Summary: (http://www.sherpalo.com/about/images/high-res/Ram_2009_2.jpg)Ram Shriram is an entrepreneur and investor, who was a founding board member of Googl (http://www.google.com/)e. He is currently a member (http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/december7/shriram-board-election-120709.html) of the board of trustees at Stanford University. (http://www.stanford.edu) Identified as one of the top tech dealmakers by Forbes in 2008 and 2009 Ram founded his investment company Sherpalo Ventures (http://www.sherpalo.com/portfolio/index.php) in 2000. He has invested in a handful of companies with the most prominent being an early investment in Google. Ram was part of the executive team of Netscape, the startup and browser company that reconfigured Silicon Valley's technical landscape and was the harbinger of the dotcom and IPO boom in Silicon Valley. After Netscape, Ram joined Junglee and after its acquisition worked with Amazon. In this extensive multi-part interview Ram talks about growing up in Madras (Chennai) India, the role and influence of his mother and grandparents, his early days in the tech sector, the heady dotcom days, Google, "Ram's Book of Mistakes," and much more. Here are the audio links to Ram Shriram Part-2 and Ram Shriram Part-3. The interviews were first published in Indian business publication Mint (http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/30125958/Interview-with-Ram-Shriram-Pa.html) in November 2007.
