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Ben Uretsky

Co-founder & Former CEO, DigitalOcean. On 2 shows, 4 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Ben Uretsky co-founded DigitalOcean in 2011 alongside his brother Moisey Uretsky and led the cloud infrastructure provider as CEO from inception through rapid global growth and a Techstars accelerator stint. Prior to DigitalOcean, he co-founded the managed hosting company ServerStack.

What they said29 Shows2

Everything Ben Uretsky said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MAD Disclosure

DigitalOcean is currently developing a GPU-based solution

“I think for us in our roadmap, we have to deliver a GPU based solution first, and we're working on that right now.”

Ben Uretsky Mar 19, 2019 ▶ 27:58 Fireside Chat: Ben Uretsky, Founder of DigitalOcean (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)

MAD Disclosure

Uretsky: DigitalOcean's core primitives roadmap took five years instead of one

“That roadmap has taken a lot longer to deliver than I expected. I thought it was a one-year roadmap. It took us more like five”

Ben Uretsky Mar 19, 2019 ▶ 29:24 Fireside Chat: Ben Uretsky, Founder of DigitalOcean (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

Uretsky: The majority of software on DigitalOcean virtual machines is open source

“The virtual machines that run on our cloud the majority of the software that's loaded on them is also open source.”

Ben Uretsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:59 a16z Podcast | What Software Developers (and Therefore Every Company) Need

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Yuretsky: DigitalOcean Developer Community Draws Nearly 3 Million Monthly Visitors

“And the community that we've created, it draws nearly three million, ah, visitors per month at this point.”

Ben Uretsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:01 a16z Podcast | The End of Ownership

a16z Assertion Supported

Uretsky: Global Developer Count Reaches 20 Million, Growing Millions Annually

“There are twenty million developers worldwide, ah, today, and that grows at a couple million people per year.”

Ben Uretsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:46 a16z Podcast | An Open Source Business Model That Works

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Ben's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MADLEDGER	Co-founder & Former CEO, DigitalOcean	1	15	50% 1/2	full record on the MAD Podcast →
a16zLEDGER	Co-founder & Former CEO, DigitalOcean	3	14	100% 3/3	full record on the a16z Podcast →