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VC in three Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ.

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‘The Last Lecture’ and My Friend Mike Connell

July 25, 2013January 15, 2014 Jo Tango

A new friend and I used to meet once a month during his last seven months of life. I’m thinking of him because I just finished reading this evening “The Last Lecture,” by Randy Pausch. My exec. coach recommended it. A professor at Carnegie Mellon, married, and father of three children ages six and under,

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An Uplifting Morning with Sheryl Sandberg

April 5, 2013September 7, 2016 Jo Tango

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

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Sold-Out in a Day: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and NEVCA’s C.A. Webb

February 27, 2013July 19, 2018 Jo Tango

I’m really happy to write that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is coming to Boston to speak. The New England VC Association (NEVCA) is hosting the event. We found out that Sheryl was going to be in town, and so, we asked if she could spare some time. NEVCA announced the event this morning.

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Aligning Incentives and the Red Sox

January 28, 2013January 31, 2013 Jo Tango

I read Terry Francona’s new book. He is the ex-Red Sox Manager, who took the team to two World Series titles and, at long last, “reversed the curse.” If you like baseball, it is a fun insider’s view into how a professional sports team is run. If you like following companies, it’s also an example

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Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur

January 24, 2013January 31, 2013 Jo Tango

Brad Feld and his wife, Amy Batchelor, have written a book on thriving in a long-term relationship with an entrepreneur. I just read it in one sitting.  It is that good. Entrepreneurs are most definitely interesting people, driven by some usually deep needs for achievement and/or independence. So, being married to one does pose challenges. I think

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J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, and The Smiths

October 26, 2012October 25, 2012 Jo Tango

Every fall, I read again J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” and Ernest Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast.” I discovered the books in high school, and for some reason, I’m drawn to them when the leaves turn to brilliant orange and yellow here in New England. I’m not sure why I re-read them, now that I’m

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Tying Small Flies
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World
The Sun Also Rises
A Moveable Feast
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
The Laughing Sutra
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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