Javier Soltero
Javier shines at designing and developing infrastructure management companies. Heās held senior engineering positions at VMware and Netscape, and is the founder of Acompli which wasĀ acquired by Microsoft for $200M.
Skills
Monetizing Open Source
How to turn open source adoption and community into sustainable commercial revenue. Covers pricing models, packaging strategies, open core frameworks, the free-to-paid conversion, dual licensing, and managing community expectations through monetization changes. Drawn from practitioners at GitLab, dbt Labs, HashiCorp, and others.
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Founder & CEO Leadership
The operational and interpersonal skills technical founders need as they scale from builder to CEO. Covers board management, co-founder dynamics, crisis communication, executive decision-making, managing through downturns, and culture scaling. Drawn from practitioners at PostHog, Acompli, LaunchDarkly, and others.
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Content from the Library
Capital Efficiency: Lessons From the Financial Crisis
Javier Soltero discusses the challenges and lessons learned during the boom and bust period of his career. With past examples, Soltero covers how to batten down the hatches for what looks to be a tough 2016.
How to Fix a Broken Board
Javier will tell you how your board is broken. Heāll explain why the traditional advice about managing board meetings is all wrong. Heāll share some painful & colourful learning experiences from his own career as a founder & CEO. Heāll tell you how to change the dynamics of the board and how to turn your directors from āadult supervisionā into constructive team players.
The First Million is Always the Hardest
According to Accompli CEO and former Redpoint Ventures EIR Javier Soltero, no phrase has motivated him more than an investor saying aloud, āYour product sucks.ā The entrepreneur took the core technology behind a company that had already deadpooled, and bootstrapped it as Hyperic to sell it to both Springsource and now, VMWare.
