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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.

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Versions

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Jo Tango

I think people are a lot like software versions. As we grow, change, and develop, we become a different version of ourselves. We can take the best parts of v. 1.0, leave behind the worse parts, and add on new “features” for v. 2.0. Sometimes, the change is voluntary, due to a new job, going

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Brain hacking,Entrepreneurship,Politics2 Comments

A New Hope

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 Jo Tango

Here’s to hope, love and friendship. I write that because I last week saw Robert Waldinger speak at a leader development course. As I’ve written before (here), a very famous study concluded that there is a major driver of happiness: friends and family. It is not fame, money or status. Well, as luck would have

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Brain hacking,Family life4 Comments

Brené Brown on Empathy vs. Sympathy

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Jo Tango

At the three-day leader development course I took last week (prior post here), they showed us a cool video about empathy and that it is not sympathy. I found it very insightful. I think it was an important video for a bunch of mid-life Harvard MBAs to see. That is because we can lose touch

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The Eulogy Virtues

June 18, 2019June 20, 2019 Jo Tango

Recently, I went back to HBS to take a three-day leader development course. It was poignant, transformative and rejuvenating. I also made some friendships that will last, I predict, for a lifetime. One of the course’s goals was to get us to step back and reflect upon the meaning and purpose of our work life.

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‘Glory Deflectors’

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Jo Tango

After the Super Bowl, Patriots team captain Matt Slater was interviewed. He was wearing a baseball cap that said “Glory Deflectors.” Curious, I hit Google and found this interesting article about the team’s character coach Jack Easterby. It is no secret that head coach Bill Belichick leaves no stone unturned. The team has it own charter

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Brain hacking,Personal,Philosophy,Spiritual,Sports2 Comments

Super Bowl 53

February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 Jo Tango

It has been a dream since childhood to go to the Super Bowl. So, this past weekend in Atlanta was a milestone event for me. I awoke before dawn the day of the flight, as I was very excited. Most people at the gate wore their Patriots gear, and one family went all-out. I’ve never

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