This article was written by XSeed Partner, Robert Siegel, and appeared in the Industrialist’s Dilemma.
When we first met Jim Murren and the leadership team of MGM Resorts, we were struck by the sheer physical size and scope of the MGM experience. The hotels are big, the shows are big, the casinos
This article was written by XSeed Partner, Robert Siegel and appeared in The Industrialist’s Dilemma.
As we proceed through the third year of The Industrialist’s Dilemma, the teaching team is beginning to see new trends emerge within the short time horizon of our course to date.
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This article was written by XSeed Partner, Robert Siegel and appeared in The Industrialist’s Dilemma.
We kicked off the first of six new guests in this year’s version of The Industrialist’s Dilemma with Logan Green, Co-Founder and CEO of Lyft. Logan shared his insights and a vision of the future of mobility as we
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This blog was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel.
Being the CEO of an entrepreneurial venture is unbelievably hard. Not only are odds wildly stacked against one’s success, but unlike in a normal job, the CEO does not have anyone telling him or her what to do. Of course, many people tell the CEO what they
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This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel and former Chairman and CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt. It originally appeared on Medium.
Much has been written about the frame-breaking changes taking place in industrial markets driven by the combination of hardware and software products newly available to customers. From mobility to
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This week’s Timely Discussions was written by XSeed Partner, Robert Siegel.
Two key news items caught our attention this week — Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to “fix Facebook” in 2018 and Apple’s being confronted by activist investors to make the iPhone safer for children. When combined with the younger generation’s lack of using Facebook and increasing
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This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review and was co-authored by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, co-founder and CEO of Box, Aaron Levie, and general manager of SAP.io, Maxwell Wessel.
When most of the great companies of the industrial era were founded, even the most brilliant economists believed deeply in the law
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Click to play this video in which XSeed Capital Partner Robert Siegel talks with Jeff Frick after moderating the #GSBfutureofinnovation panel at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review and was co-authored by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, co-founder and CEO of Box, Aaron Levie, and general manager of SAP.io, Maxwell Wessel.
As automation and digitization transform the economy, well-resourced incumbents in industry after industry are losing out to upstarts. Traditional retailers that have entered the
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This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on VentureBeat.
One of the most exciting things about Silicon Valley is that it constantly reinvents itself. The development of new technologies and products serves a fundamental role in the cycle of Schumpeterian creative-destruction that drives those in
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