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Sascha Eder of NewtonX on how to deal with “unexpected situations”
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…
Xfund
Apr 16, 2023
What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from Uvaro answers that question
What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from ...
What does a successful career look like? Money? Promotions? Accolades?
Xfund
Apr 10, 2023
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel of Pomelo is empowering customers to “act as the Chief Financial Officer of…
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel of Pomelo is empowering customers to “act a...
Eric Velasquez Frenkiel is the founder and CEO of Pomelo, the first financial technology platform to combine consumer credit and remittance…
Xfund
Sep 6, 2022
How Audrey Li helped build the premier collegiate capital partner
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…
Xfund
May 26, 2022
Rhonda Shrader says that the best founders “do not expect to have everything wrapped up in a nice…
Rhonda Shrader says that the best founders “do not expect to have e...
Xfund advisor Rhonda Shrader has spent much of her career founding and leading biotech, health tech, and retail startups. Now, she’s living…
Xfund
May 22, 2022
Martin Chavez wants us to “face the tiger”
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…
Xfund
Apr 4, 2022
Amrita Saigal of Kudos doesn’t mind if you steal her idea: “the idea is such a small part of it.”
Amrita Saigal of Kudos doesn’t mind if you steal her idea: “the ide...
Amrita is the founder and CEO of Kudos, the sustainable disposable diaper made with a 100% cotton liner and plant-based materials. A…
Xfund
Mar 22, 2022
Dean Frank Doyle is building a whole new kind of engineering school
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…
Xfund
Feb 16, 2022
Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe says “you have to stick to things” to be successful
Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe says “you have to stick to things” to be s...
Only three years after the human genome was sequenced, Anne Wojcicki co-founded 23andMe — and kickstarted the personal genomics industry…
Xfund
Feb 7, 2022
Why acclaimed investor Jim Breyer spends his time at the world’s great universities
Why acclaimed investor Jim Breyer spends his time at the world’s gr...
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…
Xfund
Jan 24, 2022
Entrepreneur and Professor Mike Smith is keeping America’s oldest university young
Entrepreneur and Professor Mike Smith is keeping America’s oldest u...
With his long career in both academia and industry, Xfund Advisor Mike Smith brings a singularly valuable perspective to his work with…
Xfund
Jan 17, 2022
How Claudia Laurie of Prive took lessons from Uber into E-commerce
How Claudia Laurie of Prive took lessons from Uber into E-commerce
Claudia Laurie is the co-founder of Prive, where she and her co-founder, Alex Craciun, are helping D2C brands build sustainable recurring…
Xfund
Jan 11, 2022
Tom Eisenmann of Harvard Business School explains why companies fail
Tom Eisenmann of Harvard Business School explains why companies fail
Tom Eisenmann’s contributions to the Harvard entrepreneurial ecosystem are hard to overstate. He’s the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of…
Xfund
Jan 3, 2022
Andrew McCollum of Philo is re-inventing television
Andrew McCollum of Philo is re-inventing television
The Xfund-Philo relationship is a special one because it dates to the earliest days of both companies: Philo was the first company that…
Xfund
Nov 29, 2021
Anada Lakra of BoldVoice wants you to be heard
Anada Lakra of BoldVoice wants you to be heard
Anada Lakra is the co-founder and CEO of BoldVoice, a speech and accent coaching app for non-native English speakers. Plenty of language…
Xfund
Nov 15, 2021
Harvard’s Manny Contomanolis says entrepreneurship is a mindset
Harvard’s Manny Contomanolis says entrepreneurship is a mindset
As a strong supporter of student entrepreneurship, Xfund works closely with the Harvard Office of Career Services (OCS), which provides…
Xfund
Nov 4, 2021
Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar wants you to zigzag through life
Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar wants you to zigzag t...
Xfund’s brilliant faculty advisors bring a diversity of experiences and expertise to their roles — and Debora Spar’s career is more varied…
Xfund
Oct 24, 2021
George Guarnieri talks about running the world’s largest student-run company
George Guarnieri talks about running the world’s largest student-ru...
The Boston community has a unique resource in Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), a nonprofit corporation that gives Harvard students the…
Xfund
Oct 19, 2021
Harry Lewis remembers what Gates and Zuckerberg were like in school
Harry Lewis remembers what Gates and Zuckerberg were like in school
Xfund’s close relationship with Harvard makes it uniquely fortunate to have an array of distinguished faculty advisors, including Harry…
Xfund
Oct 8, 2021
Xfund’s Jadyn Bryden wants to invest in others
Xfund’s Jadyn Bryden wants to invest in others
In the second part of our conversation, Jadyn returns to discuss the joys and challenges of her work, equity for women and people of color…
Xfund
Sep 1, 2021
Xfund’s Jadyn Bryden talks about GenZ in VC
Xfund’s Jadyn Bryden talks about GenZ in VC
Jadyn Bryden is a Vice President at Xfund. She first came to the firm on a part-time basis during her senior year at Harvard and has been…
Xfund
Aug 26, 2021
Bob Pozen thinks you’re the CEO of your own Business of One
Bob Pozen thinks you’re the CEO of your own Business of One
Xfund is blessed with a group of distinguished faculty advisors, including Robert C. Pozen, who is also a venture partner with the fund.
Xfund
Jun 14, 2021
Ben Fischer talks about starting a company as a Stanford sophomore
Ben Fischer talks about starting a company as a Stanford sophomore
Ben Fischer is the founder of Lighthouse, a social app that allows users to broadcast to their friends that they’re free for a call — no…
Xfund
May 24, 2021
Raymond Wang and Eugenio Donati of AeroVect made airport vehicles drive themselves with under $200k
Raymond Wang and Eugenio Donati of AeroVect made airport vehicles d...
Raymond Wang and Eugenio Donati are co-founders of AeroVect, one of the most recent companies to join Xfund. AeroVect develops autonomous…
Xfund
May 8, 2021
How Tom Lemberg of Curebase opened clinical trials to everyone
How Tom Lemberg of Curebase opened clinical trials to everyone
Tom Lemberg is the founder and CEO of Curebase, a software platform that powers decentralized clinical trials. The company’s solution…
Xfund
May 4, 2021
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