Marc Benioff Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“The only constant in the technology industry is change.”
-- Marc BenioffSource : "Marc Benioff to Write Age of Context Foreword" by Shel Israel, www.forbes.com. March 18, 2013.
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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.”
-- Marc BenioffSource : "On the Record: Marc Benioff". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 8, 2006.
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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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“Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.”
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“Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.”
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“Don't forget to do something for other people.”
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“Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. Â It is about the grace that comes from working together.”
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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 have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.”
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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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“Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. It's an amazing opportunity to be able to learn the ropes at an established company and then employ your expertise at your own company.”
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“You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.”
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“Although I loved working on technology - I've always been a computer geek at heart - my professors encouraged me to get a real-world job working with customers.”
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“Multi-Tenancy is a requirement for a SaaS vendor to be successful”
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“I also think that employees these days expect less of a separation of work and personal life. That doesn't mean that work tasks should encroach upon our personal time, but it does mean that employees today expect more from the companies for whom they work. Why shouldn't your workplace reflect your values? Why is "giving back" not a part of our jobs? The answer for us is to integrate philanthropy with work.”
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“When I explain our company values and the foundation to prospective employees, they realize that they have an opportunity to do much more than change the way businesses manage and share information. When you take a workforce of smart, creative, dedicated people and say "take this company time to serve your community, and bring along your coworkers, customers, and partners" great things happen.”
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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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“I've seen how important this concept is in business. To be truly successful, companies need to have a corporate mission that is bigger than making a profit. We try to follow that at salesforce.com, where we give 1% of our equity, 1% of our profits, and 1% of our employees' time to the community. By integrating philanthropy into our business model our employees feel that they do much more than just work at our company. By sharing a common and important mission, we are united and focused, and have found a secret weapon that ensures we always win.”
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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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“Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving”
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“Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.”
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“In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That's what I loved.”
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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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“The CMO is expected to spend more on technology than the CIO by 2017.”
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“The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces. The combination of these technologies unlocks an incredible opportunity to connect everything together in a new way and is dramatically transforming the way we live and work.”
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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.”
-- Marc BenioffSource : "On the Record: Marc Benioff". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 8, 2006.
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“Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product, you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them.”
-- Marc BenioffSource : "Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: ‘Many CEOs are afraid to get too personal'". "VentureBeat" interview, venturebeat.com. October 30,02009.
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“Our focus was directed at developing the best possible and easiest to use product, and this is where we invested our time. Realize that you won't be able to bring the same focus to everything in the beginning. There won't be enough people or enough hours in the day. So, focus on the 20 percent that makes 80 percent of the difference.”
-- Marc Benioff
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