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Early venture capitalists believed public network protocols could not be monetized
“The investor community, which was a whole bunch of old, you know, Fairchild semiconductor salesmen, they didn't think that you could make any money on a public protocol because, of course, everybody would do it.”
Sandy Lerner May 10, 2021 ▶ 27:28 Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018)
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VCs rejected Cisco believing public networking protocols had no commercial value
“And the problem was that, you know, at this point, the investor community, which was a whole bunch of old, you know, Fairchild semiconductor salesmen, they didn't think that you could make any money on a public protocol because, of course, everybody would do i…”
Sandy Lerner Oct 1, 2018 ▶ 27:19 Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner
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