Blazing Trails

In this episode, we're sitting in on insights and conversations with some of the most inspiring and powerful CEOs in the world. We held the first Fortune CEO Series at Dreamforce '16. This exclusive series was designed as a way to get some of the most innovative company leaders together, in order to learn and grow from one another. The learnings and takeaways from these leaders are applicable to everyone, not only to those at the C-Level. We will be hearing from CEOs of legacy industry companies like General Motors and CEOs of growing disruptive startups. Ready to get some great ideas from some really bright minds? Let's get started. It once took Fortune 500 companies an average of 20 years to reach a billion-dollar valuation. Disruptive start-ups now reach that milestone in four years or less, while displacing longtime incumbents and reshaping the business landscape. How are these start-ups working with customers to shake up industry goliaths? Hear from four start-up CEOs about how they're blazing new trails to connect to customers in a whole new way, leveraging the latest technology to fuel rapid growth, and ultimately shape the future of the world. Simon Mulcahy, Chief Marketing Officer at Salesforce introduces us to the panelists. Digital transformation, globalization, and leadership. These are all at the forefront of every CEO's thinking. At the Fortune CEO Series, we held an idea-sparking dialogue on leadership. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Mary Barra, Fortune's Most Powerful Woman of 2016 and CEO of General Motors, offer a candid view on leadership. They discuss customers, technology, and the role of business today in dialogue with moderator Alan Murray, Editor-in-Chief of Fortune.

Sales leaders must embrace change and pay attention to the trends in order to stay ahead. And at Dreamforce, the Quotable Sales Summit is the place to find motivation, strategic sales insights, practical tips and expertise from the best sales leaders & analysts in the business.

Get to know Heroku, the cloud platform that lets companies build, deliver, monitor and scale apps, and their presence at Dreamforce.

For the second year, Dreamforce will feature the Dreampitch competition, which provides early stage startups building on the Salesforce Platform the opportunity to showcase their innovation onstage at the world’s largest software conference. This year we’re going bigger than ever by increasing the prize to $250,000 investment from Salesforce Ventures.

Following the 1-1-1 model that Salesforce pioneered, Pledge 1% encourages companies to dedicate 1% time, 1% product, 1% profit and/or 1% equity to improve the world. Learn more about the program and how you can get involved at Dreamforce.

At Salesforce, Equality is a core value. We are excited to see this value come to life at Dreamforce. We’ll be infusing Equality throughout the entire week via the Equality Summit, an Equality theater style area, as well as the many Equality Breakout Sessions infused throughout the week. Learn more!

In this episode, we're diving into Compassion. At Dreamforce 2016, we dedicated an entire day to Compassion. How can compassion change the world? How can kindness, mindfulness, and creativity shape who we are–and the companies we work for? From doctors, to authors, to Monastic monks, the Day of Compassion served as an important reminder for all of us under the human condition. We all seek compassion and kindness. Let's learn how we can cultivate and develop that even more. Compassion has the power to relieve the suffering of others and change the future. Dr. Rich Fernandez is co-founder of Wisdom Labs, a company that emphasizes the importance of mindfulness for corporate companies. Take a listen as he discusses the importance of compassion and why it matters at Salesforce. Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris co-created the Adverse Childhood Experiences project in San Francisco. The Adverse Childhood Experiences project, or ACE, focuses on preventing and undoing the neurodevelopmental results of toxic stress on one of society’s most vulnerable populations–our children. Her powerful talk at the Day of Compassion sheds light on some of the adversities that children across the world face and how her project, through compassion, is providing their patients with hope and clarity. Take a listen. Elizabeth Gilbert is the bestselling author of ""Eat, Pray, Love,"" and ""Big Magic. Her books tap into the power of compassion in creativity. In this chat with Dr. Rich Fernandez, Gilbert talks about how to move past self-limiting thoughts and beliefs in order to unleash true creativity, innovation, and experience. How can compassion help us to live full and enriching lives? Let's listen in.

Customer Success is the #1 value for Salesforce. Hear how CSG is growing, changing, and focusing on customer success before, during, and after Dreamforce.

Dreamforce is truly the event of the year for Admins because we pack in so much opportunity to learn Salesforce skills, earn new credentials, and connect with our incredible community of Trailblazers...not to mention some serious fun. Check out our second segment with admins, and hear their awesome updates!

Discover and learn all that Community Cloud has to offer to exponentially extend the power of CRM, and what to expect from them at Dreamforce.