By Leetal Gruper  on Tue 19 Apr - 0 Comments
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I was most impressed by Javier Soltero from VMware who shared with us the most inspiring life story I have ever heard.

From a banker in Wall Street to an employee in Netscape before the dot com bust to a successful company sell to VMware, he did it all.

After working as a chief architect in a start-up that went bust, Javier came to the CEO and offered to buy the $15M intellectual property for $1 and for the promise to assume all liability for the 2 clients they had. This is how Hyperic was formed – without any capital and with liability for 2 large overseas clients.

Against all odds, Soltero managed to grow the company until it was acquired by VMware and became an integral part of their portfolio.

Soltero lives by the motto of “don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness” which has served him well.

Such an inspiring story you couldn’t find anywhere else!