Take the Force.com Million Dollar Challenge
The best platforms are always driven by killer 3rd party applications–at salesforce.com, we
believe anyone can combine deep domain expertise with the Force.com platform to become the "next
salesforce.com" for new application categories, vertical industries, or niche markets.
A key part of the Force.com vision is to enable a multi-billion dollar economy of SaaS
independent software vendors (ISVs) that deliver powerful business applications to customers and
end users through innovation, not infrastructure. To help inspire the next generation of SaaS
entrepreneurs to build on Force.com,
Emergence
Capital Partners, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, is launching the
Force.com Million Dollar Challenge, a venture competition that awards a $1M+
investment offer to the winning company built on the Force.com platform.
The Highlights
Enter your company in the
Force.com Million Dollar Challenge (if you’re not ready to enter, you can still stay up-to-date on
the competition)! Entrants must be US-based companies. Finalists will be selected by Emergence
Capital and invited to Dreamforce 2008, salesforce.com's global user and developer conference in
November 2008. The winner will be announced at Dreamforce 2008.
Please visit the
FAQ for more information.
The Awards
The winning company will receive a $1+ million investment offer from Emergence Capital and a cubicle at the salesforce.com incubator for one year. Finalists will receive complimentary passes to the Dreamforce 2008 conference and consulting from Force.com technical experts. Please see official rules for more details.
Getting Started
1.
Signup to stay
up-to-date with the latest competition news
2. Start building your applications using the
Force.com
platform . Get started with a free
Developer Edition account
3.
Become a Force.com ISV Partner and market your applications on the
AppExchange and start
growing your company
4.
Enter your company in the
competition
Other Useful Resources
- Force.com Million Dollar Challenge FAQ
- Download a sample business plan
- Developers@Dreamforce Sessions–watch replays of 25+ sessions of technical content from the Dreamforce 2007 conference
- On-Demand Startup Kit –a complete set of tools, resources and services to help you build your on-demand company
- Force.com Cookbook–a deep technical guide for experienced developers familiar with Salesforce and Force.com
-
Training and Developer Education
