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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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Changing Your Life’s Arc

April 26, 2016February 28, 2022 Jo Tango

I recently have become friendly with Frank Britt. He believes you can write and change your “life story.” I think it is a powerful point of view. He recently wrote about that, and an important career decision, here. Specifically, Frank decided to leave a very prestigious job to be the CEO of an online education

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Brain hacking,Career management,Philosophy2 Comments

Top 3 Things I Wish I Knew in College

October 8, 2015August 8, 2018 Jo Tango

I just gave a talk. I feel as though I’ve waited my whole life to give it. I was invited to come back to Yale and address freshmen from low-income households. I met up with some of them ahead of time for a small-group dinner. I then met with a broader group. My topic: Top

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Speaking at Yale

September 26, 2015June 26, 2019 Jo Tango

I will be heading down to New Haven in early October to meet with some Yale undergraduates. I’m really excited. A new student group, focused on helping low-income students of all races, has invited me to come down and meet their members. I’ve decided I will talk about Life Lessons. I don’t know how many

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Career management,Personal2 Comments

‘No Such Thing as a Game-Day Player’

September 20, 2015February 8, 2019 Jo Tango

I remember getting up at 4.30 am to catch the 6 am shuttle to Newark, meeting up with my work colleagues, and then showing up at a client site by 8 am. Week after week. That wasn’t so bad, except that the manager of our team seemed pretty lost and insecure, over-compensating for both by

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Career management,Philosophy,Sports2 Comments

Your Start-Up Failed? Go Ahead and Have Fun

August 25, 2015July 27, 2016 Jo Tango

I chatted with a friend, who has decided to close down his start-up. He worked on it for a few years, underwent a major pivot, and, in the end, realized, it wasn’t going to work out. All this while having his first child, too. He is closing down the company. He called me to ask for

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Career management,Entrepreneurship,Family life,Philosophy5 Comments

About to be a College Freshman? My 2 Cents

August 18, 2015September 7, 2016 Jo Tango

It has been a busy August, and, today, I had an unusual day: many meetings, each of which was professionally interesting and personally rewarding. For example, I connected last autumn with a local high school senior, who was accepted Early Action to Yale. Our deal was that if he chose Yale, I’d treat him to lunch.

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Career management,College,Personal2 Comments
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