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Scoble interviews Salesforce.com CEO, he mentions CRM just once
I just listened to Robert Scoble's interview of Marc Benioff, and I thought the following was interesting:
- Scoble kept asking Benioff to introduce himself, but Benioff wanted to do more small talk. Awkward.
- Benioff mentioned their CRM offering JUST ONCE in this 25 minute interview. It is obvious to me (and it should be obvious to customers) that Salesforce.com is really focused on their platform as a service offering...which isn't great for their CRM customers since they are playing second fiddle.
- At the 14:20 minute mark, Scoble mentioned a startup that was funded with just $8,000. Benioff says "Well thank god they're not using the Microsoft infrastructure" insinuating it would have been more expensive. Scoble says "Well they were actually using .NET..." and Benioff just talks right over him!
- Benioff has a giant Salesforce.com surfboard outside his office. Not sure why, weird.
- He might be worth $1 billion dollars, but Benioff doesn't know how to pronounce Bono correctly. :)
Overall, I think it is worth a listen if you get a chance.
Posted by Mike Snyder on July 6, 2008 in CRM Competitors | Permalink
Comments
Hey Mike,
You slam the interview in each point and then tell us to listen to it.
How about pointing out a few of the points that make it worthwile if there are any?
-A
Posted by: Adam | Jul 7, 2008 2:40:36 PM
Hello. I noticed this guy mentioned a CRM start up with just 8k? Is that possible?! I just ran into a company who I called www.myelitecontacts.com and I was able to pick their brain on how long they have been around, their main features, etc. They said you are looking to spend at least 100k to start some kind of credible crm online tool. Is that accurate??
Thanks.
Adam
Posted by: Adam | Oct 31, 2008 11:54:43 AM
