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The Forbes Cloud 100 2021 List Reveal

Alex Konrad, Senior Editor of Forbes, walks us through the highlights of the 2021 Cloud 100; the top 10, the newcomers, the biggest jumps, and what the list reveals about the industry. Watch the reveal!   Transcript E-commerce’s recent growth of more than 13% from pre-pandemic levels helps boost Attentive and Klaviyo into the top

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The Pledge 1% Impact Award

Join Salesforce Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners as we award one of the Cloud 100 companies the 2021 Pledge 1% Impact Award. Each year the Pledge 1% Impact Award is given to a company that demonstrates an outstanding commitment to social impact, not just by delivering programs that directly make a measurable positive impact, but also

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The Rising Stars of the Cloud

While cloud companies are thriving with record-breaking growth and access to capital, the next generation say this is only the beginning. Here, Forbes’ Alex Konrad will talk to the rising stars of the cloud, including Danielle Cohen-Shohet, CEO of GlossGenius, Kelvin Beachum, NFL and tech investor, and Sevetri Wilson, CEO of Resilia. They’ll outline their

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Transformation in Times of Transition

The pandemic isn’t over, but the light is at the end of the tunnel. During this great reset — when the way people work and live is more fluid than ever before — figuring out how to navigate the digital and the “real” world seems to be on everyone’s mind. For many leaders, this shift

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Where the Cloud is Headed

Alex Kayyal, Managing Partner at Salesforce Ventures, Byron Deeter, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and Elliott Robinson, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners discuss the high bar companies had to reach to make this year’s list, the latest on the cloud economy, and the trends they expect to see over the next year. Speakers Alex Kayyal,

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Always Be Connecting: Five Lessons on Building Sales Teams

Five lessons on building high-performance sales teams from Michael Corr, AVP of Sales at Salesforce.

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Hindsight in 2020: The Unexpected Urgency of Adopting Cloud Technology

Looking back on a watershed year for enterprise technology companies that enable digital transformation, and considering what the future might hold.

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When COVID-19 Forced the World to Go Remote, it Put the Agility and Resiliency of Global Supply Chains to the Test

Propel helped product leaders remain in control by making it possible to roll out product updates, enforce quality controls — and even onboard new suppliers — entirely in the cloud.

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Carry Your Own Torch — and Then Light the Way for Others

Navigating the workplace as a manager is challenging as it is, and even more so in a year where we all find ourselves interacting through screens. The complexity of that experience is even further compounded when you don’t look like, or have a similar background to colleagues or others in the industry. We created the

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Renewed Optimism in Enterprise Tech: The Latest Enterprise Technology Pulse Survey

This year, with so many things being upended, disrupted, and redefined, cloud companies are answering the call for accelerated digital transformation.

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