Bright Idea #1
An Addict’s Tale: Why our CEO Spends her Weekends Building Apps on Force.com
People said building high-performance apps on Force.com was too simple to believe. Turns out, they’re not kidding. Force.com provided a platform where we could build full-featured apps in a matter of days. Our CEO literally built several of our most valuable, time-saving apps in her jammies on the weekends. Come learn how she unlocked the power and simplicity of Force.com by building essential applications that enabled the rapid growth and collaboration of our organization.
Bright Idea #2
Shifting Hiring Practices: Burden to Competitive Advantage
Our hiring practices can be described in two ways: before Force.com, and after Force.com. Before Force.com, we were unable to effectively juggle the mass of applicant submissions from job sites and recruiters, leaving us to only hire one position at a time. After building a custom hiring application on Force.com, we’re blazing through 15+ simultaneous positions with 100% response rate for each. Join us as we reveal how Force.com saved us 30% on hiring overhead.
Bright Idea #3
Buy it or Build it? How the World’s Pickiest Software Company Chose Salesforce.com
At Stone Cobra, we expect the world from our software tools. Business expects tools to cut costs and increase productivity, technical users want scalable frameworks that integrate seamlessly with existing systems, and everyone expects it to be easy-to-use. Couple those requirements with an insatiable thirst for customizations and you’ve got a perfect argument for building in-house every time. Come hear how Force.com met the needs of our CEO and our CTO, shifting our buy-build paradigm.
Bright Idea #4
Collaboration in the Cloud: A Tale of Full-force Cultural Revolution
It seems a little stranger than fiction to think that in 2010, we are still trying to figure out how to get all of our talented resources pulling in the same direction at the same time. We made the conscious decision to transform into the poster-child for Enterprise 2.0. We redefined our culture to focus on an open, collaborative, networked organization. Hear how we used Salesforce CRM and Force.com to create transparency and facilitate collaboration.
Bright Idea #5
Force.com Hacks – 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Force.com
Force.com guru Grant Liu presents ten awesome tricks he uses to simplify application development, increase productivity, and get what he wants out of Force.com. Grant will show you how to use Jedi mind tricks to unlock hidden secrets of the platform and discover the Force.com master within you. May the ‘Force’ be with you.
