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'''Rashmi Sinha''' is an [[Indian-American]] businesswoman and [[CEO]] of [[San Francisco|San Francisco-based]] technology company [[Slideshare|SlideShare]]. In 2012, ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' named her No. 8 on its [[Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs#Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs 2012|Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs]] list. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.<ref name="worldstopten"/>
'''Rashmi Sinha''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] businesswoman and [[CEO]] of [[San Francisco|San Francisco-based]] technology company [[SlideShare]]. In 2012, ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' named her No. 8 on its [[Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs#Fortune Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs 2012|Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs]] list. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in [[Web 2.0]] by ''[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]''.<ref name="worldstopten"/> In January 2015, [[The Economic Times]] listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/global-indian-women-top-20-india-born-globally-successful-women-from-business-and-arts/articleshow/45745323.cms |title=Global Indian Women: Top 20 India-born & globally successful women from business and arts |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=5 January 2015 |accessdate=30 November 2017}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
== Early life and education ==
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Rashmi Sinha was born in [[Lucknow]], [[India]], grew up in India, and earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology at [[Brown University]]. There, Rashmi took computer science courses with [[Andy van Dam]], so she had some exposure to the HCI (human-computer interaction) way of thinking. She took a course in designing educational software. Rashmi Sinha went to [[University of California, Berkeley]] for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.
Sinha was born in [[Lucknow]], [[India]].


She also earned an M.A. and a B.A. in Psychology from [[Allahabad University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://asiainc500.com/meet-rashmi-sinha-founder-of-slideshare/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=asiainc500.com}}</ref>
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Rashmi grew up in India and earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology at [[Brown University]]. There, Rashmi took computer science courses with [[Andy van Dam]], so she had some exposure to the HCI (human-computer interaction) way of thinking. She took a course in designing educational software. Rashmi Sinha went to [[University of California, Berkeley]] for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.


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== Business career ==
She has done PhD in Psychology from Brown University. She has done M.A. in Psychology and B.A. from [[Allahabad University]].
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She then left academia at the University of California to start her own user-experience consultancy. 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.{{fact|date=December 2022}}


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Simultaneously, Rashmi and her husband, with the help of her older brother Amit Ranjan, built SlideShare, a site for people to share presentations online, in just six months. Since its launch in 2006, more than 9 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare, helping professionals connect through content. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for over $100 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=100000000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rashmi Sinha, brother Amit Ranjan sell world's largest slide-sharing site SlideShare to LinkedIn.com for Rs 640 cr|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/rashmi-sinha-brother-amit-ranjan-sell-worlds-largest-slide-sharing-site-slideshare-to-linkedin-com-for-rs-640-cr/articleshow/13001307.cms|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref><ref name="rashmisinha.com">{{cite web |url=http://rashmisinha.com/about/ |title=About |date=30 November 2008 |website=Rashmisinha.com |accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
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==Business career==
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She then left academia at the University of California to start her own user-experience consultancy. 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.


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== Personal life ==
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Simultaneously, Rashmi and her husband, with the help of her older brother Amit Ranjan, built SlideShare, a site for people to share presentations online, in just six months.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Online Presentation Service by Rashmi Sinha |url=http://www.eyerys.com/articles/people/online-presentation-service-rashmi-sinha |publisher=Eyerys.com |accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref> Since its launch in 2006, more than 9 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare, helping professionals connect through content. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for over $100 million in 2012.<ref name="rashmisinha.com">{{cite web|url=http://rashmisinha.com/about/|title=About|date=30 November 2008|website=Rashmisinha.com|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
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Sinha is married to Jonathan Boutelle, who is the co-founder and [[Chief technology officer]] of [[SlideShare]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gannes |first=Liz |title=LinkedIn Buys SlideShare For $119M While Beating Earnings Expectations |url=http://www.mobile-apps-news.com/linkedin-buys-slideshare-for-119m-while-beating-earnings-expectations |accessdate=28 May 2012 |newspaper=Mobile Apps News |date=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Angie |title=Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder |url=http://www.women2.com/female-founders-to-watch-literally-married-to-your-co-founder/ |accessdate=28 May 2012 |date=4 May 2012}}</ref> They live in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sinha |first=Rashmi |title=About |url=http://rashmisinha.com/about/ |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref>
Sinha had 2 sons Rohan Boutelle and Vikram Boutelle who are twins who were born in the year 2012.


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In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.<ref name="worldstopten">{{cite web |url=http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |title=SlideShare - Founders |accessdate=12 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711042957/http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |archivedate=11 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=The Indian Express Limited |title=Indian-origin Rashmi Sinha in Playboy's 'sexiest CEOs' list |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indianorigin-rashmi-sinha-in-playboys-sexiest-ceos-list/463784/ |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=23 May 2009}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
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Sinha is married to [[Jonathan Boutelle]], who is the co-founder and [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of [[SlideShare]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gannes|first=Liz|title=LinkedIn Buys SlideShare For $119M While Beating Earnings Expectations|url=http://www.mobile-apps-news.com/linkedin-buys-slideshare-for-119m-while-beating-earnings-expectations|accessdate=28 May 2012|newspaper=Mobile Apps News|date=3 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Angie|title=Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder|url=http://www.women2.com/female-founders-to-watch-literally-married-to-your-co-founder/|accessdate=28 May 2012|date=4 May 2012}}</ref> They live in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=Rashmi|title=About|url=http://rashmisinha.com/about/|accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref>


