How SlideShare Went From 0 To 32 Mil Unique Viewers Per Month – With Rashmi Sinha

Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare, Indian Founders, International Founders, Scaling, Women Founders

Unlike the other ideas they were kicking around, Rashmi Sinha knew SlideShare was going to be a hit. She knew it as soon as her cofounder (and husband) pitched it to her. At conferences they noticed there wasn’t an easy way for presenters to share their PowerPoint presentations online. So why not build a site that makes sharing presentations as easy as sharing photos and videos?

It was a simple idea with an obvious need. But how do you take a mere idea and build it into a company that reaches 32 million people per month? That’s what you’ll learn in this program.

Rashmi Sinha

SlideShare

Rashmi Sinha is the co-founder of SlideShare, a business media site for sharing presentations, documents and pdfs.

 

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