How does Cisco Investments differ from Venture Capitalists?
Cisco Champion Radio
English - November 15, 2019 21:46 - 29 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How do Cisco Investments differ from VCs? In this episode, the Head of Cisco Investments Portfolio Development, Hitesh Saijpal, gives us details on his work in developing Cisco's investment portfolio - from his daily routine to how Cisco Investments decide between competing companies in the same market. An episode you don't want to miss!
Cisco Champion hosts
Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Developer Engineer, Presidio
David Penaloza (twitter.com/davidsamuelps), Lead Network Consulting Engineer, Verizon
Cisco Guests
Hitesh (twitter.com/hiteshsaijpal), Head of Cisco Investments Portfolio Development
Moderator
Lauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program
Discussion Topics:
• How does Cisco Investments evaluate and determine what to invest in?
• What is the five-prong strategy?
• What is the IRB and what role do they play in investing in new ventures?
• How does Cisco Investments decide between competing companies in the same market?
• Organic vs. Inorganic growth
• How does Cisco differentiate between Investment vs. Acquisition?
• What is the Cisco Investments Village at Cisco Live?
• What value do Cisco Investments differentiate themselves from traditional VCs?