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Cisco Completes Acquisition of Pure Networks
Today, Cisco completed its acquisition of Pure Networks. The press release can be found here.
I started Pure Networks in July, 2002 right before Katherine was born in November. In the same year, I started a company and had my first child. It was quite a balancing act as I felt passionate about both endeavors. At Pure, I had the opportunity to work with some great people and companies. I learned a lot about building companies and investing in people and relationships. I wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
It's hard to believe this chapter is my life is over. I turned 40 last October and I think I have at least one more startup in me after the kids get involved with school full time. I'm currently working in Microsoft Research as a Software Development Engineer for Susan Dumais. I'm having a great time writing code and learning about search related technologies so I have no immediate plans to do something else. |
