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He has an army of people that would read his emails. A truly important one should get read.

You could always try calling, too! I cold called Marc Benioff at Salesforce and he actually picked up the phone.



This needs a story. What did you say to him?


This was maybe 20 years ago. I was looking for a job as a recruiter and just called him. He referred me to an HR rep and I did get an interview from it. Didn’t get the job, but hey, I got a shot!


He was told, he had a call from Pope


Heh, classic Mike (not the Pope one)




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