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Ram Shriram

American Businessman

Business Made Me People Think You

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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm. Ram Shriram

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My mother has been my mentor in my life. The number one attribute was discipline. To be on time to school, never miss a day at school, and then checking out homework and making sure I was doing it correctly and signing me up for lots of activities, extra tests and classes. Ram Shriram

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I ended up working in Michigan for a young company called Sycor out of Michigan, worked there, and that company got bought by Northern Telecom. We became the Bell Northern Research Labs of Northern Telecom. Ram Shriram

Young Research Telecom Out Bought Became Got Up Michigan Ended Labs Northern Worked Working Company Bell

If America wants to lead the world, it needs to make sure new ideas can get to market. More opportunity will birth more companies that create more jobs. Ram Shriram

Needs World Opportunity Will Birth Market Jobs More Lead New Ideas Make Sure New Ideas America Get Wants Create Companies

All the social things the consumer has gotten used to are being applied to business. Ram Shriram

Business Consumer Gotten Being Social Used Things Applied

I remember when AOL was small and they were growing like mad. Consumers were coming on in droves because they made it easy to connect to the Internet. That was the single biggest innovation of AOL; when grandmas were signing up, AOL had arrived. Ram Shriram

I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day. Ram Shriram

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. Ram Shriram

You Few Whatever Too Though Out Rather Features Come Baked Well Because Doing Than Few Things May Lacking Want Anything Really Product Fully Even Things

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. Ram Shriram

Myself Me Be Nice Nice Enjoy Think Responsibilities Financially Some Having Except Partners Limited Provide Times Cushion Might

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. Ram Shriram

Business People Responsibility Think Run About Through Partners Got Hiring End In The End Decisions Them Products Help Who

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. Ram Shriram

Research Innovations Out India Students Come Happening Produced Technical Universities

Young Indians are energetic and ambitious, have lots of ideas. They work around the difficult situation they face here. But the big challenge is to market products and services to the West, because costs there aren't coming down. Ram Shriram

Work Challenge Face Big Situation Young Down Difficult Market Indians Costs Ideas Because Around Big Challenge Coming West Lots Ambitious Energetic Products Services Here

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