“The business of business is improving the state of the world. Companies can no longer separate business objectives from the social issues around them.”
Why Marc is the canonical The Salesman
Founder and CEO of Salesforce, who pioneered the SaaS/cloud sales model and turned software selling into an evangelistic movement. The archetypal technology salesman-founder who sold a whole new way of buying software.
The The Salesman sells specific products within the ecosystem, lives by the pipeline. See the role on the 23-role map →
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