Calix Files IPO. Will Cyan Be Mike Hatfield's Next Big Hit?

After years of rumors, Calix Inc. finally filed to go public today. Here's the filing, which is sure to put CEO Carl Russo back in the spotlight. Besides being one of the funniest, most free-wheeling executives one is likely to meet, he's also famous for having sold start-up Cerent Inc. to Cisco Systems in 1999 for $7 billion. Cerent had already filed for its IPO before Cisco came calling, paying one of the frothiest valuations of the late...

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