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" Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an investment that together you can grow faster, make more profits, and take more market share. "

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" Do you have the same vision of where industry is going as the target of your acquisition? If visions differ, you might get together economically for a while, but then you are going to have problems. "

John T. Chambers

Target

Vision

You

" I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes. "

" If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes. "

" The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM, that's not a good track record, and yet they are the most successful ones. "

" A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that. "

" I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II. "

" We're going to become the number one security company. "

" We're living through the second Industrial Revolution. "

" I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president. "

" Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy. "

" I think India should be our top ally in Asia Pacific. And the two countries have so much in common, including being the largest and most powerful democracies. "

" Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important decisions that your team is going to watch is the first person you hire and the first person you promote - because you are saying that's the type of person I want. "

" You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups. "

John T. Chambers

Got

Generation

" There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur. "

" I think, as time passes, people will come to see that the United States' credit standing is really not quite the same level as the ones that we rate AAA. "

" I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our country back to participation by all groups and will talk about how technology will enable not just 10% of our population, but all of our population. "

" The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play. "

" What NDS did is allow us to move into video capability with large service providers or cable providers - and the ability to do this out of the cloud. And that allows you to do it faster. "

John T. Chambers

Service

You

" As a leader, you don't get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck - or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges. "

" Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be video blogging and blogging, I would have said, 'No way.' And yet our 20-somethings in the company really pushed me to use that more. "

John T. Chambers

Today

Leadership

" It's connectivity that really makes the industrial Internet work: it's giving the right information at the right time to the right person or right machine to make the right decision. "

" Widening the talent pipeline sufficiently will require a generational commitment to teaching math and science, providing technical training, and mentoring young people of all backgrounds so they understand the full range of possibilities that a career in technology affords. "

" The business community is very comfortable with Romney. "

" You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry. "

" When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference. "

" It's important to remember that finding a job is only the beginning of a smooth transition to civilian life for our troops - as employers, we must also ensure their ongoing success. "

" Almost every move in the market is either a move to align with where Cisco is going or to align to compete against us or to utilize that technology. "

" The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win. "

" In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories. "

" Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for Cisco and disrupting what needs to change. "