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VC and angel investor. Part-time Professor at HBS (the VC & PE class). Obsessed with fly fishing and a recovering ENTJ.

Category: Brain hacking

‘Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up’

September 4, 2013January 15, 2014 Jo Tango

Here’s the punchline of this post: self-compassion should be part of every entrepreneur’s arsenal. You see, I today was emailing with a friend, who has a full life: family, work, a real estate project, a new business idea to boot. Unfortunately, this friend is spending very little time on “self-nurturing,” such as exercise and sleep. You

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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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Gratitude on This Saturday

July 20, 2013February 1, 2014 Jo Tango

I thought work would slow down this summer, but it’s been very busy. Also, I woke up at 4 a.m. with a brutal stomach ache, and I’m pretty sure it’s due to something I ordered last night for dinner. I’m a bit low-energy today. So, I’d like to cheer up myself and write about all

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TED Talk: ‘The Power of Vulnerability’

June 25, 2013May 31, 2017 Jo Tango

As a VC, I meet with many people who are starting their own companies. I often ask them why they’ve decided to leave a safe job and become a risk-taking entrepreneur. Underlying nearly all of the stories is this common theme, which I paraphrase as this: “I want to be happy.” I want to be

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My Greatest Personal Fear

May 17, 2013May 31, 2017 Jo Tango

At Sheryl Sandberg’s talk the other week, she asked the audience a question from her book: “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” It’s a great question, and one about which I’ve been thinking since. Am I afraid? If so, of what am I afraid? Coincidentally, a friend of mine, Anne Cooke Mitchell, is

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The Road to Happiness

December 7, 2012January 24, 2014 Jo Tango

I was living the “good life” in NYC. I worked at an investment bank. I lived in the high-priced area of midtown, and I could see the Empire State Building from my bedroom window. I flew first-class when on my business trips. I had one of the highest salaries you could get coming out of

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Tying Small Flies
Fishing Small Flies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Writing My Wrongs
Simple Path
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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