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It's early morning on February 16, 1990 at Cisco headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Sandy Learner leans against a desk, watching a small television, Jerry rigged on top of a filing cabinet.

It's showing live pictures from the New York Stock Exchange where Cisco shares have just made their debut.

It's a major milestone for the router company.

Sandy and her co-founder Len Bozak risked everything to start Cisco,

remorgaging their house and maxing out their credit cards.

Their gamble seems to have paid off.

They attracted the investment of Ventura Capitalist Don Valentine and have now taken Cisco public.

But Sandy doesn't look happy about it.

Perched on a chair beside her, Len holds out his coffee mug.

Well, to Cisco, feels weird to be toasting with coffee, but 6.30 in the morning.

It's a little early to break out the champagne.

Sandy just shrugs.

I'm not much in the mood anyway.

Oh, Sandy, come on.

All those years, one day of Cisco would even survive.

And now we're one of the hottest tech stocks on Wall Street.

I mean, we did it. This is good.

It just doesn't feel like hours anymore.

I mean, it's different for you.

You have a seat on the board, but I don't.

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