultimately tied in the end. The 13-year-old had had an older sibling that had won previously and the 11-year-old was a 5th grader who was the youngest kind of finalist and champion ever. Watching those two operate was incredible and to me – I’ll tell you two little stories. One, it’s just quite exceptional I think how young people are developing so quickly and when we look across our businesses at interns or contributions new college graduates can make, they are able to contribute to businesses in a way today that never existed in the past. Watching these two kind of young students compete was really incredible. One of my favorite parts is that each of the finalists had to share their favorite word which I would definitely have a difficult time spelling any of them, probably even pronouncing one of them. But one of them that stuck with me is indefatigable. Great word.…
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