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

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Wealth and Morality

January 30, 2022February 13, 2022 Jo Tango

There’s a great article in this morning’s Washington Post on Leon Cooperman, the known investor (paywall unfortunately). It chronicles his “rags to riches” story and current goal to give away nearly all of his wealth. Cooperman lives in some nice houses, but he drives a Hyundai and relies on a decades-old bike to get around

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Book: ‘Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams’

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 Jo Tango

In our nation, there’s almost no discussion about class. We pride ourselves on being a classless society, a meritocracy. I think that’s mostly true, but not fully. Class issues are evident at work. Here are some examples: What people wear at many offices oozes middle-class (and up) culture. For example, men often wear khakis (a remnant from

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