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Salesforce
American cloud-based software company
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Videos Mentioning Salesforce
Bee AI: The Wearable Ambient Agent
Latent Space
Mentioned in the context of large conferences and their operational scale.
The AI Architect: Bret Taylor
Latent Space
A cloud-based software company where Bret Taylor served as co-CEO. He continued coding on weekends during his tenure.
HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale
Y Combinator
A major competitor to HubSpot, mentioned in the context of market cap and competition.
Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
All-In Podcast
Experienced its worst day in 20 years, dropping over 20% in market cap due to a revenue miss and soft Q2 guidance, prompting discussion on macroeconomic slowdown and AI's impact on SaaS.
Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale
Y Combinator
A CRM company often used as an example of a platform business. The discussion mentions its AppExchange as a distribution channel for partners.
Why every AI Engineer needs an AI Gateway (ft Portkey.ai CEO)
Latent Space
A large enterprise that inspires discussions around AI adoption.
Tony Robbins Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Cloud-based software company, whose CEO Mark Benioff attended Tony Robbins' seminars.
How to Live a Life You Won’t Regret at 80 - Bill Gurley
Chris Williamson
Used as an example of a legacy CRM with a huge database and many fields, making it difficult to adapt for small businesses needing a simpler approach.
The Person I Call Most for Startup Advice — Naval Ravikant
Tim Ferriss
An enterprise company that was a single founder company.
Travis Kalanick Joins, xAI Rebuild, Spotify CEO Joins, Apple Faces Slop Allegations
TBPN
A cloud-based software company, used as an example of an industry that consolidated from fragmented systems into a single platform.
E156: Ivy League antisemitism, macro, SaaS recovery, Gemini, Figma deal delay + big Friedberg update
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as an example of an early public SaaS company, suggesting that historical valuation data should include such firms from earlier periods.
E113: DOJ tries to break up Google, vaccine questions, Ukraine escalation & more
All-In Podcast
Acquired Slack, which impacted Slack's antitrust claim against Microsoft. The acquisition's success is debated.
E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
All-In Podcast
Mentioned for laying off 8,000 employees due to slowed growth and unsustainable sales and marketing spending, leading to cascading effects for its vendors.
E27: The Great Inflation Debate, Amazon gets spicy on Twitter, rethinking supply chains & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a competitor that bought Slack, posing a threat to Microsoft's Office suite.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A large company that uses JavaScript heavily and caters to web developers, influencing standards.
The art of influence: The single most important skill left that AI can’t replace | Jessica Fain
Lenny's Podcast
Cited as an example of a dominant software tool, used when discussing the proliferation of new tools due to AI.
How To Price For B2B | Startup School
Y Combinator
Cited as an example of a large company that startups cannot typically compete with on customer service availability, advising startups to play to their strengths instead.
The Better Customer–Startups or Big Enterprise?
Y Combinator
The go-to CRM solution for companies scaling their sales teams to hundreds of people, illustrating how a lightweight CRM for startups is insufficient at scale.
Work at a Startup Expo 2019
Y Combinator
A cloud-based software company where Ryan, the event host, was the seventh engineer, describing seminal projects he worked on there, such as building the API and marketing suite.
Stocks Drop Hard — What’s Next? + What Clinton Might Reveal About Trump & Epstein?
Tom Bilyeu
Enterprise software company whose business model is seen as vulnerable to AI's encroachment into the software application layer.
How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company that offers integrated solutions, similar to Rippling's compound software approach.