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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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Book Review: Tom Eisenmann’s ‘Why Startups Fail’

April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 Jo Tango

Tom Eisenmann’s Why Startups Fail is a gem of a book. As I’ve blogged before (here), the success rate in venture capital is only about 33%: a super-majority of investments made by people who supposedly know what they’re doing comprises of flops. Some mainstream-media articles extol and chronicle successes that, truthfully, are few in number;

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Friendships on the Water

February 14, 2021February 16, 2021 Jo Tango

Some years ago, for grins and chuckles, I started to write for a fly-fishing blog (here). I did so to document my learnings, failures, and outings for myself. Plus I love writing. Gradually, other anglers offered to write for the blog as well, and we became a crew. We are passionate fly fishers who want

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Conquering Fear

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 Jo Tango

I’ve long thought that the two most powerful human emotions are these: fear and greed. You see it in everyday life, in the news, on social media, and in ourselves. I write this because I have been reading students’ reflections on fear. We organized the class into small groups and each discussed this: “If fear

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Angel Investment: WayScript

August 11, 2020November 1, 2020 Jo Tango

We’re happy to announce that our family angel program (back 80+ entrepreneurs over eight years and donate all gains to charity; details here) has invested in WayScript. It is our 17th investment so far (portfolio here). During the pandemic, we’ve made three new investments. The other two are still in stealth mode, and so, I’ve

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Summer 2020

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Jo Tango

August is one of those turning-point months if you have older children. That’s the time when they start to go back to college. It’s an exciting time for them, as most schools are trying to have some type of on-site living. They’ll be able to meet their friends again. For me, it’s a time of

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The Class of 1995 ‘Zoom Boom’

June 25, 2020July 2, 2020 Jo Tango

My gosh, where to begin? I just worked on a team project that created joy and camaraderie for a large group of people. And, all credit goes to the nearly 30 people of the first-ever HBS alumni online talent show cast and crew. Our b-school class recently put on the event, which we called the

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Tying Small Flies
Fishing Small Flies
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Writing My Wrongs
Simple Path
Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Dynamic Nymphing: Tactics, Techniques, and Flies from Around the World
The Sun Also Rises
A Moveable Feast
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia
The Laughing Sutra
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
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Man's Search for Meaning
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End


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