Posts Categorized: From the CEO’s desk

4 years of SlideShare

Four years ago, on October 4th 2006, we had just launched a few hours ago and were trying to keep up with the avalanche of users joining SlideShare. We realized even in the first hours that SlideShare struck a chord with users – so many people joined immediately and started …
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Share your professional videos on SlideShare

Till now, SlideShare has been primarily for presentations. Yes, we accept whitepapers and regular ol’ documents as well, but presentations have a special place in our heart.

The question that many of you have been asking is: “What about my video talks, webinars, screencasts and demos? They are scattered all …
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The most viral B2B report ever

Viral and B2B are two words that don’t together. Or so you would think. But our friends at Altimeter just disproved that old adage with their latest upload.

Andy Sernovitz over on the “Damn, I wish I thought of that” blog, analyzes how the most recent report from Altimeter …
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Anouncing the Series Seed channel on SlideShare

Term sheets can be a confusing array of terms, especially for first time entrepreneurs. Given the rise of angel funders and small rounds, it makes a lot of sense to standardize terms and documents for the funding. Additionally, the cost of a Series A can run upwards of $50,000.

Ted …
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Identifying users who are spamming the Zeitgeist

As SlideShare has grown, it has attracted more people. Not surprisingly, it has also attracted some spammers. On looking closer into it, we realize that there are different types of spam.

One is the drive-by spammer who uploads some spammy content and leaves. Its relatively easy to identify this and …
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SlideShare Business : A new way to connect with customers

For some time, we have observed that many of you use SlideShare for your business, from a one-person consulting shop to small company to large corporation. Our site surveys confirm this, most of you use SlideShare for your business, in one way or the other.

Today, we are launching a …
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