Benioff Blows Off Journalist; Sends Flowers

Penelope Trunk, author of Brazen Careerist, tells the story of being blown off by Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff while researching an article for Time magazine on wvolunteering and the workplace.

Trunk writes: Benioff missed the interview, she blew up at the publicist, wrote article without Salesforce.com mention, Benioff called and apologized (and interviewed himself on her voicemail -- classic Marc!), she wrote her article with Salesforce.com mention, Benioff sent flowers.