I like to understand people. I like to create things. I love working in a startup. I did a PhD, then got bored with working in the lab and moved to creating software. I live in San Francisco with my husband. We go hiking, watch too many movies, and don’t listen to enough music. I am originally from India and think of both San Francisco and Delhi as home. I want to travel to South America next.
I hate writing in the third person, but am not above doing it when needed. If I am speaking at your conference, grab bios and pics from here.
Short bio
Rashmi Sinha is a designer and entrepreneur. She is confounder & CEO for SlideShare, the best place to share your presentations on the web.
Rashmi believes that good software comes from a true collaboration between developers and designers. Her background is social software & interface design. She did a Phd from Brown University and researched search engines & recommender systems at UC Berkeley. Deciding that she wanted to build products, she cofounded Uzanto which did design consulting during the day and built MindCanvas (online games meet online surveys) at night! Her appetite for products was whetted and SlideShare is her next venture.
Rashmi blogs about the social web at www.rashmisinha.com. She speaks frequently at conferences like FOWA, SXSW & WebVisions. For her next career, she wants to write a book about strange things people do on social websites.
Longer bio
Rashmi Sinha is a designer, researcher and entrepreneur. Rashmi has a PhD in Cognitive NeuroPsychology from Brown University in 1998. After moving to UC Berkeley for a PostDoc, she fell in love with the web, and realized that many issues that web technologists think about are problems of human psychology. She worked on search interfaces & recommender systems but Information School. Deciding that she enjoyed practical problems more, she co-founded Uzanto, a user experience consulting company and worked on projects for companies like eBay, Blue Shield, AAA etc. Her first foray into products was with MindCanvas (a game-like software for customer research) released in November 2005.
Rashmi writes about social software and entrepreneurship at her blog – http://www.rashmisinha.com. She is involved in the HCI community, was one of the founding members of the Information Architecture Society, and co-chairs the monthly BayCHI talk series.
At SlideShare, she focuses on design, community and business. If you really want her attention, then post a comment on her slidespace!
Pictures
69 responses so far ↓
Jayant Tewari // December 2, 2008 at 2:36 pm |
Got here from the Tech Hunch Thrifty conference writeup …. and am really impressed with what I’ve seen …. would be a pleasure to connect and interact at length … may I introduce myself through my website – http://OutSourcedCFO.GooglePages.Com …
Do keep up the great work !!!
Rajesh DN // December 3, 2008 at 8:25 am |
Hi Rashmi,
I am one of the many users of your creation . Kudos on this idea it is indeed very resourceful and helpful.
Regards,
Rajesh DN
Ioannes Xabier // December 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm |
Hi. You have put my slideshare prestation like favorite, but his slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/ioannes.xabier/euskadi20-presentation/) is in spanish . I’m surpised.
Can u speak spanish?
Do u know de Basque Country (Euskadi) ? U can get more info of our cuntry in this URI : http://www.basques.euskadi.net
Regards,
Ioannes Xabier.
Computer Engineer.
MITHUN BORDE // December 15, 2008 at 6:55 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
i have recently come to know about slideshare and you too to a very small extent.
hope i will get to know u more and ur different ventures
i pray, God bless u in all ur ventures
BEST WISHES!
MITHUN BORDE
Sanjeeb Bose // December 25, 2008 at 12:44 pm |
Hi Reshmi,
I have recently downloaded some excellent presentation on Enterprise Architecture. I have found the site very resourceful.
Regards,
Sanjeeb Bose
Kolkata, India
Noam Slonim // January 6, 2009 at 9:38 pm |
Hi Reshmi,
I’m so glad i came across this site, it’s such fun to search for things you like – i love india sights (fell in love with india from one visit)and i did find great pic presentations from india.
Regards,
Noam Slonim .
Anurag Aggarwal // January 10, 2009 at 9:02 am |
Subject: Seeking your help in promoting our movement
Hi
I am Anurag Aggarwal from Khojguru Infotech Private Limited.
