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Qualified.com, With LA Exec, Gets $12M

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Qualified , a startup developing conversational marketing software for companies that use Salesforce, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding. Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, joins the company's baord of directors. Sikola previously served at ExpenseCloud and TriNet Cloud in Los Angeles.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Go Boulder!