Ruchi Sanghvi: From Facebook to facing the unknown #INKtalks

http://www.INKtalks.com Ruchi Sanghvi, Facebook's first female engineer, decided early on to follow her intuition rather than let fear or convention dictate her decisions. From joining Facebook, to building Facebook Newsfeed, to quitting Facebook and embarking on her own startup, Sanghvi has continuously defied--and then surpassed--expectations. Her startup, Cove, was acquired soon after she gave this talk.

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ABOUT RUCHI SANGHVI: Sanghvi is the Founder and CEO of Cove - a stealth internet startup based in Silicon Valley. Prior to starting her own company, Sanghvi was the first female engineer at Facebook, and was instrumental in leading product and strategy for key features like News Feed, Privacy, Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect. Sanghvi is also an active investor and advisor to technology startups.

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[axomiadesi]

Indian women are exceptionally brilliant in their respective fields. I have firsthand knowledge since my sister-in-law is an excellent Indian doctor by profession…

[Preethy Padmanabhan]

Ruchi, your talk is truly inspiring. Your words went straight to my heart. I aspire to get on stage one day and tell my story of overcoming fear of failure and pursuing passions!

[Niti Vaidya]

No words for you!!! you are ultimate!!!

[ChloeParker123]

truly inspirational!



[DelMarSportsCamp]

A courageous women. What a wonderful story!

[viveknanda1]

And isn't she successful, Cove brought by Dropbox and Ruchi is the new VP-Operations at the moment at Dropbox! Awesome, you lady inspires so many I hope Women especially the Indian Women take a leaf out of your booklet. Cheers to Ruchi!

[Boda Naveen]

Awesome. Ruchi.

[hakeem saquafi]

thanks................. good

[johnvit12]

"..and the hardest battle is fighting your own psychology"

So so true!

[rohitsancheti4u]

all the best Ruchi

[Amrita Govekar]

Thanks a lot for such a wonderful speech :)

[vikram chatterji]

What an inspiring lady! Way to go !