India, May 13 -- In a bold display of startup culture, a founder is backing his employee's public attempt to rent a luxury villa from Vijay Mallya. After learning that a team member had tweeted Mallya, asking him to rent the Kingfisher Villa for a company event, the founder issued a public challenge to see "how this internet thing actually works."

He has committed to fulfilling the employee's wild request if the post reaches 1,000 shares, even suggesting a backup plan if the actual property isn't available. The founder further promised to take the entire team on an international trip if the number of shares crosses 5000.

"One of our team members publicly DM'd Vijay Mallya today asking to rent Kingfisher Villa for our loop launch night o...