The fastest growing business within Salesforce is the company's marketing cloud. The products' Chief Strategy Officer Jon Suarez-Davis explains the factors leading the marketing clouds growth.
Shares of Salesforce are up more than 50 percent year to date. Suarez-Davis says the marketing cloud generated about $1 Billion in revenue this year. He says the key to achieving this growth is customer centric solutions that enable marketers to deliver real-time brand experiences.
Salesforce recently announced a partnership with Google Analytics for the marketing cloud. Suarez-Davis says this will extend Salesforce's value proposition for clients not only in marketing but across sales and services. When looking at the crowded cloud computing space, Suarez-Davis says their unique position in the landscape as a fully integrated platform across marketing, service, commerce, and sales helps Salesforce stand apart.
Valentine's day is right around the corner and love is in the air....or right at your fingertips if you're on dating apps. Lox Club is the dating app that 'kind of hates dating apps.' If you're burnt out from awkward, cringe-worthy, and superficial dating app encounters, it might be time to join Lox Club. Austin Kevitch, CEO and co-founder of Lox Club, joins Cheddar News to discuss.
Elon Musk announced that he expects Starship to reach orbit in 2022. The SpaceX CEO delivered updates about the largest space vehicle to be constructed from its Texas facility. Jim Cantrell, CEO and co-founder at Phantom Space, joined Cheddar News to talk about the future of Starship. "I've always done wrong by betting against Elon," he said. "The one thing that I find very curious is it launches 100 metric tons into space, and last year, in the entire year, we launched 750. So, you know, with about seven launches, he could launch every satellite on Earth."
Sheri Bachstein, CEO of The Weather Company and GM of IBM Watson Advertising, joins ChedHER to discuss her successes in this role, and how she's helping women thrive in the c-suite.
Amid a string of recalls for their electric cars, Tesla is also facing a lawsuit over workplace discrimination. The electric automaker is being accused by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing of a pattern of racial discrimination against Black workers. Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, joined Cheddar News to discuss the numerous technical and safety issues that led to the recalls and the allegations of systemic racist abuse at its Fremont plant. "Tesla disputes these claims, but still you can’t avoid the pattern," he said.
