One person at a time, one company at a time.

90% of the world's data was created in the last two years

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.

When I look out from my own business career, I tried to learn from some of the best people, regardless of the industry.

Mult-Tenancyi is really the future of our industry.

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.

If you look at the top 10 enterprise software companies, a lot of them are important but irrelevant companies. It's really important to be relevant and important.