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Videos Mentioning Cisco

E167: Google's Woke AI disaster, Nvidia smashes earnings (again), Groq's LPU breakthrough & more
All-In Podcast
Used as a historical comparison to Nvidia, highlighting how the market's perception of infrastructure providers can change over time during tech booms and busts.

Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream | Lex Fridman Podcast #237
Lex Fridman
A food supplier that faced challenges during COVID-19 due to the massive shift from restaurant dining to home consumption.

Nicole Perlroth: Cybersecurity and the Weapons of Cyberwar | Lex Fridman Podcast #266
Lex Fridman
A technology conglomerate with a threat intelligence division called Talos, whose researcher clarified the intentional nature of NotPetya's widespread impact.

Investing with the Best, Founder-Problem Fit, Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, and More — Roelof Botha
Tim Ferriss
A networking hardware company whose founding inspiration came from a personal frustration of its founders needing to connect networks at Stanford.

All-In Summit: In conversation with Vinod Khosla
All-In Podcast
Told not to use TCP/IP above home service levels, contrasting with Juniper's strategy.

E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
All-In Podcast
Technology conglomerate that announced the acquisition of Splunk for $20 billion, representing 10% of Cisco's market value.

Kieran Snyder of Textio at the Seattle Female Founders Conference
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company where Textio has a broad reach across different functions due to hiring.

Paul Buchheit - Startup Investor School Day 2
Y Combinator
Acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion.

E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more
All-In Podcast
A technology company whose source code was reportedly stolen by Huawei.

There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed
Y Combinator
Mentioned in the context of a meeting about indoor positioning systems.

The Person I Call Most for Startup Advice — Naval Ravikant
Tim Ferriss
Acquired OpenDNS for $635 million in cash.

Nikesh Arora | All-In Summit 2024
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a company that has a successful acquisition playbook.

E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses
All-In Podcast
Cisco is cited as an example of a foundational plumbing company from Web 1.0 that built critical infrastructure for the internet.

Jim Goetz and Jan Koum at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
A company that Sequoia Capital has supported, highlighting the firm's history of backing successful tech companies.

Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
One of McKeown Inc.'s clients.

Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013
Y Combinator
A company mentioned by Greg McAdoo as an example of successful investments made by Sequoia Capital.

Raghu Raghuram: AI, Robotics, and the Rebirth of Infrastructure
a16z Deep Dives
An offer was made by Cisco to acquire the company, which was considered a 'put a hole in the backyard and bury the company' move.

Jerzy Gregorek Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A company that bought OpenDNS for $635 million in cash.

Naval Ravikant on Happiness Hacks and the 5 Chimps Theory | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Acquired OpenDNS for $635 million.

Matt Mullenweg Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A large tech company that competes for engineers in the San Francisco Bay Area, mentioned as an example of the overfished talent pool.

Marc Goodman Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A technology conglomerate cited for its prediction of 50 billion IoT devices by 2020.

GOI Launch Panel Non-profit Changemakers
MIT Open Learning
A partner in the Internet of Things Talent Consortium, collaborating on initiatives to bridge skills gaps.

Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
Used as a benchmark for Cloudflare's 'Cisco as a service' value proposition, highlighting its significant market capitalization.

Female Founders Conference 2017
Y Combinator
A large tech company where Padmasree Warrior held C-level positions (CTO, CSO) before joining NIO, providing her with experience in scaling companies.