Sandra Lerner quotes

The venture community is largely male. (Sandra Lerner)

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 them stuff we wouldn't eat.

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

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

Sandra Lerner

If you look at any of the big companies, whether it is IBM or L'Oreal, they have a corporate religion and corporate self-image that makes it very difficult for them to execute in different areas.

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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 my health.

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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 research.

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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.

Sandra Lerner

But I live very simply. I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days and I get on with the business of living.

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