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

Marc Benioff

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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
Wanted
Build
Loved
Technology
School

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This is what our customers are asking for to take them to the next level and free them from the bondage of mainframe and client-server software.
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Customers want new functionality, but they don't want the traditional complexity that has marred products in the past.
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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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The future of communicating with customers rests in engaging with them through every possible channel: phone, e-mail, chat, Web, and social networks. Customers are discussing a company's products and brand in real time. Companies need to join the conversation.
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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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Multi-Tenancy is a requirement for a SaaS vendor to be successful
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We believe in the art of war. We are trying to get our competition to attack us with angry, virulent energy, so we can transform that into larger market share.
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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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If there wasn't any competition, I'd be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.
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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 love software and I love technology.
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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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The only constant in the technology industry is change.
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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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Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.
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I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind
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You need to have a beginner's mind to create bold innovation.
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The concept that I like the most, and the one that I’ve taken most to heart, is the belief that people can’t be united or focused unless they share a common philosophy - a philosophy that gives their effort a greater meaning.
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Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.
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