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15% of Zoho's workforce comes from its own university
Shaan notes that Zoho runs its own university, and graduates of that program make up 15% of Zoho's workforce—an example of a company building its own talent pipeline.
$15
Share of Zoho workforce from its own university · percent
“So Zoho has their own university, and the graduates of that make up 15% of their workforce. Oh shit. Which is pretty insane.”
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Zoho: bootstrapped to ~$500M/year, never raised funding
Sam describes the Zoho founder, who spoke at HustleCon: he owns essentially 100% of a roughly $500M-a-year software company that never raised outside funding, doesn't really work anymore, and lives in an Airstream RV he drives to events.
$500M
Zoho annual revenue · USD/year
“He owns— I think he owns all of it, like 100% of it, right? Like a $500 million a year thing. And they have so many different products. Like, he has like an RV that he like drives around in”