Ram Shriram
Ram Shriram
Kavitark Ram Shriram is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google. He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Shriram was president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Shriram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
business decisions help people run
I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.
happening produced technical
In the U.S.A., technical innovations come out of universities and the research produced by Ph.D. students. We don't have that happening in India.
features few fully lacking though
You want to do a few things really well because you want to come out with a product that is fully baked, even though it may be lacking in a few features or whatever, rather than the one that's all-achieving but not doing anything too well.
founding
Zoomin is a hybrid model. The management and founding team is the one with half.com.
best life strive
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
died early guess raised
I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.
applied business gotten
All the social things the consumer has gotten used to are being applied to business.
mentoring people trained
I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
business issues
When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.
bands decision digital either industry maintain needed pieces status tv wants wireless
There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.
enjoy except limited might nice partners provide
There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.