Marc Benioff Quotes

Technological change is both familiar and easy to observe.

Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning.

It’s important to embrace new technologies instead of fight them.

You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt.

It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century.

No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.

If you're not looking toward the future or trying to improve the current technology, you'll be left behind.

One of the things you learn operating in the technology industry is disruptions are occurring every day.

Technology-fueled change is happening so fast that even a six-month-old process could be outdated. Saying this is the way it's always been done not only makes you sound lazy and resistant to change, but it could make your boss wonder why you haven't tried to improve things on your own.

As one went to Europe to see the living past, so one must visit Southern California to observe the future.

I don't think love for technology itself breeds change.

Technology is an enabler; you have to be at the cutting edge of technology - there is no choice.

Tech is a funny industry; I don't think there is any other industry on the planet that reinvents itself every 10-12 years.

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

If it works, it's obsolete.

The new always competes with the old and destroys it. Men who build railroads destroy stage coach lines.

What was good enough for my father is good enough for me" is a treasured English axiom which, if strictly carried out, would have kept us to wooden ploughs and water clocks. In these days we need to be inoculated with some of the nervous energy of the Americans.

We live in a dynamic time, where the rate of change and the rate of innovation are very high. It’s not equal in all segments or sectors of the economy, but we are seeing a lot of innovation in certain sectors, and I expect that to continue.

Because of the rate of technology change, forecast horizons are shrinking.

I think tech is driving most of the innovation and will continue to for a very, very long time.

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.

If it works, it's out of date.

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.