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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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Single and homeless mothers: true entrepreneurs

February 29, 2012January 9, 2018 Jo Tango

I recently was reading email in my parked car.  A car pulled up near me.  A young and pretty woman got out.  Pale and thin, she looked tense.  An older woman had driven her.  She looked very sad. They started unloading a few plastic bags of clothing and children’s toys.  It wasn’t much.  The young

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Entrepreneurs = hope

February 27, 2012February 28, 2022 Jo Tango

Last week, I had a hope-filled day. I spent all day meeting with entrepreneurs.  I met founders from all over.  I started in the morning meeting start-up folks from Europe: Estonia, Paris, Spain, and London. In the latter part of the day, I then met with a new team from our local area here.  In

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Great advice from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

February 26, 2012September 11, 2012 Jo Tango

In a previous life, I was recruited for a young company in Seattle.  I would report directly to the CEO.  One of my earliest encounters with a VC was during this time, when he called me at home to recruit me to the company.  That company was Amazon.com, the CEO was Jeff Bezos, and the VC

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Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Man's Search for Meaning
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