Marc Benioff Quotes

“The only constant in the technology industry is change.”

“You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.”

“You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.”

“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.”

“90% of the world's data was created in the last two years.”

“You need to have a beginner's mind to create bold innovation.”

“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.”

“We strive always to have a beginner's mind.”

“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.”

“Seize the opportunity in front of you. Imagine. Invent. Disrupt. Do good. I know that you must be passionate, unreasonable, and a little bit crazy to follow your own ideas and do things differently. But it's worth it. Life grows relative to one's investment in it.”

“One idea alone is a tactic, but if it can be executed a number of different ways, it becomes a great strategy.”

“There is a Japanese belief that business is temporal, whereas relationships are eternal.”

“A huge mentor for me. Incredible person. He had a huge impact on my life and taught me all kinds of amazing things that I still use.”

“They're selling you science projects. You need to move away from it and we can prove it to you.”

“This is the last generation of CEOs that only had human employees.”

“You're going to have to throw a lot against the wall before you figure out what sticks. And that is the magic. So you're like, "wait a minute, this doesn't make any sense. These 10,000 companies just got funded, and only 100 of them are good." But you have to fund them all to get to the 100.”

“It's all playing out right in front of our eyes that there is a huge breach between Microsoft and OpenAI. It's a full proximal rupture. And it's not coming back together.”

“I've never been more excited about software, more energized or motivated, inspired. And I think that we're about to move into a completely new world. And I don't really have all the words yet because in a lot of these areas that we're moving into, I'm not an expert and I feel like I need to pick up my level of expertise.”

“AI is not destiny. We must choose wisely. We must design intentionally.”

“Bad things were happening all over the world because social media was fully unregulated, and now you're kind of seeing that play out again with artificial intelligence.”