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== Management philosophy ==
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In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.<ref name="worldstopten">{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |title=Archived copy |accessdate=June 12, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140711042957/http://www.slideshare.net/about/foundingteam |archivedate=July 11, 2014 }}</ref>
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Rashmi writes about social software and entrepreneurship at her blog; 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.<ref name="rashmisinha.com" />


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== See also ==
In 2009, ''[[Playboy Magazine]]'' named her one of America's Top 10 "Sexiest" CEOs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboys-sexiest-ceos-list/index.html?page=2 |title=America's Sexiest CEOs - Playboy - Sexiest Women - Free Pic Gallery |date=15 June 2009 |website=Web.archive.org |accessdate=10 June 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615101902/http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboys-sexiest-ceos-list/index.html?page=2 |archivedate=June 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
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* [[List of Indian Americans]]
|title = Indian-origin Rashmi Sinha in Playboy’s ‘sexiest CEOs’ list
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==Management philosophy==
Sinha tries to get to the office about 9:30 or 10am every morning and the first thing she does is check her e-mails. As she checks her e-mails she tries to make sure there isn’t anything that is so important that it needs here attention as soon as possible. She tries her best to answer all the emails immediately. She states “If I don’t, I’m spending my time twice. Once when I see the email, and again when I reply to it later on. And then in between, it’s occupying mental space.” Every Monday morning her office starts with a “scrum meeting” which she says is like a “rugby huddle everyone in a circle. Each person has a few minutes to say three things: what you did last week, what you’d like to do today, and what you need from somebody else to do at work. Jon places a stuffed cow in the center of the huddle. Whoever the cow is facing goes first. The scrum lasts 10 to 15 minutes, tops and gives me a good overview of what everyone is working on. We have scrum meetings two or three times a week. Slideshare’s work environment is laid back to keep the workers upbeat and open-minded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110401/the-way-i-work-rashmi-sinha-of-slideshare.html|title=The Way I Work: Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare|date=1 April 2011|website=Inc.com|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>

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Rashmi writes about social software and entrepreneurship at her blog; 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.<ref name="rashmisinha.com"/>

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==See also==
*[[List of Indian Americans]]

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==External links==
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*[http://www.slideshare.net/ SlideShare]
* [http://www.slideshare.net/ SlideShare]
*[http://rashmisinha.com/ Rashmi's Blog]
* [http://rashmisinha.com/ Rashmi's Blog]
*[http://www.designerfounders.com/interviews/rashmi-sinha/ Rashmi's Interview]
* [http://www.designerfounders.com/interviews/rashmi-sinha/ Rashmi's Interview]
* [http://awebmaster.net/top-women-online/#Rashmi_Sinha Rashmi Sinha]


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Latest revision as of 22:23, 10 February 2024

For the cancer researcher, see Rashmi Sinha (epidemiologist).
Rashmi Sinha
Sinha at LinkedIn, 2012
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationBrown University
Alma materAllahabad University
Occupation(s)Businesswoman, CEO
EmployerSlideShare
SpouseJonathan Boutelle
AwardsMost Powerful Women Entrepreneurs (Fortune)
WebsiteSlideShare

Rashmi Sinha is an Indian businesswoman and CEO of San Francisco-based technology company SlideShare. In 2012, Fortune named her No. 8 on its Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs list. In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.[1] In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Rashmi Sinha was born in Lucknow, India, grew up in India, and earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology at Brown University. There, Rashmi took computer science courses with Andy van Dam, so she had some exposure to the HCI (human-computer interaction) way of thinking. She took a course in designing educational software. Rashmi Sinha went to University of California, Berkeley for a postdoc where she switched her focus to human-computer interaction.

She also earned an M.A. and a B.A. in Psychology from Allahabad University.[3]

Business career[edit]

She then left academia at the University of California to start her own user-experience consultancy. 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.[citation needed]

Simultaneously, Rashmi and her husband, with the help of her older brother Amit Ranjan, built SlideShare, a site for people to share presentations online, in just six months. Since its launch in 2006, more than 9 million presentations have been uploaded to SlideShare, helping professionals connect through content. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare for over $100 million (~$131 million in 2023) in 2012.[4][5]

Personal life[edit]

Sinha is married to Jonathan Boutelle, who is the co-founder and Chief technology officer of SlideShare.[6][7] They live in San Francisco.[8] Sinha had 2 sons Rohan Boutelle and Vikram Boutelle who are twins who were born in the year 2012.

In 2008, Rashmi was named one of the World's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by Fast Company.[1][9]

Management philosophy[edit]

Rashmi writes about social software and entrepreneurship at her blog; 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.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "SlideShare - Founders". Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Global Indian Women: Top 20 India-born & globally successful women from business and arts". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ^ "StackPath". asiainc500.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Rashmi Sinha, brother Amit Ranjan sell world's largest slide-sharing site SlideShare to LinkedIn.com for Rs 640 cr". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "About". Rashmisinha.com. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ Gannes, Liz (3 May 2012). "LinkedIn Buys SlideShare For $119M While Beating Earnings Expectations". Mobile Apps News. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  7. ^ Chang, Angie (4 May 2012). "Female Founders To Watch: Literally Married To Your Co-Founder". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  8. ^ Sinha, Rashmi. "About". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Indian-origin Rashmi Sinha in Playboy's 'sexiest CEOs' list". The Indian Express Limited. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

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