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In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That's what I loved.

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Marc Benioff
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 25
Businessman
Businessperson
Chief Executive Officer
San Francisco County
California
Marc Russell Benioff
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Loved
Technology
School
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I love software and I love technology.
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All this green stuff is great, it's great we don't have plastic bottles or plastic bags and all of that, but how about some great schools?
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Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don't advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.
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In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.
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I always tell people: Life is the dance between what you desire most and what you fear most. You've got to be able to deal with the threshold of control.
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You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.
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Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving
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We strive always to have a beginner's mind.
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Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.
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The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.
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Learning to code at a young age opened my eyes to the incredibly exciting world of technology and entrepreneurship. Our youth deserve the opportunity to learn the skills that will enable them to succeed in our connected world.
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The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.
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The only constant in the technology industry is change.
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Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.
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I don't look at business as a zero-sum game. I don't. I've never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.
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I believe a balanced life is essential, and I try to make sure that all of our employees know that and live that way. It's crucial to me as a manager that I help ensure that our employees are as successful as our customers and partners.
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One problem we discovered, for example, was that our create a new account button was in the wrong place...By simply moving it to the left side, mirroring the way people read, we saw a huge improvement in the way people used the site.
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