The Ledger

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Opinion
Srivas: Cloudera and Hortonworks are disingenuous about their open source control
“I think that's a bit disingenuous on Hortonworks and Cloudrass part to say that Because they would like to, so the, here's the dirty little truth about open source software, open source vendors, right? I love open source as long as it's my open source and not …”
M.C. Srivas Dec 17, 2015 ▶ 22:49 A Fireside Chat with MapR CTO M.C. Srivas (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark)
Disclosure
Volpi: Index Ventures made 5x return on Hortonworks investment
“We invested in Hortonworks, The company did go public. We made five times our money on the investment”
Mike Volpi Nov 13, 2019 ▶ 7:23 Fireside Chat: Mike Volpi, General Partner, Index Ventures (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Splunk and Tableau were the only public big data stocks before Hortonworks
“Prior to Hortonworks IPO, you could go buy some Splunk, or you could buy Tableau, and there was really nothing else that was big data.”
Mike Olson Dec 18, 2014 ▶ 34:10 Mike Olson, Cloudera // The Cloudera Story (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Assertion Supported
Hortonworks' IPO matched its prior private valuation after a 60 percent spike
“Horton's IPO was exceptionally run, right? I mean, you know, A nice sixty-plus percent spike in the stock up to mid-twenties. It re-achieved the valuation that it had hit in private investment prior.”
Mike Olson Dec 18, 2014 ▶ 33:48 Mike Olson, Cloudera // The Cloudera Story (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
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