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 Read Quote
No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer. Ram Shriram Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My only loyalty is to what’s best for business, not to any set of constituents. Ram Shriram Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Stay externally focused – on your customers – and focus internally when you have to hire. Ram Shriram Read Quote
Zoomin is a hybrid model. The management and founding team is the one with half.com. Ram Shriram Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There’s almost too much venture capital in India – there are issues with seed capital, but for venture capital, there’s a lot money chasing deals here. Ram Shriram Read Quote
