Jack Dorsey decided that SMS text suited the status-message idea, and built a prototype of Twitter in about two weeks. The idea attracted many users at Odeo and investment from Evan Williams, who had left Google after selling Pyra Labs and Blogger. Williams, Stone and Noah Glass co-founded Obvious Corporation, which then spun off Twitter, Inc., with Dorsey as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As chief executive officer, Dorsey saw the startup through two rounds of funding by the venture capitalists who backed the company. He reportedly lost his position for leaving work early to enjoy other pursuits, such as yoga and
Scott Dorsey stepped down as chief executive officer of Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud in May 2014. Dorsey was born in Northeast Ohio and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He attended Indiana University and received a Bachelor's in Marketing from the Kelley School of Business. He later went on to receive his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999. Dorsey, Baggott, and McCormick co-founded ExactTarget in late 2000. In 2004, ExactTarget raised $10.5 million from Insight Venture Partners and grew to $31.2 million in revenues by 2006 before filing to go public in December 2007. In May 2009,