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" 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. "
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligence
" 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. "
Job
Technology
Me
" 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. "
College
Company
High School
" 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. "
Better
Cloud
Down
" I like to be in locations that I kind of feel are very creative, that stimulate me in a creative process. "
Feel
Like
Me
" I love software and I love technology. "
I Love
Software
Love
" 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. "
Year
Business
People
" In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That's what I loved. "
Technology
School
Loved
" I think a lot of people don't understand how deep AI already is in so many things. "
Deep
People
Things
" I want to remind everyone that we have a no alcohol policy at Salesforce. Alcohol is a drug, and having alcohol on a Salesforce premise is simply unfair to the Ohana who either do not want it or are intolerant of it. "
Unfair
Want
Alcohol
" Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines. "
Know
Think
Me
" 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. "
Business
Opportunity
Learning
" Most of all, I discovered that in order to succeed with a product you must truly get to know your customers and build something for them. "
Build
Succeed
You
" Nothing is more important, certainly during these times of artificial intelligence, than our public education. And as it continues to grow and evolve, I think you and I know this is going to be critical that we are constantly training and retraining and creating these next-generation jobs. "
Education
Intelligence
Think
" 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. "
You
Work
Present
" Technology's always taken jobs out of the system, and what you hope is that technology's going to put those jobs back in, too. That's what we call productivity. "
Out
Hope
Back
" 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. "
Speak
Equality
Believe
" The bigger and more successful Salesforce becomes, the more we'll invest in our public schools, the more we will invest in homeless, the more we will invest in public hospitals, the more we will invest into NGOs. "
Bigger
Successful
Will
" The future of communicating with customers rests in engaging with them through every possible channel: phone, e-mail, chat, Web, and social networks. Customers are discussing a company's products and brand in real time. Companies need to join the conversation. "
Future
Time
Phone
" The only constant in the technology industry is change. "
Only
Change
Technology
" 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. "
Science
You
Understand
" 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. "
Community
Work
Opportunity
" We need a new generation of executives who understand how to manage and lead through data. And we also need a new generation of employees who are able to help us organize and structure our businesses around that data. "
Generation
Need
Help
" 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. "
Think
Change
Discipline
" You look to Google, you see this incredible world of information, you see the advertising, but you also get Google Analytics. And Google Analytics coupled with Salesforce's sales and service and marketing means that both of our customers are going to have customer insights that they've never had before. That is really exciting. "
Service
Information
Advertising
" You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve. "
You
Predict
Always
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