Meet the Indian Who Dared to Refuse Google's Multi-Million Acquisition Offer
Bangalore: Entrepreneurs around the world share many common characteristics. But one who challenges the conventional way goes on to be called Jobs, Branson, Zuckerberg and so on. One such in the making is Vineet Devaiah who with his immense level of confidence refused an acquisition offer made by the search giant Google, a company which every entrepreneur today craves for being acquired by. It was at the time when his company was skating on thin ice, with a potential which Google noticed and a bank account with less than a thousand dollars.
In today’s startup ecosystem, where an entrepreneur looks to build a successful company so that he can sell it to a big player and make a billion dollar exit, there is a lot to learn from Devaiah. Let’s take an inspirational walk into Devaiah’s journey, which he told to VentureBeat.
A Teenager’s Entrepreneurial Stint
Hailing from Bangalore, Vineet Devaiah came from a middle class family.

