It’s Not Even Financial
This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Fortune.
A common challenge that many companies face at some point is the issue of too much financial debt, which when used properly can be managed as an instrument to help a company
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This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Tech City News.
Much has been said in the aftermath of the UK’s referendum on EU membership about the potential impact of the outcome in favour of ‘Leave’ on the technology startup scene in the UK.
In particular, there
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This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Medium.
When the e-mail came in from a former Intel colleague that Andy Grove had passed away, I was caught completely off guard. While I had seen Parkinson’s Disease take many of Andy’s physical faculties, I did not expect him to
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Industrialist’s Dilemma — Session 9
This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Medium.
As we entered our final class session for the quarter we tackled one last industry dealing with astronomical changes — the movie and television sectors of the media industry. Similar to
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Industrialist’s Dilemma — Session 7
This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Medium.
We had hoped that when we arrived to this section of the course we would get to see differences between “disruptors” and “disruptees” that were simultaneously substantive and subtle in nature.
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Industrialist’s Dilemma — Session 5
This article was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Medium.
This week the class transitioned from the “disruptors” to the “disruptees,” and gave us the opportunity to speak with our first guest on how his large industrial era firm is coping
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This XSeed blog was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on VentureBeat.
At XSeed Capital we are introduced to over 500+ new startup opportunities every year, and we directly meet or talk to 150–200 of these companies. In this context, I am sometimes asked what is the “biggest mistake” that a
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This XSeed blog was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on TechCrunch.
I am watching my oldest child explore where she will want to attend university when she completes her final year of high school. This past month my wife and daughter drove through six different states and looked at over
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This XSeed blog was written by XSeed Capital Partner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared on Forbes.
One of my favorite writers, Rick Reilly, penned a great column in 1995 entitled, Unwritten Rules. The piece laid out many of the great “known” rules of sports –things that athletes know to
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This XSeed blog was written by XSeed CapitalPartner, Robert Siegel, and originally appeared in The Accelerators blog of the Wall Street Journal.
One of the biggest challenges of technology businesses is maintaining a consistent focus on the critical activities that will help grow a company as quickly and sustainably as possible.
When a
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