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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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The Yale Whiffenpoofs

November 8, 2012August 18, 2015 Jo Tango

A white-knuckle drive through a snow storm. Car accidents. A winter wonderland. The Yale Whiffenpoofs. That was a day in my life. I went back for my college’s annual alumni assembly. It was my first time to this event, as I was asked only recently to represent my class. Man, what a tough drive over.

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1st Job Out of College: Should You Start a Company?

September 6, 2012April 15, 2018 Jo Tango

I caught up this week with a friend of mine.  He’s a serial entrepreneur and has been hanging out at MassChallenge.  During our discussion, we talked about when it’s right to start a company?  Should you start one right after college? He’s of the opinion that you should not do so right after school.  He

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Death of a Yale grad (and how time is precious)

May 30, 2012March 4, 2017 Jo Tango

I just heard about Marina Keegan, who last week graduated from Yale College and a few days later was killed in a car crash.  One of Kepha’s investors told me about it and forwarded her last column in the school paper, published the night before her graduation. I re-print it below (it’s from the Yale

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