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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…

8 min readApr 16, 2023

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Sascha Eder of NewtonX on how to deal with “unexpected situations”

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What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from Uvaro answers that question

What does a successful career look like? Money? Promotions? Accolades?

7 min readApr 10, 2023

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What’s job success: money, promotions, accolades? Joseph Fung from Uvaro answers that question

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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…

5 min readSep 6, 2022

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Eric Velasquez Frenkiel of Pomelo is empowering customers to “act as the Chief Financial Officer of…

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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…

6 min readMay 27, 2022

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How Audrey Li helped build the premier collegiate capital partner

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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…

6 min readMay 23, 2022

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Rhonda Shrader says that the best founders “do not expect to have everything wrapped up in a nice…

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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…

8 min readApr 4, 2022

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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…

9 min readMar 22, 2022

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Amrita Saigal of Kudos doesn’t mind if you steal her idea: “the idea is such a small part of it.”

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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…

7 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Dean Frank Doyle is building a whole new kind of engineering school

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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…

7 min readFeb 7, 2022

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Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe says “you have to stick to things” to be successful

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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…

7 min readJan 24, 2022

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Why acclaimed investor Jim Breyer spends his time at the world’s great universities

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