We have initiated a movement to donate Rs. 1 Lakh to the National Defense Fund, a fund for the welfare of the security personnel and their dependents on 26th January 2009. We want to contribute as a community and hence we are inviting people to join the movement. We want to contribute the money with 1 lakh names on the list.
In this endeavor I seek your help. You can help us reach more people by simply writing something about the movement or by adding the widget on khojguru.com/pledge on you blog.
Hope to get your support in bringing together as many concerned individuals as possible.
Regards
PS: http://www.khojguru.com is a comprehensive retail information platform for all popular places in a city. It provides basic information, real time information (such as sales, fresh arrivals etc.), user experiences and also gets exclusive discounts for the users.
Tanveer Iqbal // January 14, 2009 at 7:21 am |
Dear Rashmi,
I have got problem on Slideshare my account has been temporarily suspended and i did not do anything against Slideshare Community polices and terms and conditions i miss my friends a lot i have very strong association with each of them i drop many requests to solve this problem but still my account is suspended.
I request you to do me a favor to solve my problem thanks a lot
Tanveer Iqbal
http://www.slideshare.net/haveaword
Rajiv Malhotra // January 15, 2009 at 9:16 am |
Hi,
Slideshare is a great idea. I have recommended the site to several people in the last few weeks.
As a product manager myself i appreciate the simplicity of navigation and the clear sense of purpose the site has.
Congratulations, i think slideshare has all the ingredients for a successful web product and business.
Best Regards
Rajiv Malhotra
Head of Product & Marketing
Gigafone Technologies
brij // January 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
I found out about slideshare sometimes in March of 2008. I did not know that you were founder of this craetive venture.
I found your name in The Fast Company Magazine of this month. Now, I know.
I will post my slides that I have collected over 20 yrs in my work.
Thanks for giving this platform for sharing knowledge.
Brij
Kasun kaushalya // January 21, 2009 at 6:12 am |
Wishes from sri lanka,
you are proud to asia
radhika sukhani // January 30, 2009 at 10:11 am |
hi ma’am..
this is a true expression for one’s passion..!! amazing thought..!! i love slideshare.. !! its really resourcefull in many ways.!!
keep it up..!! m sure u must be working on something beyond as well.. do share that too..!!
thanks and regards
radhika
Sankalp Chavan // February 4, 2009 at 7:47 am |
Good job Rashmi
Pls call if u ever happen to be in DUbai
+97150-8525899.
Will definitely meet (if recession allows me 2 stay here longer)
or better ….. in Bay area … the next time I am in us
Cheers!!
Power Point Slide Shows // February 21, 2009 at 2:29 pm |
Great job Rashmi
Ruta // March 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
I came across SlideShare while browsing through jobs on joelonsoftware.com. I must add that you guys are doing a great and innovative job. Read through a few of your blogs and they were quite informative. I applied to SlideShare just yesterday. I would love to be part of such a cool team. Could you give me some suggestions to improve? I am graduating this May and I do not want my lack of “real world working experience” to deter my chances. What kind of projects should I do so that I can compete with the rest. I am a real hard worker and I know I can finish a project if I take up one. Starting with a right one is the issue. Any help on that end would be appreciated. Thanks! :)
Aamir Mughal // March 18, 2009 at 7:17 pm |
Hi,
Greetings, Ms Rashmi.
Hope that you and your family are fine and in good health. I hope you remember me.
Aamir Mughal – DialogNow
Deshi RSS // March 25, 2009 at 5:42 am |
Thanks! We found your site very valuable.
Please don’t confuse our RSS with the political party RSS. Consider checking out our site and let us know if we could list your RSS feed. Thanks.
Divyesh // March 29, 2009 at 11:45 am |
Hi,
Rashmi
Good Blog with lots of good informations.
Kishore Kumar Pilla // April 4, 2009 at 8:21 am |
Dear Rashmi,
I am very glad to know about slideshare. It is simply wonderful.
I have uploaded a slideshow. http://www.slideshare.net/maxshield/secureplus.
