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Marco Matos

Marco Matos

Journalist

Sep 7, 2026

3:31
What does it mean? How should we interpret
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it? My God.
3:34
I mean, number one, I just got to say, I think Mark Benioff continues to prove he's one of the greatest of all time in tech CEOs.
3:42
Like what he's been doing, I think, is remarkable.
3:44
If you think about the SaaSpocalypse and all the naysayers over the last few years.
3:49
I mean, dude, the proof is in the pudding.
3:51
So let me start there.

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38:24
Any quick thoughts on this?
SeanHOST
0:36
What brings you to Cannes? But yeah, first, let's start with your
0:39
career journey.
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I like to remind people that I'm just a kid from the Bronx, New York.
0:44
I'm a huge Nick Stan and Yogi Stan, so it's been pretty exciting.
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I never thought I'd love to see it, but we did.
0:51
My background really started in electrical engineering at Twinston.
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So I've always been more on the technology side.

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SeanHOST
7:30
What sort of advice could you give to entrepreneurs, founders looking to build in this space?
5:18
Does that make sense?
5:19
It does.
5:19
Look, I actually think the CMO job might be one of the hardest in the C-suite.
5:24
I think the pressures from on high from the board to say, hey, deploy AI and get efficient.
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Your CFO is looking for attributable dollars in terms of how you're driving the business.
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Your budgets are usually the first to get cut.
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And over the last 10 years, every CMO knows the tenure has changed quite a bit.

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26:24
What are you telling them to do?

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