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On January 14th, we celebrated 10 years of business growth and innovation with our community of customers, partners, employees and app builders. To say it was epic, was an understatement.  For starters, there were thousands of AppExchange installs, resulting in $35,000 raised for Girls Who Code,

The day included 2,500 social mentions in 24 hours, 68 partners blogging (see posts below), and over 230 birthday party go-ers in San Francisco. In other words, thank you for making this birthday our best celebration yet.

Here’s a look at the big day in photos.

It’s all about the AppExchange at the 10th birthday party in San Francisco.

You can never have enough t-shirts, especially 10 to Show Your 10!

Invitations to celebrate the big day are sent to Salesforce user group leaders across the country.

AppExchange fans show their 10.

The AppExchange marketing team poses for a group shot.

Astro gets in the birthday spirit.

Salesforce partners sport pins representing the number of years they’ve been on the AppExchange.

Some people celebrated with Trailhead training.

Birthday cake from Apttus wishes the AppExchange a happy day.

Jorge Soto sports a tough guy look at the AppExchange birthday party, though it’s tough not to have fun.

The lobby of Salesforce headquarters in San Francisco is full of birthday spirit with balloons from ClearSlide.

Salesforce executives Todd Surdey and Tyler speak at the AppExchange 10th birthday party.

Well wishes from Kenandy

Even SaaSy is all about apps!

Show us your 10!

Bonus: Look out overhead! FinancialForce shares a birthday message in the sky.

Check out these apps for a bright 2016 and beyond.

  • Velocify Pulse: Find and convert more leads and prospects. Learn more >>
  • Apttus CPQ: Streamline sales with CPQ to increase close rates. Learn more >>
  • Conga Composer: Maximize selling time. Learn more >>
  • DocuSign: Get contracts signed faster. Learn more >>
  • FinancialForce Accounting: Bring back-office data to the front. Learn more >>
  • iContact: Send powerful marketing emails from Salesforce. Learn more >>

Want more exciting news and stories around the 10th birthday? Check out 69 blog posts written by Salesforce partners.

  1. ACF Solutions: Happy 10th Birthday, AppExchange!

  2. Advendio: How 10 years cloud app marketplace have changed the way we and our customers do business

  3. Amplifinity: Salesforce AppExchange celebrates 10 years of inspiring businesses’ innovation

  4. Appirio: Ask the Experts: What is Your AppExchange Strategy?

  5. App -X: Happy Anniversary AppExchange from App-X

  6. Arrowpointe: AppExchange Enables the Epic Journey of Geopointe

  7. Astrea IT: AppExchange turns 10

  8. Balink: The Salesforce AppExchange Turns 10

  9. Belmar: 10 Years, One Great Resource: The AppExchange

  10. CirrusPath: Why We're Celebrating 10 Years of the AppExchange

  11. ClearSlide: Get Customers to use the ClearSlide for Salesforce App: My 2016 Sales Resolution

  12. ClearSlide, Appy 10th Birthday, Salesforce AppExchange! & Better than Snakes on a Plane: Join the Salesforce AppExchange’s 10th Birthday Virtual Celebration

