The two founders met while doing internships in Silicon Valley. We became really good friends and built a partnership working on school projects. Later on, one of us went to Google, while the other went to India,for more fun internship times!After finishing university, we received a consultancy project to build a custom-made inventory systemfor a corporate client. So we started Archon Systems. After finishing that work and more related projects,we quickly realized that our clients would've bought pre-made software if there was anything suitable, but there wasn't. The choices were either too complicated and expensive, or just not powerful enough to meet their needs.So we set out to do better.
We also put aside 1% of our equity, 1% of our employees' time, and 1% of our product, and formed the Salesforce.com Foundation. These two key decisions have fueled our incredible growth, made us the global leader in CRM, defined the era of cloud computing, and inspired a new philanthropic model for all to follow. Today, thanks to our dedicated employees, partners, and the customers we serve, our industry-leading CRM platform has become the world's leading enterprise cloud ecosystem. Industries and companies of all sizes can connect to their customers in a whole new way using the latest innovations in mobile, social, and cloud technology to sell, service, market, and succeed like never before.