Best of Conference Bites, Early September

“Steve Jobs is the best performance by a CEO in 50 years, maybe 100 years—we have all benefited.”
~ Eric Schmidt, Google, in conversation with Marc Benioff at Dreamforce

“Life is short and you should spend the time working with people you enjoy” (re: joining Google).
~ Eric Schmidt, Google, in conversation with Marc Benioff at Dreamforce

“Traditional media is hooking up. Social Media is going Beyonce and putting a ring on it.”
~ Gary Vaynerchuk, Author at Dreamforce

“We build games that help people tune into their sense of inner purpose, and to bring that out.”
~ Sean Baenen, Social Chocolate at Gamification Summit

“It is so much better to have bad news that’s true, rather than good news that you just made up.”
~ Eric Ries, Author at Tech Crunch Disrupt

“People get from games what they want from life… life had better get with the program!”
~ Sean Baenen, Social Chocolate at Gamification Summit

“Content marketing is like sex in high school… everyone says they are doing it, but almost nobody really is. Or doing it well”
~ Ann Handley, MarketingProfs at Dreamforce