avoid more people into these already crowded cities at zoho we have been moving aggressively locating jobs out of chennai to tenkasi i call this moving back of talent topsoil restoration all this talent came from the villages originally now we are bringing some topsoil back and preventing further topsoil erosionwhat works and what doesnt when it comes to running a startup from a villageconnectivity has improved like we are connecting on this fibre optic link i have let me just turn on the video so you can see the peacocks here but if youre looking for exceptional english speaking people in rural areas then you have to understand that most indians dont speak english some of the biggest japanese and german multinationals all managed to be global without that so we have to get used to it in india toothe startup ecosystem is known for fierce rivalry and comparisons how do you stay awaywell partly where i stay also matters in how i stay just a few days ago i went on an early morning pilgrimage on foot with the villagers walking 12 km so who should i compare my life to should i compare with bill gates then laughter i would tell people that if you feel you are trapped in a rat race of some kind probably the biggest help you can do to yourself is to leave the rat raceyou are often trolled on social media for your political opinionsis there a law that says that lawyers actors and other professionals can have political views but not entrepreneurs ultimately its what you believe in your convictions and i let me state it clearly am not in politics but i do have strong ideological views on certain issues as for trolls i never care i never respondso will you look at joining politicsi am not looking at politics for at least 10 years because i have a lot to do in zoho but that is not because i consider politics as intrinsically dirty or any of those things we are in a democracy and politics is necessary politics is the way we resolve our differences the alternative to politics is war i just have a personal mission i think i can serve our country much better by creating technology knowhow and getting jobs right now than by joining politics that is why i am in business right now but at some point in future this may changewhat does money or capital mean to youso this very word capital itself has unfortunately been subject to misinterpretation i would say capital is not money capital is not equal to its financial value the capital of a company is not just the buildings and the computers but also the attitudes the knowhow the cando spirit the problemsolving skills of employees and then market reach the marketing the brandall of that is also capital right and then you have financial value placed on that capital the evaluation thats actually not