Marc Marc Benioff says he started Salesforce after he got a vision while swimming with a pod of 100 dolphins in Hawaii: "I was one with the pod." "I pay attention to my dreams. I pay attention to my visions, my insights. "Salesforce started because I was swimming with... a pod of dolphins outside the coast of Hawaii, where I live. About 100 dolphins. I was one with the pod. And when I was one with the pod, all of a sudden in my mind, I saw this vision of what Salesforce could look like." "I went to Larry Ellison and said, 'Hey I think I'm going to quit my job.' He gave me $2 million, and we started Salesforce. That was 26 years ago."show more

@Benioff This explains why nobody can tell you what Salesforce actually does for them

@Benioff “Do dolphin pods dream of B2B SAAS?”

@Benioff how in the actual fuck do you go from swimming with dolphins to building a bloated CRM?

@Benioff That dolphin part was pretty funny, but honestly there's a real meaning there if you think about it. Many awesome businesses got their start when the person behind them finally took a break, gave themselves some space and actually listened to their own ideas.

@Benioff wild way to get tax residency on the record

@Benioff 100% chance he was on LSD

@Benioff If you can swim with dolphins and tell Larry Ellison that you'll quit, you're already doing something correct in your life and your social sphere ranks in the top 1% of the world.

@Benioff The bigger they get the more fucking stupid their origin stories get

@Benioff I hope the dolphins got equity!

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@Benioff also acid

@Benioff when I say 'welcome to the pod' this is what I mean

@Benioff little known fact but this is actually how most businesses are formed

@Benioff I don’t know how to describe it but there is something about dolphin communication frequency that goes directly to the brain, like a wormhole straight to the brain without needing for translation/interpretation.

@Benioff i really need people to give the jrr token joke the respect it deserves. i am really disappointed in people

@Benioff No, he didn't. What a liar.

@Benioff hey i turned this into a drama

@Benioff Marco

@Benioff "I pay attention to my visions" The vision source: 🍄🍄🍄🍄

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@Benioff Sounds like a scene from silicon valley

@Benioff If you are visualizing a business while swimming with a pod of dolphins, you are missing the point.

@Benioff @grok what does salesforce do?

@Benioff @creatine_cycle

@Benioff how much does Ramp have to sponsor for @DylanAbruscato to greenlight the dolphinforce movie? it's a heartwarming story about a dolphin who finds his porpoise as an AE

@Benioff Ya ok buddy

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@johncoogan @Benioff Did he explain what they do?

@Benioff Only these fucking guys could witness the awesome beauty of nature and have it inspire them to create… “salesforce.” The worst assholes on earth.

@Benioff Dam the dolphins -a friend loaned you $2 mil? Thats what we call social capital at its finest!

@Benioff Sure it wasn’t a pod of whales?

@Benioff This has to be the lowest Iq show on the internet. Sales force is objectively a shitty Apex code CRM with predatory contracts and lawfare

@Benioff He should pay attention to his diabetes. 🖐🏼❤️

I completely relate. I have dreams and visions, too.... so much so, that I thought everyone did, to some degree. Only after I started asking others did I learn that it's far less common than I thought 🤔 It can be alienating at times because you have no one to share with who can relate or understands. The wildest experience I've had to date (and I've had quite a bit of crazy experiences) was just before Christmas 🎄 I've recently started to wonder if having Addison's Disease has contributed to me having so many spiritual experiences that are unexplainable because I'm so close to the veil whenever I go into crisis. I would love to learn more about others who have similar experiences. #BRANDyBONNER

@Benioff Someone clip this with the grandmas boy clip