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How Salesforce Saved Itself By Becoming A Platform
In 2015, Salesforce was the fastest-growing enterprise software company in history, yet its future looked surprisingly fragile. Its core product, a customer relationship management tool for sales teams, had hit a maturity ceiling. The market was crowded, and growth rates were slowing. Instead of defending its castle, CEO Marc Benioff made a radical decision: he would turn Salesforce into an operating system for all business data, not just sales. This pivot involved acquiring Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack, fundamentally changing how companies connect their internal systems. We explore the…
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