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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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Cutting the Cord

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 Jo Tango

I just met up with a former Cambridge Associates consultant. She used to advise one of our major investors, and we over time developed a very good and positive relationship. After 10+ years at C.A., she left. And, after some period of self-examination, she started a job search and recently became the chief investment executive at

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My Annual Fishing Retreat

June 20, 2015June 27, 2017 Jo Tango

This is a long post. If you want to jump to some photos, just scroll down. I am up here in NH, near the Canadian border, to fish the beginning of the Connecticut River. It’s an annual trip for me, and my 10th trip up. I have many special memories of this area. I used

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Fly fishing,Personal2 Comments

Crossroads in Life

June 13, 2015June 13, 2015 Jo Tango

There’s an interesting NY Times article this morning on an entrepreneur and his mid-life crisis. He sounds like a quirky and interesting person, and he is trying to simplify his life. His $100MM net worth obviously enables him to have options regarding what kind of crisis he can have. Call it “crisis optionality,” I suppose. He

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Career management,Personal,Philosophy4 Comments

Raising Children for ‘Offense’

June 12, 2015June 12, 2015 Jo Tango

It is eerily quiet at home. Half of the family is out west for a college-visit sweep of California. I’m very happy for my older children, and I hope that they’re able to get a “feel” as to which colleges might be right for them. It’s a far cry from my own experience, when I applied

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The Best Dim Sum Ever

June 7, 2015May 1, 2024 Jo Tango

It’s been a beautiful Sunday. Not too hot and the sun is out and bright. I took our 15 year-old out for a first-time-behind-the-wheel experience at the local high school parking lot. That was a great deal of fun. Much laughter and youthful excitement. Then, we after went out for dim sum. After b-school, Mrs.

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When Time Stands Still

June 2, 2015November 28, 2015 Jo Tango

Sometimes, time stands still. I remember when my father called me to say that my mother, in a coma, was slipping away. Time stopped. Or, the time when I had to tell my niece and nephew, then 7 and 9, that their father had passed away. I wish time at that point time would accelerate.

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