{"id":13901,"date":"2018-05-21T11:11:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=13901"},"modified":"2018-05-21T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:00:36","slug":"saber-bhatia-founder-of-hotmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/saber-bhatia-founder-of-hotmail\/","title":{"rendered":"The Success Story of Sabeer Bhatia, Founder of Hotmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The harsh social and economic circumstances in which he grew up did not stop him from making his mark in the worlds of the internet and business after developing <\/span><\/p>\n

Hotmail, the email service that helped make life easier for millions of people around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did Indian Muslim entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia get his start, and what chance encounter led him to imagine a website for exchanging personal, private <\/span><\/p>\n

messages for free? What humanitarian and social values inspired Bhatia to use his wealth to serve the people of his homeland?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabeer Bhatia was born in 1968 in the Indian region of \u201cBangalore,\u201d where extreme poverty and difficult living conditions affected not only families, but also <\/span><\/p>\n

the entire country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabeer studied technology at the \u201cBirla\u201d Institute, then traveled to continue his studies in electrical engineering at the \u201cCaltech\u201d Institute in Pasadena, California, <\/span><\/p>\n

He then transferred to Stanford University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Working at Apple<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Bhatia gained extensive experience, which qualified him to work at Apple for a year. He then moved to a company specializing in chipset design<\/span><\/p>\n

and electronic circuits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bhatia didn\u2019t want to continue working for someone else; he had what it takes to venture into the world of Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u2014so he decided to launch his own business.<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with his friend, \u201cJack Smith,\u201d Bhatia considered creating personal web pages containing a database of users\u2014something that was <\/span><\/p>\n

new at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The idea for email takes shape<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

As the two friends worked through the project, they realized they needed a way to communicate with each other and exchange information through short, private messages, away from <\/span><\/p>\n

internal corporate networks that lacked privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two friends therefore decided to shift the project\u2019s focus to creating a free email service that would let people exchange private messages over the internet, <\/span><\/p>\n

with revenue generated solely from advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finance<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Because the idea of email seemed highly promising, the two friends had little trouble securing $300,000 in initial funding from<\/span><\/p>\n

Draper Fisher.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u0625\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0642 Hotmail<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

On July 4, 1996, Hotmail was officially launched, attracting huge interest from people across all walks of life, who rushed to create accounts <\/span><\/p>\n

on the new website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The $400 million deal<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Within a year of Hotmail\u2019s launch, it had surpassed ten million users, prompting Bill Gates, then chairman of Microsoft,<\/span><\/p>\n

to buy it for $400 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhatia agreed to sell the website in exchange for a position as an expert at Microsoft, where he would work on its development. He stayed with the company for a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Later, Bhatia created Arzoo, a website designed to make online shopping safer, as well as a blogging platform that could be used from anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After Hotmail succeeded in offering an innovative, private, fast, and free personal service that could be activated anytime, anywhere, Bhatia received awards from <\/span><\/p>\n

numerous magazines, websites, and technology experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Welcoming world leaders<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Bhatia also became so famous and wealthy that Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, and Jacques Chirac, former President of France, <\/span><\/p>\n

as well as Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then Prime Minister of India, welcomed him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Social Responsibility<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Bhatia, who had struggled with poverty in his early years, did not keep the millions of dollars he earned from founding Hotmail to himself. Instead, he recognized his responsibility <\/span><\/p>\n

He was committed to the community and had a generous, giving spirit. He devoted part of his wealth to building numerous institutes in his country to help students who could not afford to<\/span><\/p>\n

continue their education.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhatia also founded a business incubator to support young people and empower them to start their own ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

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Determination is the foundation of success:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhatia showed no signs that he would one day achieve great success. But he proved that a person\u2019s future is shaped less by their circumstances than by their<\/span><\/p>\n

willpower, perseverance, and resolve.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flexibility in Thinking and Execution:<\/span><\/p>\n

When Bhatia considered starting his own venture, his idea was simply to create online customer databases. However, some personal needs <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014which arose while he was building the project\u2014led him to a deeper and more valuable idea: email.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Good Project Attracts Funding:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bhatia had no trouble persuading investors to fund his new project, thanks to its clear goals, viability, and importance to millions of users <\/span><\/p>\n

around the world. As a result, he secured $300 million in initial funding.<\/span><\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

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Only successful people recognize their responsibility to society: sharing their knowledge and wealth to benefit humanity and help it advance.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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