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.
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.
Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.
Social embedded business processes that solve concrete needs are key to enterprise social collaboration.
The cloud services companies of all sizes; the cloud is for everyone. The cloud is a democracy.
The real joy in life comes from giving. It comes from service. It comes from doing things for other people. That is what is so powerful about this. Nothing will make you happier than giving.
You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.
This is what our customers are asking for to take them to the next level and free them from the bondage of mainframe and client-server software.
I believe a balanced life is essential, and I try to make sure that all of our employees know that and live that way. It’s crucial to me as a manager that I help ensure that our employees are as successful as our customers and partners.
Multi-Tenancy is a requirement for a SaaS vendor to be successful.
You have chosen the wrong path if it’s not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it’s not hard and rocky sometimes.
I don’t look at business as a zero-sum game. I don’t. I’ve never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.
The CMO is expected to spend more on technology than the CIO by 2017.
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.
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.
One person at a time, one company at a time.
Customers want new functionality, but they don’t want the traditional complexity that has marred products in the past.
Mult-Tenancyi is really the future of our industry.
In school all I wanted to do was build technology. That’s what I loved.
Philanthropy isn’t just about big gifts; it’s about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.
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.