We are looking for marketing associates all over the country for promotion of our products,
http://www.maxshieldcorporation.com/prod01.htm
Looking forward to have a fruitful and win-win partnership with you.
with regards
Kishore Kumar Pilla
CEO
MaxShield Corporation
ceo@maxshieldcorporation.com
Hand Phone: 09392102153
santosh // April 10, 2009 at 8:36 pm |
hi rashmi i need some help in ui design plezzzzzzzz can u guide me
Anil // April 16, 2009 at 11:35 am |
Hi …
slideshare is an amazing product. congrats for the great work!
Pradeep CD // April 24, 2009 at 8:41 am |
Hi Rashmi,
SlideShare is a awesome and useful WebApp…
Superb stuff… thanks and congrats…
Shubham // May 4, 2009 at 5:57 pm |
Read about you on Gautam Ghosh’s blog. Slideshare is an amazing product! Look forward to interesting posts on your blog.
Amrit // May 7, 2009 at 11:47 am |
Hey Rashmi,
Read this amazing news about you..and trust me..its a terrific news!! “Rashmi Sinha among America’s sexiest CEO”!! (http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/may/07/rashmi-sinha-among-sexiest-ceos-in-america.htm)
Wow!!! thats a terrific one!! Its rare to find a scintillating beauty and terrific brain together!! No wonder..you are one of them and hence you are rare!!!
Keep rising!!
Amrit
Software Geek // May 7, 2009 at 4:52 pm |
Proper utilization of software in huge corporations is still a distant dream. Companies invest a lot on web,telephony,help desk and other tools to eradicate manual work but still most of the software installed is rarely used..
The dream of paperless office is still far..Its just most companies dont care about proper implementations but just love to dump the software and forget..
What really pisses me off is that most corporates just blindly buy software without evaluating..Sharepoint is just used and most of the features are never looked into and staff is usually burdened with learning too many softwares and eventually they get bored and just dont want to use any thing..
Some thing unique needs to be created to solve this mess..
KetaN SalamoN NadaR // May 8, 2009 at 1:47 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
I read about you in rediff.It was so inspiring.
Thanks again.
Yeah regarding slideshare..I am looking forward to use it ..I will use it soon and give you the feedback..
Till then Rock on
Ketan
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seo india hyderabad // May 15, 2009 at 9:46 am |
Thanks Rashmi,
some people are thinking different, I think you are in same way.
wish you all the best for another innovation site
Ashish Gajera // May 18, 2009 at 6:28 am |
“She is confounder & CEO for SlideShare…”
Confounder? This is what The Free Dictionary has to say about “confounder”: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/confounder.
Dr.Ramesh Kamath // May 21, 2009 at 5:51 am |
Hi Rashmi ji
congratulation for your success to be in the list of 10 hottest female CEOs across the US.
God Bless You
Dr.Ramesh Kamath
Bangalore , India
Pratap // May 21, 2009 at 5:59 am |
Your credentials are simply impressive.
Well done.
Regards
Samir // May 21, 2009 at 6:02 am |
Hi Rashmi,
This is a kewl application.
Gr8 Work!
Regards
Samir
anonymous // May 21, 2009 at 6:47 am |
http://in.news.yahoo.com/248/20090520/1592/tbs-hottest-female-ceo.html
challa srinivas // May 21, 2009 at 6:48 am |
hi reshma
congrats
im a journalist from hyderabad
when u r free. plese call back
i want ur interview for my telugu paper.
challa
09849212707
Govind // May 21, 2009 at 6:56 am |
What a bitch , perfect base to launch!
Karthick // May 21, 2009 at 9:12 am |
Nice reading a CEO`s blog…
Prateek // May 21, 2009 at 9:38 am |
Hi Rashmi ji
congratulations…. you are in list of 10 hottest female CEOs in US.
Aditya // May 21, 2009 at 9:48 am |
there is a mistake in your short bio, “… is a designer and entrepreneur. She is coNfounder (cofounder) & CEO for….”
