I normally don’t go to Red Sox games during the work week, but I try to make an exception during the Home Opener. It’s a fun time. This year, I brought with me as a guest a religious brother, who is a life-long Sox fan and normally couldn’t afford to go to the game. It
Author: Jo Tango
An Uplifting Morning with Sheryl Sandberg
What a great talk today by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg! The New England VC Association hosted the event, and as I’ve written before, C.A. made it happen. 500+ folks were packed in the room (unfortunately, another 540 folks were on the wait list–this event sold out in 8 hours!). There was a ton of
The Meaning of ‘Grit’
Jeff Bussgang wrote a great post about grit. It’s a word that I’ve been thinking about since reading it. It’s an important topic, as I’ve seen that the teams that persevere the most tend to do better. Having grit does not guarantee success, but it certainly ups the odds. I’ve also seen many examples of
When Life Becomes Normal Again: Existing vs. Living
Lent and Easter are a special time for me. It’s a time of re-birth. I’ve written in the past about a rough patch in my life in my early-20s. I had everything you’re “supposed” to have: a fancy job, an obscenely high salary, many friends, a girlfriend. I had a nice apartment in mid-town Manhattan.
Venture Capital and Its 33% Success Rate
Fred Wilson has another awesome post today about how hard it is to create real companies. He wrote: I have said many times that early stage VC is a lot like baseball, if you get a hit one out of every three times, you are headed to the hall of fame. And if I look
A Passover Meal for Gentiles?
I wrote a few days ago about Passover and how it’s an important story about freedom and one that I wanted to share with my children (more here). Though I’m not Jewish, the “feast of freedom” and its recounting of sacrifice and emancipation is a story that my family, in a smaller way, experienced. In