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Sascha Eder of NewtonX on how to deal with “unexpected situations”
Business decisions need to be informed by high-quality data, but obtaining that data can be arduous. Whether it’s finding experts in a…
What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from Uvaro answers that question
What does a successful career look like? Money? Promotions? Accolades?
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel of Pomelo is empowering customers to “act as the Chief Financial Officer of…
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel is the founder and CEO of Pomelo, the first financial technology platform to combine consumer credit and remittance…
How Audrey Li helped build the premier collegiate capital partner
MIT undergraduate Audrey Li is the CEO of Collegiate Capital Partners, a student-led investment advisory firm that connects the venture…
Rhonda Shrader says that the best founders “do not expect to have everything wrapped up in a nice…
Xfund advisor Rhonda Shrader has spent much of her career founding and leading biotech, health tech, and retail startups. Now, she’s living…
Martin Chavez wants us to “face the tiger”
Martin Chavez has been a disruptor throughout his career, which has seen him move nimbly from academia to Silicon Valley to Wall Street and…
Amrita Saigal of Kudos doesn’t mind if you steal her idea: “the idea is such a small part of it.”
Amrita is the founder and CEO of Kudos, the sustainable disposable diaper made with a 100% cotton liner and plant-based materials. A…
Dean Frank Doyle is building a whole new kind of engineering school
Xfund has a natural ally in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), led by Dean Frank Doyle. Frank…
Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe says “you have to stick to things” to be successful
Only three years after the human genome was sequenced, Anne Wojcicki co-founded 23andMe — and kickstarted the personal genomics industry…
Why acclaimed investor Jim Breyer spends his time at the world’s great universities
Xfund is fortunate to count acclaimed investor Jim Breyer as a long-time supporter of the fund. Jim is known for being an early investor in…
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