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Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-An

Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-And Revolutionized an Industry

By Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler

How did salesforce. com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade. For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce. com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology, and philanthropic models tailored to this time of extraordinary change.

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell.
Publish Date: 10/01/2009
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780470521168
ISBN-10: 0470521163
Language: English

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January 10, 2011

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How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology, and philanthropic models tailored to this time of extraordinary change. Showing how salesforce.com not only survived the dotcom implosion of 2001, but went on to define itself as the leader of the cloud computing revolution and spark a $46-billion dollar industry, Benioff's story will help business leaders and entrepreneurs stand out, innovate better, and grow faster in any economic climate.

In Behind the Cloud, Benioff shares the strategies that have inspired employees, turned customers into evangelists, leveraged an ecosystem of partners, and allowed innovation to flourish.

About the Authors

Marc R. Benioff is the chairman and CEO of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), which he cofounded in 1999. Under Benioff's direction, salesforce.com has grown from a groundbreaking idea into a publicly traded company that is the market and technology leader in enterprise cloud computing.

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MAYNARD WEBB is an investor in startups through the Webb Investment Network, which he founded. He is a cofounder and board member of Everwise, a mentorship startup, and a board member of Visa and Salesforce, as well as the author of the New York Times bestselling Rebooting Work, with Carlye Adler.

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