No VC: Zoho CEO ‘Couldn’t Care Less for Wall Street’

Source: Zoho Corp.
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This is the fourth in a five-part series called “No VC,” which highlights startups that have succeeded without venture capital, the lifeblood of Silicon Valley.

At first, Sridhar Vembu couldn’t raise money for his enterprise software startup because he didn’t know how to run a business. Since figuring things out, he’s shunned investors because he doesn’t want venture capitalists telling him what to do.