I'm Chris Hale, joining me today are Man in Colorado, Motley Fool, Senior Analyst, Tim

Byers.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for having me, fully caffeinated.

Of earnings related things to talk about?

You know what else is caffeinated sales force shares today up more than 12% because sales

force beat expectations, kind of across the board.

I mean the revenue numbers sort of stand out to me as and I'm not a shareholder, but I was

particularly struck by the revenue number up 14% compared to a year ago.

Obviously sales force has been in the news lately because of layoffs because of the latest

co-CEO to leave.

It's been a pretty eventful few months for sales force, your shareholder.

How are you feeling and what stood out in the report?

Well, I'm feeling better for a couple of reasons.

First, the stock is up materially, so that's great.

But I think there's a bit of maybe sometimes we call these sorts of things relief rallies,

Chris.

And I think there's some real cognitive relief that, oh, okay, great.

The revenue was up materially.

And I think there is a bit of acknowledgement from management, particularly Mark Benioff

that yes, we have to be better at controlling costs because they have activist investors breathing

down their neck.

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