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Original VC investor in Cisco: Secret meeting slides leaked

By Brad Reese on Tue, 10/14/08 - 12:40am.
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Sequoia Capital is the Original Venture Capital Investor in Cisco

Venture Beat is reporting that a secret meeting was held last week by Sequoia Capital - the original venture capital investor in Cisco.

According to Venture Beat, an anonymous tipster leaked the below slides that were used at the meeting. The slides visually graph what went wrong with the economy, why a recovery could be a long time away and what Sequoia's portfolio companies can do to survive.

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