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In a world where startups chase venture capital, one man chose a different path.
Sridhar Vembu, the founder of Zoho, built a billion-dollar company without investors, without Silicon Valley, and without hype. From a small Indian village, he turned a bold vision into a global powerhouse, proving that real innovation doesn’t always need big funding.

In this video, we’ll uncover how Zoho scaled quietly, rejected outside money, focused on product excellence, and became one of the biggest threats to giants like Google and Microsoft.

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00:00In the 90s, Sridhar Vembu had a cushy job at Qualcomm in the US, but he chose purpose
00:06over comfort. In 1996, he and his brothers launched AdventNet to build affordable network
00:12software. No investors, no hype, just grit. When the dot-com crash hit, they survived by
00:19serving small businesses others ignored. That resilience evolved into Zoho. By 2005,
00:25they rebranded and quietly launched cloud tools, Zoho Mail, CRM, Docs, before Google or
00:32Microsoft noticed the market. Sridhar never took VC money. He believed external funding
00:38meant external control. Instead, he reinvested profits, stayed private, and built for the
00:44long term. Then came his boldest move, running Zoho from rural Tamil Nadu, training local youth,
00:50and proving global impact doesn't need Silicon Valley. Today, Zoho serves 100M-plus users in
00:56150-plus countries. Still bootstrapped. Still independent. From engineer to rural visionary,
01:04Zoho is proof that values and vision can beat money and hype. Like. Share. Follow for more
01:11game-changer stories.
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