  13. ClickSoftware: Our Secret Recipe for Building Incredible Enterprise Apps

  14. ClickTools: Happy 10th Birthday, AppExchange!

  15. Cloud Apps: Party hats at the ready, we’re celebrating the AppExchange’s 10th Birthday!!

  16. Cloud Coach: Cloud Coach Celebrates the 10th Birthday of the Salesforce AppExchange

  17. CloudCraze: 10 Reasons Why We Love the Salesforce AppExchange – #AppExchange10

  18. Cloud for Good: A Nonprofit Guide to the Salesforce AppExchange

  19. Cloudy in California: Salesforce Beat Apple to the App Store

  20. CodeScience: The AppExchange Turns 10. HUZZAH!! & Favorite 10 Apps for the AppExchange’s 10th Birthday

  21. Conga: Cheers to 10 years, AppExchange!

  22. Constellation Research: Salesforce's AppExchange Turns 10: Highlights of Its Evolution

  23. DemandBase: Happy 10th Birthday, Salesforce AppExchange!

  24. DemandFarm: A Very 'Appy 10th Birthday To Salesforce AppExchange

  25. Diabsolut: Happy 10th Birthday AppExchange!

  26. Docurated: Salesforce AppExchange – Celebrating 10 Years and Partner and Customer Success

  27. DomDigital: Salesforce's AppExchange today celebrates 10 years!

  28. DxContinuu: Congratulations to Salesforce for the 10th Anniversary of AppExchange, that’s awesome!

  29. Endiem: Happy 10th Birthday, AppExchange!

  30. eSignLive: Happy 10th Birthday, Salesforce AppExchange!

  31. Exponent Partners: Celebrating the AppExchange’s 10th: Enabling Social Change for Human Services Agencies

  32. FinancialForce: Happy 10th Anniversary to the Salesforce AppExchange!

  33. Fonteva: Happy 10th Birthday AppExchange!

  34. ForeFront: A Decade of Excellence

  35. GoCloudz: How AppExchange Helped Us and Our Customers

  36. iContact: iContact and AppExchange: A Perfect Match

  37. Idealist Consulting: Happy 10th Birthday AppExchange!

  38. InsideSales: How the Salesforce AppExchange Fuels Sales Growth

  39. InSpark: Salesforce AppExchange Turns 10

  40. Internet Creations: Celebrating the AppExchange’s 10th Birthday: A Look Back

  41. Jitterbit: Salesforce AppExchange Turns 10: Celebrating Data Loader Milestones

  42. Jobscience: AppExchange Celebrates 10 Years

  43. Kimble: Many Happy Returns

  44. LaunchDM: Happy 10TH Birthday To Our Best Buddy, Salesforce Appx!

  45. LevelEleven: How We Built a Sales Performance Company on the Salesforce AppExchange

  46. MapAnything: The Salesforce AppExchange Turns 10

  47. MeetingAssistant: AppExchange today and 10 years from now – getting through the teenage years together

  48. Modacto: Modacto’s Top 6 Favorite Salesforce AppExchange Apps

  49. NewVoiceMedia: It’s Salesforce AppExchange’s 10th Birthday and NewVoiceMedia is celebrating!

  50. Nimble AMS: Happy Birthday AppExchange - The Salesforce Association GameChanger!

  51. Node: Node celebrates AppExchange’s 10th birthday with Salesforce

  52. Nubik: Salesforce AppExchange® Turns 10

  53. OpFocus: 10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Considering an App From the AppExchange

  54. Passage Technology: Passage Technology Celebrates AppExchange's 10th Birthday

  55. PFL (Printing for Less): Happy 10th Birthday Salesforce AppExchange

  56. Productivity Fox: Celebrating 10 Years with the Salesforce AppExchange

  57. SalesMethods: The Salesforce AppExchange: An Embryo, an Ecosystem and a Market

  58. Screen Magic: Building our presence on AppExchange- The portal of opportunities

  59. ServiceMax: Enterprise Field Service Management? There’s an App(Exchange) For That

  60. Silverline: Happy 10th Birthday to the AppExchange

  61. Skuid: Top 10 Reviews to Celebrate the AppExchange’s 10th Birthday

  62. Spanning: Happy birthday, Salesforce AppExchange!

  63. SpringCM: 10 Toasts For 10 Years: Happy Anniversary AppExchange

  64. SteelBrick: Happy Birthday, AppExchange

  65. SYNETY: Happy 10th Birthday AppExchange

  66. TinderBox: Salesforce AppExchange: Delivering 10 Years of Customer Focus

  67. Traction On Demand: The AppExchange Turns 10? Really?!

  68. Velocify: 4 Reasons Why the AppExchange is Awesome

  69. Xactly: The App Powerhouse that Benioff Built & Xactly Celebrates a Decade of Success on the Salesforce AppExchange

We cannot wait to see what 2016 — and the next 10 years — will bring for our customers, partners, employees, app builders and the AppExchange. Learn more about the AppExchange 10th birthday at appexchangeturns10.com.