In a slower economy, companies look for more value. The cloud provides this. So does Big Data. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
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 Read Quote
What I hope is, over time, users should not have to read a training manual. They should say, ‘I totally get the Workday iPad app, because it runs the way my consumer apps run.’ Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
We invest very heavily in the employees. We get the return, and the employee gets the return if they stay with us for a while. So, we focus on people that will commit to us for the long run. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
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. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
People like me, when we’re interviewing, we’re not going back to our desktop to fill out a recruiting form. If I can quickly submit my evaluation through an iPhone or an iPad, that makes me a lot more productive. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
You can’t replace luck and timing. With Workday, our timing was perfect. We started in 2005 right as cloud computing was beginning to take off. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
I found a great mentor early on in my career, Dave Duffield – a legendary software innovator, great individual, and a wonderful leader and human being. Aneel Bhusri Read Quote