Cheers
Kedar Pingle // May 21, 2009 at 12:25 pm |
Congratulations on winning the latest title…
Deshi RSS // May 21, 2009 at 12:33 pm |
“… is a designer and entrepreneur. She is coNfounder (cofounder) & CEO for….”
confounding means bringing something to ruin, obsolete… maybe she is playing with the words…
Ven // May 22, 2009 at 12:53 am |
I saw about you in news about getting you in 10 most beautiful CEO’s in playboy . Keep it up and wish you good luck for going above. All the best. Venkat
Anshuman Anand // May 22, 2009 at 10:15 am |
Hi Rashmi,
I was using Slideshare for quite some time, but rescently came to know that I share the same birthplace as the CEO of the Slide Share. So Like Vikas Swaroop..who after authoring “Q&A”, made a mark now its you. Both of you have brought Allahabad on world’s map. My heartiest congrats to you for creating such a wonderful platform for sharing knowledge and taking the ‘global-village’ concept , astep further.
Regards,
Anshuman Anand
RamKay // May 22, 2009 at 10:11 pm |
Hi Rashmi, congratulations on being listed as one of the sexiest CEOs of AMerica. You are indeed beautiful and sexy.
Sheesh // May 23, 2009 at 5:52 am |
Hi Rashmi,
Congratulations for becoming the sexiest American CEO award by Play Boy magzine. I am very proud of you since you are from India. I am a tour operator based in Jaipur, Rajasthan and Delhi. we plan the trip to India.
We all Indian are very proud on your success. You are the true leader of the world.
May you go places in your life.
With best wishes,
Sheesh
Jyoti Kuamr Mahajan // May 23, 2009 at 6:39 am |
Dear Rashmi,
I have no idea what you have done but i am wishing you for your appearance as one of top 10 CEOs.
Actually if you have some thing in mind in which you can involve me either in India or USA, that will be great as my business with USA has become Zero in last two years in Garments and I am desperately looking for some business proposal or job for survival.
hope you wl do something for me.
my id is jyoti@svjindia.com and number is +919810063449
Bye/ Jyoti
Sumitra // July 22, 2009 at 9:34 am |
Hello Rashmi
I work in the search marketing industry as an Account Director and found slideshare offering me a world of knowedge…U are an inspiration to women around the world like me and keep the good work up…its great to see what u have created…
vinod // July 26, 2009 at 3:21 am |
Dear Rashmi,
Read about you and your acievements in the recent issue of SPAN.Congratures for your innovative enterpriseof slideshare.
Would you inform me how can we make use of the slideshare for making the powerpoint presentations of academic nature and teaching more effective.
vinod nautiyal
Sathyan Govindan // July 27, 2009 at 8:46 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
I am one of the very many users of your wonderful creation. Thanks to you, the business world has become a better & less complicated place
All the best
Sathyan
OoTheNigerian // July 29, 2009 at 9:44 pm |
Just a little typo on the fist line of the Short bio. It says confounder. I am assuming you wanted to say co founder.
shivam // August 11, 2009 at 12:10 pm |
Great Job Rashimi.
Keep it up
Thanks
CA MAYUR GUPTA // August 20, 2009 at 9:18 am |
Dear Rashmi Ji,
I joined the Slideshare website today only. I found it very very useful.
I appreciates your efforts.
I am a practicing as Chartered Accountant for the last five year at Delhi.
Warm Regards
CA. MAYUR GUPTA
Venkatarama Sharma // September 13, 2009 at 10:21 pm |
Hi!
I came across your blog while googling for a solution to associating file types (.doc, .xls, etc) with a Star Office install on my Asus Eee PC.
I was keen on your actual verdict on MS Office versus Star Office which you have given a link on your December 2002 blog entry.
Unfortunately clicking on “Read More” gives a 404 error.
Read about Slideshare earlier in tech news but gotto check it only now.
