Ram Shriram
started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth
of operating and company building experience to promising early stage
ventures. As a technology industry insider for over 25 years he has
worked in companies large and small across all functional areas and
through fluctuating business cycles. He is always eager to roll up his
sleeves and work closely with founding teams on the challenging issues
that confront and ...
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Ram Shriram
started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth
of operating and company building experience to promising early stage
ventures. As a technology industry insider for over 25 years he has
worked in companies large and small across all functional areas and
through fluctuating business cycles. He is always eager to roll up his
sleeves and work closely with founding teams on the challenging issues
that confront and sometimes confound early stage ventures.
Ram's knowledge of and advice on issues ranging from
raising venture capital, key management hiring, making the right
product choices and defining and adapting the business model to
changing market conditions can help you to secure early customer wins,
build momentum from a standing start, and generate international
growth.
A hallmark of Ram's success
is the ability to create the right DNA for a young growth company with
a focus on revenue and profitability, by establishing a virtuous cycle
of talented employees/owners and happy customers/users. Ram enjoys the
process of turning founders' dreams into successful businesses and
takes a long term view that serves as a guidepost for decision making.
Ram is thoughtful, cerebral, easy to communicate with, deeply committed
to the tasks he undertakes, and has a keen intuitive sense for what
works in the marketplace.
Ram has partnered with the venture capital industry
and its many famous and successful members all across Silicon Valley.
Because of his domain and market expertise, he brings a unique value to
the building of companies with successful outcomes that fits well with
the value offered by venture capital firms.
This year Ram was named number four on the top tech dealmakers by Forbes, and number five on top ten kingmakers in tech by Business 2.0 magazine.
Experience
Immediately prior to founding Sherpalo,
Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder
& CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired
Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president.
While at Amazon, Ram helped grow the customer base during its early
high growth phase in 1998/1999. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was a
member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before
they shipped products or posted revenue. He drove the many partnerships
and channels that Netscape employed to get massive distribution for its
browser and server products during those now legendary early days of
the Internet.
Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc., 247customer.com and Frontline Wireless. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle.com and PodShow. Ram serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com,
a leading classfieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in
jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.
