joining me, from dreamforce 2014, mark benioff. so great to be here at one of the biggest conferences in the world. how many people are here today? >> 145,000 registered to attend physically. 3 million have already attended online. >> i will never forget the first time i saw your keynote. it was like seeing moses part the red sea. how much practice goes into that? >> this year, i had not been on tour, so it was a new show, and i had to practice it quite a bit. >> you announced a cloud-based analytic platform. what does it give to your customers that they did not have? >> analytics is a category that is rich for innovation. a lot of companies have sat on their kingdoms too long and kept the status quo going. there's a long list of companies. one of those areas is analytics. it is a new way to look at it with mobile visualization, analytics for the rest of us. >> there are myths that are boiled down into legend. what is the myth of mark and what is the reality? >> the reality is that this took a long time. they underestimate what you

joining me, from dreamforce 2014, mark benioff.e here at one of the biggest conferences in the

mark benioff has been adamant that companies need to do more. what do you think?that is basically true. a lot of the new startups are brand-new. a good part of this is what the big companies do. i think that is a big deal. >> what about inclusion and diversity, something else that -- why is inclusion important? tech is including -- inclusionary. the reason i am so confident is because of the incredible coverage -- people in silicon valley -- the challenge is we are still underrepresented when it comes to women. >> do women ask for raises if they deserve one? [laughter] >> yes. [applause] i don't care what anybody says. i'm a fan. i think these are solvable problems. two different ways. one is pipeline. there are not -- women are only 15% of computer science graduates. that is too low. we have to get more women into computer science. the other is access, networks. the three organizations that we are funding are working on both sides of that. i think if we really bear down on both sides of that, we can move the needle pretty fast. >> i want to talk about the next fi

mark benioff has been adamant that tech companies need to do more. what do you think?t is basically true. a lot of the new startups are brand-new. a big part of this is what the big companies do. i think that is a big deal. >> what about inclusion and diversity, something else that you and laura have been giving to. why is inclusion important in silicon valley? >> i believe tech is inherently inclusionary. tech wants to bring people in. the reason i am so confident about that is because of the incredible people in silicon valley from the incredible number of countries. the challenge is, we are still underrepresented when it comes to women, and then in the u.s. when it comes to african-americans and latinos. >> should women ask for raises if they think they deserve one? >> yes. [applause] i don't care what anybody says, i think women should ask for raises. i'm a fan. i think these are solvable problems in two different ways. one is pipeline. there are not -- women are only 15% of computer science graduates in the u.s. that is too low. we have to get more women into comp

mark benioff has been adamant that tech companies need to do more. what do you think?i think that is basically -- that is basically right. i think that is basically true. a lot of the new startups are brand-new. but a big part of this is what the big companies do. and the sort of maturation of companies when they go from being startups to being big companies, they got to step up on their responsibilities. i think that is a big deal. >> what about inclusion and diversity, something else that you and laura have been giving to? why is inclusion important in silicon valley? >> i believe tech is inherently inclusionary. tech wants to bring people in. tech wants to include as many people as possible. the reason i am so confident about that is because of the --redible coverage that incredible people in silicon valley from the incredible number of countries. the challenge is, we are still underrepresented when it comes to women, and then in the u.s. when it comes to african-americans and latinos. >> should women ask for raises if they think they deserve one? [laughter] >> yes.

. >> the 375 people who came here for these two days, and we just heard from three guys, and mark benioffe so excited about it. >> ok, david, thank you. to you. >> emily chang, thank you very much. enjoy the sun out there, and we will have more "bloomberg west" tomorrow. ♪

. >> the 375 people who came here for these two days, and we just heard from three guys, and mark benioff are so excited about it. >> ok, david, thank you. back to you. >> emily chang, thank you very much. enjoy the sun out there, and we will have more "bloomberg west" tomorrow. ♪ . >> the following is a paid program. the opinions and views expressed do not reflect the views of bloomberg lp, its affiliates, or its employees. >> the following is a paid advertisement. critics you look great. threw a better party, a better black tie