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How Cisco Survived Its Own Growth Trap
Cisco built a two trillion dollar empire, but by 2001 it had trapped itself in a cycle of overvalued acquisitions and bloated inventory. This episode explores how the board forced CEO John Chambers to make the painful decision to slash costs, restructure sales channels, and focus on recurring revenue rather than hardware box-moving. We look at the specific operational pivots that saved the company from irrelevance during the dot-com crash, and what that playbook teaches modern tech boards about managing growth ceilings.
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