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@robsiegel
Talks about Stanford Graduate School of Business, The Industrialist’s Dilemma and Systems Leadership
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Robert Siegel
Lecturer in Management - Stanford Graduate School of Business, Venture Investor, Author The Brains and Brawn Company
Portola Valley, California
Overview
Robert Siegel is a Lecturer in Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, a Venture Investor, and the author of The Brains and Brawn Company. With experience as a General Partner at XSeed Capital and investments in companies like Avochato and Zipline Medical, Siegel has a strong track record in venture capital and strategic advisory roles.
Work Experience
Lecturer in Management
2011 - Current
Courses Currently Taught: * Systems Leadership - S302 * Financial Management for Entrepreneurs - GSBGEN 392 * Corporations, Finance and Governance in the Global Economy - F207 Courses Previously Taught: * The Industrialist's Dilemma - S520 * Strategies of Effective Product Management - S309 * Entrepreneurial Finance - F373 * Businesses & Government: Power and Engagement in the 21st Century World - GSBGEN 593 * Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation - S371 and S571 * Formation of New Ventures - S353 Awards: * Case Centre Award Entrepreneurship Category Winner - AB InBev: Brewing an Innovation Strategy (2019) * Case Centre Award Entrepreneurship Category Winner - Axel Springer in 2014: Strategic Leadership of the Digital Media Transformation (2017) * MBA Class of 1973 Lecturer for 2016-2017
Venture Partner
2019
General Partner
2008
XSeed Capital provides capital resources for entrepreneurs to build differentiated technology start-ups.
Member of the Supervisory Board
2023
Chairman, Nomination and Compensation Committee
Member of the Industry Advisory Board
2017 - 2022
Traffic.com believe that we are a leading provider of accurate, real-time traffic information in the United States.
Raised $19,000,000.00 from Columbia Partners Private Capital.
Special Advisor
2024
NTT Data specializes in SAP services for enterprises and offers IT consultation, application and cloud management, and SAP implementation.
Member of the Board of Directors
2015
Avochato is a mobile messaging platform designed for customer relationship management.
Raised $5,870,000.00 from Amity Ventures, Sarah Kunst, Josh Jones, XSeed Capital, Jonathan Swanson, Michael Stoppelman, Gaingels, Mike Ghaffary, Base Ventures and Jake Zeller.
Member of the Board of Directors
2022
FindMine is the leading solution for generating "on-brand" content in the retail industry - seen by over 100M shoppers/month
Raised $10,609,578.00 from Hydra, XRC Ventures, Vikas Gupta, RevTech Ventures, Frazier Capital, PJC, Amplifyher Ventures, Grayhawk Capital and Sarah Veit Wallis.
Chairman, Strategic Advisory Board
2012
Member of the Board Of Advisors
2017
Tulco is a structured as a holding company that was established to disrupt large sectors of the economy.
Investor
2016