Jeff Bussgang Tweeted an article this Saturday morning that the percentage of Stanford MBAs pursuing start-ups has gone to an all-time high (more here). It made me think of the Harvard Business School business plan contests in 1999 and 2000. I gave the kick-off talks for both contests. In the fall of 1999, there were
Author: Jo Tango
VC arrogance: inevitable?
It was another beautiful day yesterday. Part of it for me was spent in Cambridge re-connecting over coffee with a rock-star entrepreneur. There we were, sitting outside and riffing about some fun topics. I like meeting with him because he is insanely sharp and speaks his mind. He stopped me in my tracks when he
Death of a Yale grad (and how time is precious)
I just heard about Marina Keegan, who last week graduated from Yale College and a few days later was killed in a car crash. One of Kepha’s investors told me about it and forwarded her last column in the school paper, published the night before her graduation. I re-print it below (it’s from the Yale
In memoriam on Memorial Day
I hosted a lunch for an entrepreneur and his advisors downtown. During the walk back to the car, I walked by a sea of U.S. flags on the Boston Common. It was immense. The picture I took and show below doesn’t show the scope. A sign stated that volunteers put down 33,000 flags, one for
24 hours in a VC’s life
John Brennan yesterday wrote a comment to my post “How to Get a VC Job,” asking if I could shed more details on how a VC spends his time. So, I thought I’d write about the past 24 hours of my life. A fun part of VC is that every day is different. You might
“How to Get a VC Job?”
I get this question a great deal. So, both to leverage my own time and to be helpful, I thought I’d write about how I got into the VC industry, and also, try to offer some lessons learned. First up, my job is my hobby and it is my passion. I’ve always loved VC, and