Salesforce Wants to Profit and Change the World at the Same Time

Renzo Taal, Head of Asia, Salesforce

22-Oct-19 08:05

Salesforce Wants to Profit and Change the World at the Same Time

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Salesforce has seen explosive growth through their subscription model for CRM software. The strong growth has powered their ethos of spending 1% of the company's equity and staff time on social causes.

For APAC growth there's a push into China with an Alibaba tie-up. This might prove challenging given the trade war and American concerns for security and data privacy.

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Categories: SME, Markets, Technology, Tech, Business Analysis, Social Issues

Tags: salesforce, CRM, Alibaba, APAC, China,

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