Nov18

Didn’t Know Infusionsoft was So Cool

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Didn’t Know Infusionsoft was So Cool

My bad. Infusionsoft has been a sponsor of the Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference for three years now, and I had not ever visited their facility in Gilbert, which is ONE MILE from Gangplank, where I hang out several times a week. So today I went over and took a tour.

Here's what I found out:
1)as a company, they've grown from 40 to 140 employees in about two years
2)it's because they are very put together. They have a BHAG, which is to be a Quickbooks for small business sales
3)They have a plan, with goals, objectives, and quarterly deliverables
4)they have half a football field, a basket, a massage chair, and a fully-stocked break room
5) They have a goal for response time of under two minutes for telephone customer support
6)they've been funded twice
7)they sponsor community events

I was very, very impressed.  They look very much like a software company in Palo Alto.

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Geek-to-human translator,writer, speaker, social media aficianado, blogger, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and all around maven. Cheerleader for Arizona's entrepreneurs. My dog blogs at http://buppythepuppy.com.
  • http://chuckreynolds.us Chuck Reynolds

    hmm… I feel a dodgeball game coming on ;)

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  • http://twitter.com/ClateMask Clate Mask

    Thanks for shining a light on this Francine.

    I loved reading this post. It inspired me to write a reactionary post to our Infusion Blog. You can check it out here. http://tinyurl.com/yh83b22 I especially love your wording that Infusionsoft “looks very much like a software company in Palo Alto” but located right here in Arizona. There are plenty of interesting, culture-rich companies in Arizona, but you just have to look for them. They’re out there, and those companies know that you can grow a technology company here in Arizona without having to move it to Silicon Valley.

  • http://www.slipstreamlabs.com anilmjain

    InfusionSoft is definitely cool…. and I think a lot of that (all of it) has to come from the leadership at the top. Leaders set culture not through written word, bold statements and strategically placed posters… but through their actions. Leading by example — and how that sets and affects culture — is more apparent in startup and emerging company environments than anywhere else. (Kudos to you, Clate — and thanks for supporting the AZ Tech Council and the community).

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  • http://twitter.com/ClateMask Clate Mask

    Thanks for shining a light on this Francine. rnrnI loved reading this post. It inspired me to write a reactionary post to our Infusion Blog. You can check it out here. http://tinyurl.com/yh83b22 I especially love your wording that Infusionsoft u201clooks very much like a software company in Palo Altou201d but located right here in Arizona. There are plenty of interesting, culture-rich companies in Arizona, but you just have to look for them. Theyu2019re out there, and those companies know that you can grow a technology company here in Arizona without having to move it to Silicon Valley.

  • http://www.slipstreamlabs.com anilmjain

    InfusionSoft is definitely cool…. and I think a lot of that (all of it) has to come from the leadership at the top. Leaders set culture not through written word, bold statements and strategically placed posters… but through their actions. Leading by example — and how that sets and affects culture — is more apparent in startup and emerging company environments than anywhere else. (Kudos to you, Clate — and thanks for supporting the AZ Tech Council and the community).

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    [...] forward to 2009, and we’ve built a Silicon Valley-like company here in the Phoenix area (as Francine Hardaway and others have noted) and we want to show others how we did it. We’re proud of our business and [...]

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