TriggerTough

TriggerTough OP t1_j5snzfm wrote

The basement of the home I grew up in was Ciscos first sales office on the east coast.

In 1989 they weren’t public yet. Just a small startup.

My dad was working for Wang Computers in sales in the 1980s. A venture capitalist met with him to see if he wanted to take a risk with a company who had a new technology no one had used yet.

My dad decided to do it. We had the basement of the home we lived in as the sales office since it was such a small startup.

It’s crazy thinking back to see where it’s at now.

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TriggerTough OP t1_j5r2157 wrote

Thank you.

On a side note, for the first 3 years no one wanted to buy it. They thought it was a joke. My dad was so frustrated every day at dinner time.

Then the World Wide Web came out about 1993 and it was more "user friendly" so companies started buying it up.

Look where we are at now! Crazy IMO.

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