Uretsky: DigitalOcean's core primitives roadmap took five years instead of one
Ben Uretsky · Fireside Chat: Ben Uretsky, Founder of DigitalOcean (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC) · Mar 19, 2019 · at 29:24
Ben Uretsky is the founder and Chairman of DigitalOcean speaking at FirstMark's Data Driven NYC. He reflects on the time needed to build out DigitalOcean's core cloud product offering.
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“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”
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