John Morgridge
John Morgridge
John P. Morgridge is an American businessman who was the chairman of the board of Cisco Systems...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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I had no idea that social networking would be as prominent as it is today. And it's important to understand what that phenomenon is. If you text someone, you get an immediate response; if you e-mail them, you probably never hear from them.
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Indeed, the highest honors are those granted by organizations who understand the necessity of providing our nation's children with access to technology in an environment which fosters the type of learning that will lead us into the next century.
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With his customer-centric focus and unique balance of strategic insight, operational expertise, and technology and financial knowledge, Michael is a strong asset to Cisco's board.
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I spent my whole career in the technology business, and I was convinced of the importance, at a grand scale, of the development of global connectivity.
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Many companies don't exist after 25 years. It's a rarity. Or if they do exist, they're like IBM, with a totally changing personality.
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My grandmother wanted my father to be a teacher because she was a teacher. He didn't go down that road until much later in life; he just kind of retired after almost 20 years as being a visiting lecturer at Stanford, where he got his graduate degree.
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It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They're all there for you. We're willing those to you. Are you ready?
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It's the community that helps form our moral compass. It's those attitudes that I've remembered through my entire lifetime.
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We didn't create all this wealth; we capitalized on an environment that permitted us to create it.
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I long had a goal of becoming president of a company. But it was not till I was 57 years old that I became president of Cisco Systems with its 34 employees. Life offers opportunity at every stage.
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If you want to make an impact, you need to invest your time every bit as much as your money. And you need to stay involved for the long run. If you can't look at a five-year horizon, you shouldn't get involved.
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We didn't grow up overly religious, but there was an understanding that you had a duty as a citizen to help your fellow man.
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When one considers great research institutes, one thinks of institutes on either coast. In the future, we want them to think of the University of Wisconsin.
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There are some people, no matter what they do, it turns out badly. They have a problem: either what they do is wrong or things that happen were wrong. I was president of a company like that; it was called Grid Computer.