One of our goals at XSeed is to invest in entrepreneurs who pursue risky, paradigm changing ideas to solve big problems that seem intractable using established approaches. Rapid, cost-effective diagnosis and data-guided treatment of antibiotic resistant diseases is one such problem – causing about 25,000 deaths and over 2 million illnesses a year in the U.S. alone, with new,
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This article originally appeared August 7, 2015 on the Stanford Graduate School of Business website, featuring XSeed Partner Robert Siegel.
As a partner at XSeed Capital, an early-stage investment firm in Silicon Valley, Robert Siegel knows how quickly poor management of human resources can sink a fledging business.
“The single largest
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This XSeed blog was written by Executive-in-Residence, Mike Hoefflinger, and originally appeared on VentureBeat.
Silicon Valley has remained the innovation engine of the world since its consumer beginnings in 1977. After that first wave of innovation, when the Apple II and the Atari VCS/2600 debuted, we’ve been through two more waves of innovation. The second
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This article originally appeared June 18, 2015 on the Stanford Graduate School of Business Tumblr blog, featuring XSeed Partner Alan Chiu.
“Winning teams pull together people with complementary strengths,” emphasized XSeed Capital Partner Alan Chiu (MSx ‘11) in a recent entrepreneurship talk at Stanford School of Engineering. Chiu shared advice for how engineering and business
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This XSeed blog was written by former Principal, Marcelo Manjon, and originally appeared on Network World.
The spate of high profile cyberattacks have raised the awareness of cybersecurity to the board level and encouraged venture capitalists to pour money into this sector. In 2013 the industry received $1.7 billion of VC money across 240 deals,
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XSeed Capital is thrilled with the acquisition of CirroSecure by Palo Alto Networks (PANW), which was announced today by both companies. When we first met co-founders Vikrant Karvir and Nishant Doshi 18 months ago, we were extremely impressed with their understanding of the security landscape and their strategy to differentiate in a crowded market segment. CirroSecure’s tenacious focus
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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 article originally appeared April 18, 2015 on the Stanford Graduate School of Business Tumblr blog, featuring XSeed Partner Alan Chiu.
What does it take to be a product manager?
XSeed Capital Partner Alan Chiu (MSx ‘11) kicked off his Stanford GSB talk, “Career Pathways in Product Management,” by first exploring the definition
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In his Formation of New Ventures class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, XSeed Partner Robert Siegel discussed the changing landscape of investing with AngelList COO Kevin Laws and VP of Fundraising Products Ash Fontana. AngelList was created in 2010 to help entrepreneurs recruit talent, get startup advice, and connect with potential investors online. You can view the engaging
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Did you know that XSeed Partner Robert Siegel is also on faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business?
Robert teaches Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, Formation of New Ventures and Entrepreneurial Finance. In these classes he has led research and written cases on companies including Google, Box, AngelList, SurveyMonkey, Zuora, Minted,
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