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How Marc Benioff’s Vision for Cloud-Based Service Lifted Up the Innovations of over 3,000 Entrepreneurs

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Investors Business Daily put it best by saying, “ he [Benioff] also revolutionized the way software is delivered. By Salesforce’s own account, in the year 2000, the company hired “actors to stage a mock protest outside a Siebel Systems conference. “The End of Software” protest staged by Salesforce in 2000 1.

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Dear Sales Management: You’re Setting Quota Wrong

SalesGlobe

Consider this scenario, the average seller spends 60% of their 2000 hours per year selling. 1200 hour (2000*60%)/200 hours = 6 accounts. If finance is solely at the wheel, sales can start to feel like they are serving the investors rather that serving clients. It takes an average of 200 hours to win a $500,000 new client.

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Top 10 Must-Attend SaaS Conferences in 2021

SmartKarrot

More than 2000 investors would be attending this event. SaaStock is one of the biggest worldwide communities of SaaS founders, executives, and investors. They cover talks around many relevant topics for SaaS leaders including growth strategy, product management, leadership, organizational culture, and more.