Explore Quotes by Marc Benioff

I like to be in locations that I kind of feel are very creative, that stimulate me in a creative process.

I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

You can do things in every part of the world. You can do things in every discipline. You can do large things, you can do small things. But it takes a while to figure out what you actually want to do. And it changes. As you change your interests and desires in philanthropy change, I think you have to be open to that change.

I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I started my own software company in high school and went to college to study entrepreneurship.

It's not so unusual for me to have a week of meetings that includes not only my employees, not only my customers, not only media, but could also include principals of local K-12 schools; it could include non-governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations or members of the community.

When I look at the next set of technologies that we have to build in Salesforce, it's all data-science-based technology. We don't need more cloud. We don't need more mobile. We don't need more social. We need more data science.

There are a lot of politicians who are just obstructionists.

The whole concept of data science is that the software becomes the expert, and you, as the average user, are able to understand what's going on.

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.

The only constant in the technology industry is change.

Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.

The antidote to inequality is equality. The question is how do you achieve equality? I believe that, for business, which is where I can speak, we have to shift from shareholder maximization to stakeholder maximization.

A lot was happening in A.I. But I also realized it wasn't clear what Salesforce's role in A.I. was. That's when we started acquiring quite a few artificial intelligence companies, maybe a dozen.

I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do.

I love software and I love technology.

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.

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.

If someone asks me what cloud computing is, I try not to get bogged down with definitions. I tell them that, simply put, cloud computing is a better way to run your business.

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.

I strongly believe the business of a business is to improve the world.

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