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Sandra Lerner

(1955) Computer Scientist United States

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Sandra Lerner is a computer scientist from the United States, best known for She/he was beguiled.

Quick Facts About Sandra Lerner

Born: January 1, 1955
Nationality: United States
Profession: Computer Scientist
Notable works: She/he was beguiled
Spouse: Leonard Bosack

About Sandra Lerner

Sandy Lerner is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She co-founded Cisco Systems and used the money from its sale to pursue interests in animal welfare and women's writing. One of her main projects, Chawton House, is in England, but most of her work remains in the United States.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Sandra Lerner

I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own…

About

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The farm was a great place to grow up, but I preferred the Hollywood Hills. My aunt looked like Lucille Ball and…

Aunt

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Social media is an information channel; it's like radio or TV... In Cisco, we made a lot of money on public protocol.…

Channel

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What is good for you is not necessarily good for the company, and vice versa.

Business

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I think Google is a great company, and they're doing really cool things. But they're not doing things that are going to…

Business

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I have a long attention span, and I am also a good scientist, and there are a lot of problems that remain…

Agricultural

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But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording…

Engineers

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When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky…

Big companies

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I have a few toys. But I live very simply.

Few

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My aunt looked like Lucille Ball, and everything she touched was beautiful and elegant. But I was intelligent enough to understand I…

Aunt

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I always thought that if someone invested in your business, that meant he or she believed in it.

Always

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Cisco never had a red quarter. Never. Took us three years to get funding, and in those three years, we were never…

Because

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Historically, if you look at people like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, people with disposable incomes have always been agricultural innovators.

Disposable

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The venture community is largely male.

Community

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If you look at any of the big companies, whether it is IBM or L'Oreal, they have a corporate religion and corporate…

Any

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At Cisco, I made every decision based on what was good for the company, and that pretty much ruined my marriage and…

Based

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We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed…

Animals

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I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely.

Money

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The amount of time that a young girl spends wearing pink will be inversely proportional to her future income.

Amount

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