Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff pulls a funny trick to get his cofounder to wear a crazy costume
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The conference is extravagant in every way possible, from last year's cruise hotel to Stevie Wonder's opening concert - and it completely shuts down parts of the city during the week-long event.
But to some people, the best part about Dreamforce is getting to see Salesforce's lesser-known cofounder Parker Harris dressed in a funny costume during his keynote speech.
Because in recent years, Harris has been showing up in crazy costumes ranging from a superhero called "Lightning Man" to a scientist resembling Dr. Emmett Brown from "Back to the Future."
But for some reason, Harris doesn't seem to be in the mood for a costume at this year's Dreamforce, says CEO Marc Benioff. So he's asking his 260,000 Twitter followers to convince Harris to do it again this year - by sending him a personal email.
Sadly @parkerharris refuses to dress as Einstein for @Dreamforce. If this upsets you email parkerh@Salesforce.com. pic.twitter.com/Nxoy6NFrWC
- Marc Benioff (@Benioff) September 9, 2016
Einstein is the name of the next big product Salesforce is rolling out at this year's Dreamforce. Not much is known about Einstein, but it's supposed to be a product that uses artificial intelligence to make the software "smarter."
Judging by the responses next to Benioff's tweet, a lot of people are pushing for Harris to dress as Einstein.
@Benioff @parkerharris What??? I'm drafting that email now!
- Eric Dreshfield (@ericdresh) September 11, 2016
@Benioff @parkerharris @Dreamforce PARKER!! Cmon! Do it for us!! #parkerismyhomeboy
- Nana Gregg (@nanahg3) September 10, 2016
@Benioff @parkerharris @Dreamforce can't wait to see the next costume pic.twitter.com/AWpI3buLmt
- Alex Dayon (@SFDCAlex) September 10, 2016
And to give you a clue to Harris's past costumes, here's a look at his last three keynotes:
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