On this quiet Saturday morning, I find myself thinking a lot about Doug. A few days ago, I arrived early at a hotel before a breakfast with my friend, James Cooke. I was hanging out in the lobby. Out of the corner of my eye, something looked odd. I saw an older man in a
Author: Jo Tango
A Piece of Art
I just bought my first piece of art. A friend, James Cooke, built a one-of-a-kind desk lamp for me. Here’s a picture of it. I’m writing about this because I’m very grateful for the insane creativity and amount of work. I’m also writing this because I think it’s important to support artists in our community.
Kepha’s Fund 2
I try to reflect more at year-end, and so, I thought I’d write here about our first year investing from Kepha’s Fund 2. We’re very grateful to our LPs for supporting us with another fund. We cut over to Fund 2 spring of 2012 and we’ve since made six seed investments. We plan on continuing that
Money and Arrogance
Business Insider recently published a story called “Silicon Valley Is Living Inside a Bubble of Tone-Deaf Arrogance.” It highlighted a number of incidents in the Bay area regarding wealth and the ensuing self-confidence it can create. I don’t know the people in the article, and I don’t want to judge them. But, I can write that
Capitalism and Social Justice
In the past week, the theme of capitalism vs. social justice has cropped up over and over. First, I read an amazing set of articles from the NY Times that chroniced the life of a homeless child. Then, I perused Pope Francis’ recent letter, wherein he criticizes unfettered capitalism. And today, Fred Wilson and Bijan
An Email Exchange at 11 p.m.
I was surprised last night at 11 pm to get an email from one of my CEOs. His flight was cancelled due to bad weather and he was going to have to bush-whack his way home on a train. He was also feeling pretty run down, he admitted. So, we emailed back and forth and