Cisco
also referred to as: cisco systems
includes Cisco Meraki, Cisco Webex
4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 23, 2018 by Sanjay Beri · said 73 times in 18 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
Mentions by year, the whole family
brought up most by Kiren Sekar (27), Jason Lemkin (24), Kieran Saker (7), Girish Mathrubootham (4), Darrell Benatar (2), Vinay Bhagat (1), Vas Natarajan (1), Sanjay Beri (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 17 mentions in 2 episodes 9 per episode
2023 14 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
- 5 Lessons from Scaling Six Products to $100M+ with Samsara's Chief Strategy Officer
- Building a Global SaaS Empire | Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham on His Biggest Bets
- Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta: My Top 10 Mistakes In 10 Years (LIVE SaaStr Workshop Wednesday)
- Why You're Unfundable Today: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS Part 2 with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 29 mentions in 3 episodes 10 per episode
- Learnings from Innovating in Underserved Markets with Samsara CPO Kiren Sekar
- 3 Lessons from Building a Marketing Engine to Grow Pipeline from Millions to Billions | Samsara CMO
- How Top CMOs Drive Growth in the Age of the Self-Serve Buyer | Klaviyo, Talkdesk, SmartBear CMOs
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2020 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- How to Hire a Great First VP of Sales
- 7 Key Tips & Tricks to Getting More Revenue per AE with Salesloft, Zoom and Fireeye
- Lessons from Logikcull: $0 to $10M in 19 Months: The How, When & Why + 10 Mistakes Along the Way
- Founder Confidential: The Top Things No One Really Tells You About Scaling
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 3 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Cisco, oldest first
Oct 23, 2018 negative
Beri: Salespeople at Cisco are farmers, disqualified from Netskope hiring
“They're not the people who work at Cisco, any of those companies now. If they work there, they're pretty much disqualified from being the type of people that we want, because they're not going to be hunters, they're going to be farmers.”
May 20, 2020 neutral
Wilson: John Chambers based Cisco M&A acquisitions on core values
“I had dinner once with John Chambers at Cisco and I asked him like, why didn't you buy this company? And why did you buy this company? And every question he just kept coming back with was core values. That company didn't align with our core values.”
Mar 19, 2022 bullish