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\u201cThe last time I looked, (support for Indian Prime Minister Modi) was 76%. We don’t have a US politician that’s above 50.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Along with transforming Cisco into a tech powerhouse during his 20 years as CEO\u2014growing annual sales from $1.2 billion to $47 billion in 2015\u2014John Chambers helped governments build the infrastructure to transform their economies. One of his first acts as CEO was to open an office in Beijing and he launched several initiatives to promote technology exchange between the U.S. and China. In 2008, he also worked with the then Israeli President Shimon Peres on a digital cities initiative to help nurture a Palestinian tech sector.<\/p>\n

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Chambers continues to consult with government leaders, most notably French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to help nurture startup economies. Through his venture capital firm, JC2 Ventures, he\u2019s also invested in 20 startups, nine of which have achieved and maintained billion-dollar unicorn status.<\/p>\n

Few people understand the business landscape like Chambers, who completed 180 acquisitions during his time at the helm and led Cisco back from the devastation of the dot-com crash. I say that as both a journalist and a collaborator, having helped Chambers write a book in 2018: Connecting the Dots: Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I spoke with Chambers on the eve of his visit to India this week. (He chairs the U.S. India Strategic Partnership Forum.) Along with citing statistics to back up his very bullish view of the investment climate in India, which you can hear by clicking on the video above, Chambers addressed concerns about the policies of Modi\u2019s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n

\u201cPrime Minister Modi enjoys the largest positive representation of any leader in the world in terms of support of his people … the last time I looked it was <\/span>76%. We don’t have a US politician that’s above 50.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018A Tough Section Of The World\u2019<\/h3>\n

Chambers argues out that Modi has accelerated GDP growth and removed barriers to doing business in his country while leading \u201cin a tough section of the world.\u201d Along with potential threats from neighbors like Pakistan, China and Iran, America\u2019s Cold War-era restrictions on arms sales to India meant the country bought most of its military equipment from Russia in the latter half of the 20th Century. That has left it with a Soviet-built defense infrastructure that requires continued trade relations with Russia.<\/p>\n

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And what of China, an economy that is five times the size of India? While Chambers says he was \u201cone of the original bulls on China,\u201d he argues that the current leadership has created a playing field \u201cthat is almost impossible to operate on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost trust and so I quit investing in China,\u201d he says. \u201cI strongly encourage my startups not to do business in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chambers describes Israel, which he also knows well, as \u201can amazing resilient country. Anybody who thinks they won’t come out of this in strong shape just doesn’t understand Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Resilience of Israel<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe people who run startups there will often say, \u2018John we’re going to fly missions during the day and work on code at night\u2019 …It\u2019s the reason they call it a startup nation: They’ll get knocked down and they’ll get right back up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI continue to invest in Israel and absolutely would continue to invest across the Arab world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more on that, as well as Chamber\u2019s views on why West Virginia is becoming a startup state and the dysfunction in Congress is impeding U.S. innovation, click on the interview above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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