Chambers: Almost all future jobs will come from startups
John Chambers · John Chambers & Pankaj Patel Changed the World with Cisco. Now They're Doing It Again with Nile. · Joe Lonsdale · Mar 1, 2023 · at 28:57
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers shares his macroeconomic outlook on the shift toward a startup-driven global economy.
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“So it's going to be a startup world in the future. That's where almost all jobs will come from.”
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