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Silicon Valley Legend John Chambers Offers First Leadership Book


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By Jason Middleton There are book blurbs, and then there are book blurbs. Here are a few of the blurb-authors who are featured on John Chambers' first book, "Connecting the Dots":
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
Other Silicon Valley Legend Meg Whitman
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Former GE CEO Jack WelchMr. Chambers is the former CEO and now Chairman Emeritus at Cisco Systems.  When Mr Chambers (he would prefer John) on-boarded at Cisco the company was a simple router company that he guided to become a backbone of the internet.  Here's an example of successfully scaling a business: at the beginning of his Cisco career in 1990, it had 70 million dollars in annual revenue. When he left in 2014, the annual rev was 47 billion. And the man had a plan when it came to that growth. Build internally, but also buy externally. By the way, John is from West Virginia and you're going to hear about that. A lot.  John's newest enterprise is JC2, a venture capital and analysis firm.  Please click through on any of these links for more information, as well as our show page, Facebook page or follow me on the Twitter. The podcasts also live on iTunes and Stitcher. Have great weeks, everybody.--30--
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