American - Businessman | February 14, 1966 -
I would have loved to invest in Salesforce when I was active in venture. I didn't know the founder, Marc Benioff, well enough, and he didn't really rely on venture capital, but I remember the first time I met him and got to talk about Salesforce when they were still private. I thought, 'Damn, that is going to be a huge company.'
Aneel Bhusri
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To really disrupt a big market, you have to look at the marketplace from a long-term perspective. You have to move very fast but knowing that disruptive solutions just take time to build.
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Workday is constantly looking into the future and, you know, building applications that stay modern and relevant.
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Because everybody else was investing in the consumer Internet, I did, too.
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I started to invest in very-early-stage companies where, even though I wasn't the founder, I could help shape the early strategy and culture.
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I hired a guy named David Sze to do consumer investing at Greylock. And he went on to invest in Facebook and LinkedIn. So I guess I did something right.
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When we started Workday, we were originally very focused on the core HR system. Then we added payroll, and then we got into performance management.
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I'm not a stock expert by any means. Stocks go up; they go down.
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All you can worry about as CEO is making sure your company continues to build great products, deliver the revenue, and keep your customers happy.
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There's nothing slowing down about the shift to the cloud. I don't see anything on the horizon that is changing that.
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The goal isn't just to make transactions: it's to make better decisions in the way you run your business. If that's not at the top of every executive's priorities, then they shouldn't be an executive.
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I would be amazed if Oracle does not buy NetSuite.
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