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Bansal: AppDynamics told each department to operate as if others were failing
“At AppDynamics, you know, it was a bit controversial, but I, what I used to tell the teams was like, I would go to the product team. And I'll tell the product team that you've got to assume that our sales team is, is not going to, there will be times when they…”
Bansal: AppDynamics rejected two Cisco acquisition offers before accepting the third
“We looked at the offer and actually we decided to say no to the first offer. They came back with a second offer, which we said no to, and then they came back with a third offer, which at that point, it was the right thing to do for all shareholders involved, f…”
Cisco acquired AppDynamics one day before its scheduled IPO
“In AppDynamics' case, we acquired the company a day before it went public, and I think what that showcased Is when Cisco decides to do something, we can move faster than anybody else.”
Cisco's highest multiple acquisitions like AppDynamics and Meraki were its most successful
“In fact, if I look at some of our most Strategic or financially successful acquisitions, moves like AppDynamics, moves like Meraki, they, in fact, were some of our highest multiple deals.”
Bansal: U.S. immigrant visa red tape delayed founding his first startup
“I had to wait to start a company, not just AppDynamics. I had some other ideas that I wanted to start a company on, but I was in the U S on a immigrant visa and it's really hard because of the red tape here for an immigrant entrepreneur to start a company.”
Cisco's Meraki, AppDynamics, and OpenDNS deals originated through corporate development
“So when I look at just the partnerships or investments or acquisitions that I've been involved with, Meraki, OpenDNS, AppDynamics, Investments like Cohesity, Turbonomic, all of those relationships, they actually began with corporate development. And when those…”
Vrionis: Jyoti Bansal Will Soon Build Another Billion-Dollar Enterprise Business
“He's already built one billion dollar enterprise company, and there's likely to be another one very soon.”
Bansal: AppDynamics did not run a dual-track sale process before Cisco acquisition
“Some companies have a parallel process. Like, you know, you're doing a process for an IPO and you're doing a process for a sale process. We are not doing that for us. It just happened that Cisco came in just a little bit before the IPO and they made an offer.”