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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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Beta and What’s Next

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Jo Tango

In finance, there’s a fundamental concept called “beta.” It’s a measure of relative risk, specifically, how risky a security is vs. the rest of the market. A beta of 1.0 means that a security has the equivalent pricing volatility of the stock market as a whole. A beta greater than 1.0 means that it is

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The Roaring ’20s

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Jo Tango

Through my VC work, research at HBS, and our family’s angel investing program, we get a lot of updates from many entrepreneurs in many sectors. What I concluded last month is this: it is game on with the economy. Various founders report that their sales cycles have accelerated, and this cuts across multiple sectors: digital

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The Fear Gauge

March 13, 2020July 1, 2020 Jo Tango

One of the benefits of being older (and, on some days, feeling old) is that I’ve seen a few market cycles: the 1987 crash, the first Gulf War in 1990, the dot-com bubble and crash, 9/11, and the 2008 Great Recession. When these market dislocations happen, I get concerned. But, I don’t panic. Financially, I

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Four More Years?

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Jo Tango

A friend of mine owns apartments and rents them to college students. Over the decades, he has assembled a large set of properties. He is the manager, too, and has his own team do all the maintenance and repairs. “It’s crazy,” he said. “I can’t find a decent plumber.” He said that he has to

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Andrew Yang and Universal Basic Income

July 22, 2018July 2, 2020 Jo Tango

We have a large rainstorm blowing through the area all day. So, it is a great time to simmer an all-day pasta sauce, exercise and read. One book I recently read and enjoyed is Andrew Yang’s The War on Normal People. Here is how the book starts: “I am writing from inside the tech bubble to

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Chats with My Barber

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Jo Tango

The Internet is down at our office building. So, it was a good moment to swing by and see my favorite barber, Mark. Thankfully, there was no wait, and I scooted into the barber’s chair right away. Mark has owned a barber shop at the same place for 30 years. He has an uncanny ability

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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
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