134 Quotes by Marc Benioff

Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don’t advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.

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.

If there wasn’t any competition, I’d be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.

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.

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

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.

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

In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That’s what I loved.

It’s about how to create a culture where doing well is synonymous with doing good in order to thrive in a world where a company is only as strong as the principles it adopts.