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Cisco's founders came from Stanford. >Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer scien
by hkmurakami 9y ago
Cisco's founders came from Stanford.
>Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science department's computers, and his wife Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers. (wikipedia)
(from what I understand, Sandy was the driving force behind Cisco throughout)
- Angostura 9y agoAnd it shares its DNA with Sun (Stanford University Network)
- cybernytrix 9y agoUntil Sequoia's Don Valentine gets the VPs to rebel and have Sandy fired. Who ended up selling all his founder stocks for pennies, while the rest became billionaires...
- mrexroad 9y agoIIRC Sandy then started a popular cosmetics company (Urban Decay) in the late 90's