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VC in three exited Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ. Editor, BlogFlyFish.com.

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FOMO

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 Jo Tango

I naturally awoke at 2.30 am on Saturday morning, abuzz and awake. It was a day for my favorite river. A magical time for me is the two-hour drive in the pitch-black morning. I listen to podcasts. It is just the car and I, on a nearly-empty road for as far as I can see.

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Pure Joy

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 Jo Tango

​​ Pure joy. 16.5″.

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College Admissions: Reflections

April 20, 2017August 22, 2024 Jo Tango

Two of our children have gone through college admissions. So, I want to share personal learnings that include great perspectives from so many people. I want to try and pay it forward. So: The goal of adolescence is separation. When I first heard this, I found it profound. And, years later, I find it to be

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Delta, AmEx and Southwest

April 11, 2017 Jo Tango

A few days ago, I took a college trip with one of my children. As we were boarding the plane, the gate attendant swiped our boarding passes. They bounced. We were informed that we couldn’t get on, as our connecting flight was cancelled. No warning via the mobile app. Just cancelled. So, we hung out

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Coverage

March 30, 2017May 1, 2024 Jo Tango

As I’ve written before, health care to me is a public good and not a strictly private one. I also have a strong opinion of what a just medical system looks like, based on John Rawls’ Theory of Justice, about which I’ll blog in the future. I’m writing this because of something I just read.

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Dan Harris and Jerry Colonna

March 29, 2017January 4, 2020 Jo Tango

For a time, I was on a Board with Jerry Colonna. He asked incredible questions to the entrepreneur and encouraged the Board to think in a deeper and more honest way. I just learned that he too grew up in Brooklyn. We’re Townies. I last year was listening to a riveting interview with Dan Harris,

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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