Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018)

Cisco Systems & Urban Decay: Sandy Lerner (2018)

In the pre-Internet 1970's, Sandy Lerner was part of a loosely-knit group of programmers that was trying to get computers to talk to each other. Eventually, she and Len Bosack launched Cisco Systems, making the routing technology that helped forge the plumbing of the Internet. But when things turned sour at the company, she was forced to leave, giving her the chance to start something entirely new: an edgy line of cosmetics called Urban Decay.

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Barefoot Wine: Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan

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Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit

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Groupon and Descript: Andrew Mason

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