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Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 8)

Posted on Wednesday, Jun 13th

Here we finally see how the Incubator does indeed assist companies with obtaining their original customer base, and they do so in a very effective manner. SM: There is nothing wrong in that motivation to try to expand the pie. It is absolutely the right motivation to have. RB: I think the most difficult skill

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Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 7)

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 12th

I continue my discussion regarding the need for Incubator companies to receive assistance in their initial customer acquisition phase. I push Rene a fair bit. I think he is getting slightly annoyed and defensive 🙂 SM: If you go back to the beginnings of Salesforce.com, and you ask Mark Benioff, I am sure he will

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Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 6)

Posted on Monday, Jun 11th

Among the most significant challenges a company faces is obtaining its initial reference customers. Salesforce has a core competency revolving around telemarketing and sales, so I inquire about the type of support they provide to companies in the Incubator in order to address this challenge. SM: How do you handle the go-to-market phase with Incubator

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