The Dull Shall Inherit the Earth: The Story of Salesforce
Salesforce just bought Slack. Its CEO owns Time magazine. Its name is on the tallest building in San Francisco. But what does it actually do?

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Episode Notes
How do you sex up the world of B2B “customer relationship management” software? For Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, it’s been a combination of ambitious acquisitions, skyscrapers, monks, and Metallica.
Podcast production by Jess Miller and Cleo Levin.