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As I wrote in my book Connecting the Dots, trust is one of a company’s two most important assets (the other is information). For a company looking to lead a market transition, establishing trust is a bit like the old chicken and egg dilemma:… Continue reading The importance of trust in leading a market transition
It’s been four years since TechCrunch published my blog post The SaaS Adventure, which introduced the concept of a “T2D3” roadmap to help SaaS companies scale — and, as an aside, explored how well my mom understood my job as an “adventure capitalist.” The piece detailed seven distinct stages that enterprise cloud startups must navigate to achieve $100 million in annualized revenue. Specifically, the post encouraged companies to “triple, triple, double, double, double” their revenue as they hit certain milestones. Continue reading T2D3 Software Update: Embracing the Founder to CEO (F2C) Journey
By John Chambers, Founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures and former CEO and Chairman of Cisco
As a mentor, investor, and longtime player in the tech industry, I’m frequently asked which market segments I’m betting big on over the coming decad… Continue reading The Piece of Hardware at the Cutting Edge of Cybersecurity
For better or worse, drones are about to become a lot more prevalent in US airspace. The FAA expects sales of drones to spike domestically from 2.5 million last year to 7 million by 2020. Now, a startup that detects drones and helps prevent unwanted aerial intrusions, Dedrone, has closed a $15 million Series B round of venture funding.
Investors in San Francisco-based Dedrone included Cisco… Read More Continue reading To detect prying eyes in the sky, Dedrone raises $15 million
John Chambers had a legendary tenure as chief executive of networking giant Cisco, growing it to be (for a moment) the world’s most valuable company and steering it through a number of ups and downs. It’s no surprise that his successor, Chuck Robbins, has found some growing pains.
Continue reading Cisco shakeup with surprise resignations of four top R&D executives