Jeetu Patel: preference

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…And by the way, he's the CEO of Cisco, in case people- That's right. He's the CEO of Cisco. He is the chair of the business round table. He's very dear friend of mine. And I feel like there's a lot to learn from that kind of mental model and mindset. And I've been lucky enough, Lenny, that, and this is just dumb luck. The people that I've worked with and for are all very, very close to me, and I just don't let them go from my life. And so, one of the things, for example, is I worked with Aaron and then when I was leaving, it was very emotional, but I wanted to do something different. But we committed to each other that we are going to have dinner every six weeks. And Aaron, and there's another co-founder, Jeff Kweiser, and I, three of us. Every six weeks in Palo Alto we have dinner. And it's one of the most special things that I still do, and it's a tradition now, it's been going on for six years, and I love it. You look at someone like Chuck, I start with my day with talking to him in the morning, we text each other. And then I end the day talking to them in the evening. And we probably touch base at least four or five times a day. They're not long conversations at all points in time, but we're constantly in contact with each other. And I feel like that only happens when you've established enough trust. My first post when I moved to California is this guy named Rick Devenuti and then another guy named Jeremy Burton. Rick Devenuti is still my coach. I see him every two weeks. Jeremy is someone that's a very dear friend of mine, and we're neighbors and be moved and bought a place next to his just so that we could be close to him. And these are special people in your life that have enriched your life in very different ways that I think you just have to make sure that you treasure. Today's episode is brought to you by Samsara. If you listen to this podcast, you know that we spend a lot of time talking about building things that sit on a screen, onboarding funnels, mobile apps and checkout flows. Samsara is building products for the physical world, first responders racing to emergencies, truck drivers carrying critical supplies, construction workers building our cities and data centers. These are people who put everything on the line every single day, and Samsara's technology protects them. Samsara is solving complex problems at the intersection of hardware, software, and Edge AI, and their AI doesn't just detect events, it reasons about the intent and answers questions like, "Did that truck driver break abruptly because they were distracted, or was that a heroic act?" If you want to ground LLMs in messy real-world telemetry or solve Edge AI constraints at a planetary scale, Samsara wants to talk to you. If you like playing with enormous datasets, moving fast and working in small teams, come help build the technology that makes the physical world safer and more efficient. Visit samsara.com/lenny to learn more. That's S-A-M-S-A-R-A.com/Lenny. So, you're currently CPO at Cisco. I think the team under you, IS it 25,000 people? Is that the right number?…

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