The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
FF 012: Acquired by Microsoft for $200m with Javier Soltero @ Microsoft
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Show Notes
Javier Soltero is Corporate Vice President of Outlook @ Microsoft. This position arose due to Javier's startup, Acompli, being acquired by Microsoft for $200m in 2014. Prior to Acompli, Javier spent a year at Redpoint Ventures, where he assisted in helping the firm extend their reach into both enterprise and mobile markets. However, Javier's entrepreneurial career did not start with Acompli, as he co-founded Hyperic, which he bought for $1 and within 5 years turned into a $10m+ revenue generating company.
In Today's Episode You Will Learn:
1.) How did Javier start his entrepreneurial career and what were the origins of Acompli?
2.) What was Javier's biggest takeaway from the failure of his first startup, back by Sequoia?
3.) How did Javier control his burn rate once large amounts of VC money was in his company?
4.) How does Javier approach product market fit?
5.) How did Javier meet his investors for Accompli and how did Javier find the fundraising process?
6.) What were Javier's reasons for selling Acompli? Was there any conflict with his investors in selling the company?
Items Mentioned In Today's Episode:
Javier's Fave Book: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Javier's Fave Newsletter or Blog: Wait but Why?
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