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Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, an enterprise cloud computing company. As of March 2016, he owns approximately $3 billion worth of Salesforce shares. Benioff founded Salesforce in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission in a marketing statement as “The End of Software.”

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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.

Big, Dramatically, Opportunity, Powerful, Social, Technology

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.

Philosophy, Successful, Winning, Win, Focused, Work

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?

Bags, Bottles, Green, Plastic, School

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

Able, Next, Evolve, Flexibility, Predict

Once you know what you want and what is important for you to achieve, also define the values associated with it. What is important? That is something a lot of entrepreneurs pass by too quickly. For us, the things that were important were, No. 1, customer success. Nothing is more important to us than making sure every customer is successful in our service.

Business, Successful, Entrepreneur, Things, Values

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.

Developing, Differences, Easiest, Enough, Hours In The Day, People

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.

Although, Geek, Heart, Jobs, Real, Working

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.

Believe, Business, Crucial, Ensure, Successful

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

Big, Gifts, Grace, Philanthropy, Working Together

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.

Heart, Meaning, Philosophy, Taken

Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.

Keys, Collaboration, Needs, Business, Enterprise, Social

I've worked with a variety of presidents over the years on both sides of the aisle and congressmen and senators, so I'm not into trying to demonize anybody. It used to be that people would fight like hell on the floor of the house and they'd go have a beer together. Now it's like you're radioactive if you talk to the other side, which keeps us from getting anything done. I'm an independent personally, and I vote for who I believe will make the biggest difference.

Believe, Independent, Fighting, House, Biggest, Together

The cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.

Cloud, Clouds, Companies, Democracy, Everyone, Size

I just cannot understand why we can't have better schools. That private schools are the only option for the kind of high-net-worth crowd, I think, is ridiculous. It should be a major initiative. It should be something we're all working on. We have to get our head out of the clouds.

School, Thinking, Clouds, Schools, Initiative, Understand

Some people would argue the other side: that the business of business is business, and companies should only be focused on profits. But in today's world, I don't think corporations can only be focused on profits, because they are inextricably linked with the communities that they serve. I do not believe you can be a leader in your industry without being a leader in your community. It's a fundamental shift in how you think about business.

Believe, Business, Community, Serve, Think, Thinking

Don't forget to do something for other people.

People, Forget

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

Needs, Ready, Customers, Arrive, Future

The elites - or managers in companies - no longer control the conversation. This is how insurrections start.

Company, Control, Conversation, Insurrection, Longer

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.

Art, Believe, Market, Transform, War

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.

People, Desire, Control, Tell, Life, Dance

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