Inspiring story of a poor farmer's son ( Varun Chandran ) is now the CEO of his own IT company and a dollar millionaire. :- His hero , It's I M Vijayan the boy who, after having started out selling soda at stadiums and playing barefoot, went on to become the best football player in India. He was such an inspiration that I had his photo in my room, and used to pray to him before each game. He was my God!" says 34-year-old Varun Chandran.
Varun Chandran's own journey, from an impoverished home in a small village in Kerala, to a Silicon Valley millionaire, follows a like pattern.
"If it weren't for my mother, I don't think I would have gone to school, or bothered to study even if I had. She made sure that we were educated, unlike most of the rest of the village."
He still remembers studying under the light of a kerosene lamp as the village wasn't connected to the grid until he was 10 years old.
He got a job with Entity Data, a Hyderabad-based company, as a business development executive. He did so well that they sent him to the US after three months.
He joined SAP and later Oracle and was sent to Singapore. Silicon Valley had kindled the desire to start something on his own.
In 2012, the company had some 50 customers and revenue of $600,000. In November 2013, Varun started a development centre in Pathanapuram rather than the usual choices of Bangalore or Hyderabad.
Varun soon plans to open sales and marketing offices in Silicon Valley and London. But his product development will continue to be done in Manila and Kerala, and the head office will continue to remain in Singapore. By 2017, he plans to make it a $5 million company with operations in five countries.
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