Ram Iyer

Ram Iyer

MIT graduate in PrincetonNJ, US
MIT grad leading Business Thinking Institute in Princeton. Topics - how to achieve your greatness, hidden value of immigrants, business thinking, silent killers of success & success mindset

Ram V. Iyer is a five-time entrepreneur, Fortune100 exec, former Silicon Valley venture capitalist and MIT graduate in Princeton.

He provides unique insights that will help you succeed as an employee, entrepreneur, business leader or civic leader. He is a straight shooter who speaks from personal successes and failures – combined with psychology and common sense.


He built one venture that did business in 16 countries and on the next venture, lost his entire life savings. His practical insights will save you time and heartache.


He is currently writing the book 'The Mindset of Successful Immigrant Professionals' with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.

Ram V. Iyer is a five-time entrepreneur, Fortune100 exec, former Silicon Valley venture capitalist and MIT graduate in Princeton.

He provides unique insights that will help you succeed as an employee, entrepreneur, business leader or civic leader. He is a straight shooter who speaks from personal successes and failures – combined with psychology and common sense.


He built one venture that did business in 16 countries and on the next venture, lost his entire life savings. His practical insights will save you time and heartache.


He is currently writing the book 'The Mindset of Successful Immigrant Professionals' with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.

The Hidden Value of Immigrant Professionals

Almost every organization in America (and in many other parts of the world) has people on their payroll with a unique mindset that can propel the organization to excellence in innovation and creative problem-solving, through diversity, drive and persistence, providing a competitive advantage if these people are leveraged.

Current diversity and inclusion efforts focus on minorities - based on sex, ethnicity, race, religion, disability, or sexual...

Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI)Educational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Business Thinking for Business Success

Business thinking is essential to succeed as a business person, techie, entrepreneur and employee. Most people either fail to think about this or fail to execute on the process of business thinking, resulting in mediocre results or failure. Learn about business thinking and how can you can use the 'business thinking canvas' that I developed to become more successful as employees, techies, entrepreneurs, business people or non-profit leaders. This is a worldwide problem (and solution) that...
BusinessAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Business Thinking for TECHIES – essential for employee, entrepreneur or leader

A techie mindset when combined with business thinking makes you a better techie, techie manager, executive, business owner or entrepreneur. Techies are in love with technology and their work.Developing business thinking can increase your personal value and make your projects and businesses more successful. 
TechnologyEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changing

Business Transformation for Teams & Groups

Achieve the business transformation you seek with techies using a fact-based approach developed by a techie that will make techies better individual contributors and your business better. A common reason why transformation efforts fail is the lack of business thinking - clarity of the value provided and received by each individual and how it aligns with the needs of their customers (internal or external), the business AND personal objectives (WIIFM). At the end of the keynote, you...
ManagementAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changing

Win in Life & Business by Eliminating the 'Silent Killers of Success' 

From personal experience and a survey of 400 people (including 100 multi-millionaires) I have found that many of us fail to succeed because we fail before we have a chance to succeed. Our failures are caused by the 'silent killers of success' within and around us, that can quietly kill your success or hold you back. Understand the 'silent killers of success' and how to eliminate or minimize them to win in life and business - more success for more people.
SuccessEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing