Rashmi Sinha
CEO at SlideShare
LinkedIn hosts first own women-only global hackathon
Rashmi Sinha, CEO of SlideShare and one of the four final round judges, said she was looking for "the best solution to a simple problem. " "We always look for interesting teams that have picked up an interesting problem and built at least a semi-solution for it rather than just a hack," ... Read more »
The 10 Most Powerful Couples in Tech
" Rashmi Sinha and Jon Boutelle are a husband and wife team that met while working in consulting. The pair co-founded SlideShare together. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the "Most Influential Women in Web 2.0" by Fast Company. SlideShare was founded in 2006 and was acquired by ... Read more »
Women Help Startups Succeed. When Will VCs Notice?
SlideShare, led by Rashmi Sinha, is being acquired by LinkedIn for $119 million. New research suggests that successful startups have more women in top management By John Tozzi on October 05, 2012 Successful startups have more women in senior positions than unsuccessful ones, according to ... Read more »
Is It Time to Rethink the Stigma for Tech Companies Led by Couples?
... Alain Chuard (head of product management) was bought by Google for at least $250 million ; Michael (CEO) and Kass (COO) Lazerow’s Buddy Media sold to Salesforce for $745 million-plus ; and LinkedIn purchased married couple Rashmi Sinha (CEO) and Jon Boutelle (CTO)’s SlideShare for $119 million... Read more »
Who are the 2012 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs?
These three startup queens are Jessica Alba of The Honest Co., Victoria Ransom of Wildfire Interactive, and Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare. Below is the full list of 2012 MPW Entrepreneurs: 10 honorees selected from among 133 applicants because they've created innovative companies that could ... Read more »
LinkedIn Acquires Professional Content Sharing Platform SlideShare For $119M
We’re very excited to welcome the SlideShare team to LinkedIn.” Rashmi Sinha, CEO of SlideShare commented, “We built SlideShare to help professionals share presentations and connect people through content. What we can build with LinkedIn, the largest professional network on the Internet... Read more »
10 Things You Didn't Know About Women-Owned Businesses
However, I don’t dwell on why it was hard for me, I focus on doing my thing and trying to do it well.” — Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare 5. The industries with the fastest growth and greatest share of women-owned firms are educational services, health care and social assistance, and ... Read more »
The Story of Steve Jobs: An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale?
Rashmi Sinha, CEO of the presentation-sharing service SlideShare, was pregnant with twins when she devoured the Isaacson book. She read it to understand how Jobs created great products, but the possibility of gleaning any personal lessons from his life didn’t even cross her mind. ... Read more »
Social media news: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn
" According to SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha, members will be able to use the service in the same way as before: "Over time you will see some integrations that take advantage of the great fit between SlideShare and LinkedIn. " Pinterest took another step in the right direction on Tuesday ... Read more »
LinkedIn welcomes the SlideShare team
Talking about the future of SlideShare, company CEO Rashmi Sinha stated on the company blog that SlideShare will continue to remain the same and users will still be able to upload, share, and find presentations. However, over time SlideShare expects to announce some integration with ... Read more »
Bangalore's Status As A Tech Hub Could Help India's Startups
Started by Rashmi Sinha, Jonathan Boutelle, and Amit Ranjan, the company was acquired last year by LinkedIn for $119 million. According to the South Asian Diaspora organization, SlideShare’s founders have become a spotlight on how Indian entrepreneurs can succeed. Other notable Indian ... Read more »
Christiane Lemieux, Author, Founder and Creative Director of DwellStudio, Named to FORTUNE's...
Other women named to the list include Jessica Alba, Co-Founder of The Honest Co.; Rashmi Sinha, CEO and Co-Founder of SlideShare; Jill Becker, CEO and Founder of Cambridge NanoTech, and more. For more information and the full list of the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, please ... Read more »
SlideShare A Natural Plugin To LinkedIn
SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha wrote in a blog post that the company grew mostly by word of mouth and viral adoption. "The only business deal I aggressively pursued was when I heard that there might be a LinkedIn developer platform in the works. I activated every connection through ... Read more »
Get Ready To See More Decks In Your Face: LinkedIn Acquires SlideShare for $119 M.
For SlideShare, which last raised a $3 million from Venrock and angel investors like Dave McClure and Mark Cuban back in 2008, it’s an impressive exit for SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha. But someone may have gotten a little too carried away with the synergy. LinkedIn offered a SlideShare ... Read more »
LinkedIn Acquires Document Presentation Startup SlideShare
SlideShare has done a tremendous job of creating a dynamic platform for document sharing that millions of professionals have come to rely on everyday — and it will remain that way SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha, who WebProNews interviewed last year, posted a message on the SlideShare blog ... Read more »
LinkedIn buys SlideShare for $119 million
Rashmi Sinha is CEO. Mountain View-based LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) will pay about $118.75 million in a combination of approximately 45 percent cash and approximately 55 percent stock. The deal is subject to closing conditions. Patrick Hoge covers technology for the San Francisco Business ... Read more »
LinkedIn Buys SlideShare for $119M While Beating Earnings Expectations
It’s led by the married team of CEO Rashmi Sinha and CTO Jonathan Boutelle. LinkedIn, meanwhile, now has 161 million members and 107 million unique visitors. It just released an iPad app with calendar integration — along with SlideShare, another natural and overdue move towards helping ... Read more »
LinkedIn acquires SlideShare for $119 million in cash and stock
SlideShare CEO Rashmi Sinha says that it’s a natural extension for the company to head under LinkedIn’s umbrella as a professional service. This is a developing story. Refresh for updates. A music and tech junkie who calls Nashville home, Brad is the Managing Editor of The Next Web and ... Read more »
Linkedin Acquires Slideshare for USD 119 Million!
Hearty congratulations to Rashmi Sinha, Amit Ranjan & entire team of Slideshare. The blog post published by Linkedin does not offer much detail, however Rashmi’s post clearly mentions the strategic fit between Linkedin & Slideshare. Also, Slideshare may not be completely merged ... Read more »
Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech : SlideShare is hiring in India
The trio of Rashmi Sinha, Amit Ranjan and Jon Boutelle co—founded the company in 2006. The idea of setting up SlideShare popped up after the trio realised that was no way to share online the presentations of a conference. On the acquisition by LinkedIn, SlideShare CEO, Ms Rashmi ... Read more »
