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John Chambers

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  1. “What it allows is the backbone, it's the stoplights that move data around the world to get your data from wherever you start it to it ends up in the right location And then we move from just making the backbone, the routers into switching, did acquisitions in Silicon Valley. We were the ones that wrote the textbook on how to do acquisitions. Then we moved into voice over the internet and video over the internet, then into data center, then into security and collaboration. And so it was an honor being part of growing the company from 70 million in sales to 48 billion. 400 people to about 75,000 people. We won most of the top financial awards in terms of market capitalization and sharing that with employees and also the top corporate social responsibility awards. So”

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  2. “Exactly. And what I saw at Cisco was a chance to make this mainline. And when we said Cisco and the internet would change the way the world works, lives, learns, and plays. Early 90s, people thought we were out in left field. As it turned out, it did.”

    2018-10-10 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Former Cisco CEO John Chambers · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  3. “Well, it's in very simple terms that allowed networks to be able to talk to each other, primarily in universities, et cetera. And it's really the geek level. That's weird.”

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  4. “Yes, Will, it was a rush. It was Yane. And to give you just a little bit of background in total, I started straight out of school after about nine and a half years in college, a slow learner, if you will, went to IBM, so I saw the mainframe air, and then his mainframes gave way to many computers. I was at Wang Laboratories. And then as many computers went to PCs and the internet, I went to Cisco. So I've had the chance to see all the major technology trends. And then going into today's world from the internet to the digital world to artificial intelligence. At Cisco, it was a rush. Joining the company when it had 70 million in sales and 400 people and growing the company.”

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  5. “Step up to it, and we solve the problem You work through. So you ended up being a great part of it. Because we talked for my book on AOL. Yes, we do. So talk about, you were at Cisco for 26 years. Talk about that for people who don't understand what that was. Well, it was a rash.”

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  6. “And blamed it on your. It's like any outage. A company can do with their mistakes and step up to it and we solve the problems. And oddly enough, the customers who support you the best are usually the ones that have had problems and you work through. So you ended up being a great partner.”

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  7. “Voice could be free, right? That's right. Oh my God. When was that? 10 years ago. More than that. Right. So let's talk a little bit about, let's give your background for people who don't know you. You ran Cisco, which was one of the most important companies. I think we met during AOL days. Remember when they had that outage and blamed it on your Cisco.”

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  8. “Oh, yeah, that's many times. Many predicted that voice would be free. Voice would be free, right? That's right. Oh my God. What was that?”

    2018-10-10 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Former Cisco CEO John Chambers · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  9. “Hi, I'm Kara Swisher, editor at large of Recode. You may know me as the person who just taught thousands of people that Cisco is named after San Francisco, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Reco Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today, in the red chair is someone I've known a very long time, John Chambers, the former CEO and chairman of Cisco. He worked there for 26 years, stepping down as executive chairman just last year in 2017. He's also the author of a new book called Connecting the Dots, Leadership Lessons in a Startup World. John, welcome to Rico Dico.”

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