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Salesforce Anthology .... 20 years on
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A GUIDING PROCESS
We have reproduced this road map to illustrate the amazing achievements made by Salesforce over the past 20 years.
1999
VISION
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On March 8, Salesforce begins in a one-bedroom apartment on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, with a clear vision to be ‘A World-Class Internet Company for Sales Force Automation’
OFFICIAL OFFICE
By July, the company expands to an office at Rincon centre.
Salesforce.org launches the 1-1-1 model, leveraging our technology, people and resources to improve communities around the world.
TOP 10 TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR Infoworld
KA-CHING!
This modem was used from 2000 - 2002 for collecting credit card payments.
2002
THE YEAR OF PROFITABLE GROWTH > 100%
FREEDOM BASH
David Bowie takes the centre stage at Carnegie Hall for a Salesforce benefit concert.
HAVING A BALL
Salesforce take over Pac bel park to celebrate it’s 5,000TH customer and a new product release.
2003
THE YEAR OF PROVING THE MODEL
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THE DEBUT
Marc demos the first prototype promoting Salesforce automation via the web.
2000
40 EMPLOYEES
By December the staff grows to
40 employees.
ENTERPRISE APPS AS AN ONLINE BUSINESS SERVICE
2001
THE YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE PROFITABILITY
THE END BEGINS
Salesforce releases it’s on demand CRM service application
MAKING WAVES
Salesforce gets a boost from its first piece of major press coverage in the Wall Street Journal
NEW DIGS Salesforce opens a second office at One Market Street.
DREAMING OUT LOUD
The first dreamforce attracts 1,000 attendees for 52
sessions and the launch of sForce 2.0. The theme event is ‘Imagination you can use”
GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Salesforce established a global presence opening offices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Spain, and the U.K.
9,000 USERS
9,000 salesforce users at firms including Nokia, General Electric, general Motors and Cigna.
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#55 “100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR” Fortune
DEFINING A DECADE
With three launches a year, Salesforce publishes its
30TH product update.
2009
DOMINATE ENTERPRISE CLOUD COMPUTING
SLEEVES ROLLED UP
Salesforce employees log over 125,000 volunteer hours.
MAJOR MILESTONE
Salesforce is the first cloud computing company to reach
$1B in revenue
$1B
KICKING OFF
Chatter kicks off the Black Eyed Peas Super Bowl Half-time Show with an animated introduction produced in collaboration with will.i.am
THE FACE OF INNOVATION
Forbes names Salesforce one of “The 50 Companies of Tomorrow,” taking notice of the innovation the company has achieved.
QUADRUPLING THE DREAM
Dreamforce online viewership explodes to 102,990, an audience four times larger than 2010.
2011
THE YEAR OF THE CLOUD 2 (SOCIAL, MOBILE, OPEN)
2012
THE YEAR OF THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
CAMPUS EXPANSION
Salesforce leases space in 350 Mission Street, the first new LEED Platinum office tower in San Francisco
100,000 SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMERS
WELCOMING MARKETING CLOUD
Salesforce adds Marketing Cloud to its product offerings.
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EXCELLENCE IN VIRTUE
Salesforce.org gives away $14 MILLION in grants.
APPTASTIC
The first application built on Force.com for the phone launches
NEW LOOK
The company logo gets a makeover.
2010THE YEAR OF THE SERVICE CLOUD
THE POWER OF COLLABORATION
With Chatter providing enterprise social collaboration, more than 77,300 customers harness immediacy and productivity, coupled with trust, security, and scalability
HELLO, SERVICE CLOUD
Salesforce adds Service Cloud to its product offerings
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES 4 YEARS IN A ROW Ethisphere Magazine
7000 SALESFORCE EMPLOYEES
2013THE CUSTOMER COMPANY
EXACTLY!
Salesforce completes its largest acquisition to date: ExactTarget.
LARGEST EVER
Dreamforce named world’s largest software conference with over
143,000 registered attendees.
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2017
THE YEAR OF EINSTEIN
Salesforce Einstein, the first comprehensive AI for CRM, bridges the technology gap to make AI accessible to every company and every business user.
HONOURING EQUALITY HEROES
Salesforce hosts its first Equality Awards to honour trailblazers .
INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD
Salesforce employees reach 2 MILLION
volunteer hours
TOWERING
Salesforce Tower in San Francisco has its grand opening.
CUSTOMER 360
Salesforce introduces Customer 360 to easily connect and manage customer data across Salesforce apps.
#1 “100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR” Fortune
FOR THE KIDS
Salesforce commits
$50M to foster computer science education
150,000 SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMERS
PRIME SPOT
Salesforce tops Fortune’s inaugural Future 50 list of companies positioned for breakout growth
on board Paker Harris named to Board of Directors
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2018
THE YEAR OF THE TRAILBLAZER
REVVING IN INDY
Salesforce Tower Indianapolis opens.
FULL INTEGRATION
Salesforce aquires MuleSoft to help power Salesforce’s integration capabilities.
NET-ZERO
Salesforce achieves net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and provides a carbon-neutral cloud.
#1 WORLD’S BEST WORKPLACE Fortune
CO-CEOS
Keith Block is named Co-Ceo with Mark Benioff
3 MILLIONEmployees surpass 3 MILLION volunteer hours
NEW OFFICE
Salesforce establishes the Office of Ethical and Humane Use.
DOING WELL AND DOING GOOD
Salesforce surpasses a $108 run rate faster than any enterprise software company in the world.
5,000,000,000...
...transactions happening in a single day on the Salesforce platform.
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