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5 Amazing SalesforceTM Facts You Never Knew
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• Salesforce, the world's most popular customer
  relationship management (CRM) company, is
  featured by some of the most amazing stories in
  Silicon Valley. Undoubtedly, the evolution of the
  CRM giant has been a story of vision, creativity,
  dedication, and entrepreneurial spirit.

In 1999, Salesforce started in a one-bedroom flat
and is now a 40,000 people company. Let us dive
into some of the most surprising facts about this
CRM giant we now call Salesforce.
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1. A Visionary Founder

• Salesforce was founded by Marc Benioff, who is a
  visionary technology entrepreneur and credited
  with pioneering the concept of modern cloud
  computing. At the age of 12, Benioff started
  knocking door-to-door to repair antennas at the
  home of people. At 15, Benioff managed to sell
  his first bit of computing software and managed
  to pay his college fees through software
  royalties developed by him.

Marc Russell Benioff
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce
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2. Bold Marketing Schemes

• On-premise servers used to reign over the
  technological world back when Salesforce was
  founded. This made the task of Benioff and his
  team to convince the world that cloud-based
  technology was the way forward more difficult.
  The fact that Benioff had a team of fewer than 10
  people at that time made things even worse for
  him.

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3. SalesforceTM Amazon

• During the initial days when Benioff was
  contemplating pushing cloud computing beyond the
  boundaries, he had the vision to deliver it
  cheaply through the web.

This concept was based primarily on the
usability aspect of Amazon. Both Salesforce and
Amazon have one thing in common - an easy-to-use
interface and taking clear advantage of a menu of
tabs.
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4. The App Store

• Salesforce launched the AppExchange (the
  enterprise cloud marketplace with
  ready-to-install apps, solutions, and
  consultants) back in 2005, much before the Apple
  App Store was launched in 2008. Benioff gifted
  the term App Store to Steve Jobs in 2008 as a
  gesture for all his support over the years.

Lt. Steven Paul Jobs
Marc Russell Benioff
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5. Oracle Vs. SalesforceTM

• Salesforce and Oracle, or should we say Marc
  Benioff (the CEO and Founder of Salesforce) and
  Larry Ellison (CEO and Founder of Oracle), have a
  long history together. Benioff worked under the
  wing of Ellison at Oracle and became the youngest
  Vice President ever at the age of 25. He wanted
  to explore other ventures, and Ellison went on to
  support his ideas.

Interestingly, Ellison even offered a 6-month
sabbatical to Benioff and invested the first 2M
into Salesforce and joined its board of
directors.
Larry Ellison CEO and founder of ORACLE
Marc Benioff CEO and Founder of Salesforce
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• We hope that this PPT on 5 interesting facts
  about Salesforce helped you gain some insight
  into the CRM giant we all know as Salesforce.
• Need help with Salesforce customization,
  development, consultancy, or implementation?
  Contact Cloud Analogy, the world's most preferred
  Salesforce Silver Consulting Partner and ISV
  Partner.

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