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The force of a dream

"On a conference call with analysts, Benioff too declined to answer questions from analysts about the M&A rumors, but he certainly didn’t sound like a founding CEO on the verge of selling his company. He repeated his goal of being the fastest software company to hit $10 billion in annual revenue, which if the analysts are correct shouldn’t happen before 2018.

After that he has an even bigger goal: “I am personally committed to surpass SAP. That’s my goal. That’s my dream.” For the record SAP, the German business software giant and a perennial rival and the villain of many Salesforce earnings calls, posted $21.3 billion in revenue in the year ended Dec. 31."

Salesforce Shares Rise as Q1 Results Beat Street View | Re/code