COOL! :)))
Wonder about the long gap after December 2002 in between your blogging entries. Hmmm…. ;)
Take care,
Venky
Jay // September 14, 2009 at 11:14 pm |
You’re a success story, that must be read once in life!
Good work Rashmi :)
Gautam Chaudhury // September 21, 2009 at 4:52 am |
Hi Rashmi,
I am one of the many users of your creation . Kudos on this idea it is indeed very resourceful and helpful. I am intersted to be u r India contact.I am a MBA from USA & a HR professional with varied Industries experience.
Gautam Chaudhury
Gautam Chaudhury // September 21, 2009 at 4:53 am |
Rasmi,
Hi, U can contact me in my email Id, I cansend my CV.pl give me an opportunity to make a difference.
Gautam Chaudhury
00919937044148
babuni47@yahoo.com
fine arts // October 3, 2009 at 7:01 pm |
Hi Rashmi,
Keep up the good work….
pinaldave // October 5, 2009 at 2:43 am |
Hi Rashmi,
I accidentally came on this page. Keep up the good work. Very interesting.
Your idea about book is very interesting.
Kind Regards,
Pinal
Flavio Freitas // October 15, 2009 at 11:43 pm |
I accidentally accses this page. I like very much .
Your idea about your hystory of succes is great. Congratulations.
Kind regards
Flavio Freitas
Electronic Engenier for Steel Industry
Gerdau Group
Fortaleza City
Ceará- Brazil
B // November 5, 2009 at 8:27 pm |
Hi Sister Rashmi,
Please see: http://twitter.com/Amenamen
Help Us spread His Living Word…
And Thanks SO Much… <
Hari K T // November 6, 2009 at 5:09 pm |
Its great to see people like you .
Have a great day and good luck .
Aarthi // November 23, 2009 at 10:11 am |
Hi Rashmi, Didnt know that Slideshare is the baby of a women entrepreneur.Great to know this , congratulations.
We are also a social initiative run by women for women.Gharkamai.com is a portal connecting stay-at-home qualified women professionals with businesses hiring professionals for their freelance,part time, work from home or project based work .We enable women to take up projects completely working from home or with minimal onsite presence.It is a free to use portal for both employers and job seekers.Please do visit us.Thanks,Aarti
Bindu S Nair // November 24, 2009 at 11:06 am |
SLideshare is a brilliant idea!
Jay Nair // November 30, 2009 at 5:42 am |
Rashmi,
Saw your name in the INC magazine while waiting for my car fixed.
Checking out this site out of curiosity.
Jay
Phil Davies // December 3, 2009 at 5:31 am |
Hello,
My name is Phil Davies from mytrafficgoals.com which is a search engine optimization company. While carrying out some searches today I came across your website rashmisinha.com and wanted to contact you to discuss the possibility of an indirect link exchange.
A client of mine has engaged my services to improve their website’s search engine rankings by exchanging links with sites like yours. Your website’s search engine ranking can also benefit from the exchange and there is no cost at all to you as my client is paying me for my services.
If you would like further information, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
–
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Search Consultant – My Traffic Goals
e: phil@mytrafficgoals.com
SKMurphy » Lean Startups Panel at SVASE Oct 29 in SF // December 21, 2009 at 6:28 am |
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Ramesh // December 23, 2009 at 11:35 am |
It’s great to see you people in the internet.. Keep active
Ramesh
Bithika Mehra // January 15, 2010 at 7:43 am |
Absolutely love slideshare. Great resource! Kudos!
Mayur Milan // January 29, 2010 at 5:35 am |
Hi Rashmi,
It was really nice to have found you since we have been using you product for so long.
Feels good to know the person behind your product.
Was hoping to connect with you on linkedin as well.
My email id is mayurmilan@gmail.com
Thank You.
Kapil Arora // February 5, 2010 at 2:30 pm |
Dear Rashmi
Awesome website “SlideShare”. It feels very proud to see so much creative ideas and efforts for mankind from persons like you.
Given these comments after spending ONLY 2 MINUTES on your website.
I could not control congratulating you before using your website :-)