Quotes from Marc Benioff

Nine times out of ten, companies fail because they don't set up a large enough sales force and thus have no way to collect enough revenue.

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. Play

Trust has to be your highest value in your company. And if it's not, something bad is going to happen.

Our differentiators were ease of use, a business model of shared risk, and low-risk commitment—everything that software was not.

Don't ever let the competition make you angry. You must have clarity of mind to make your own decisions—not the ones that your competitors want you to make.

Because the guerilla tactic of directly leveraging the activities of our competition worked so well, we repeated it and made it one of our marketing strategies.

In order to remain relevant, you must establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry.

knowledge isn't truly powerful until it's shared.

The great miscalculation of the age is the idea that businesses have to make a choice: to become profitable, or to become platforms for change. This is not the case.

Albert Einstein: "If I had an hour to solve a problem, I'd spend fifty-five minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.

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.

Early in my career, during my first few years at Oracle, I defined my success by making money and achieving power. By my early thirties, however, I realized that these superficial achievements did not provide real meaning or true happiness. Despite a list of impressive titles and a pile of material possessions, I felt that something was missing, and began to consider my place in the world and how I could make a difference.

Our current battle: we have to save the customer from Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.

You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.

Mult-Tenancyi is really the future of our industry.