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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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Nelson Mandela

July 19, 2018July 20, 2018 Jo Tango

Apartheid-era South Africa was an oppressive and lame place for many, but Nelson Mandela peacefully transitioned it. You’d have to be truly screwed-up to look for “best practices” among Nazi-era laws to institute a national system that segregated people by race and controlled them by force. In 1948, the regime did just that. 20% of

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‘Curiosity and the Prisoner’

June 3, 2018June 3, 2018 Jo Tango

Atul Gawande is one of my favorite contemporary writers. Complications and Being Mortal are extremely thoughtful books, and I enjoy reading his New Yorker articles. A surgeon and researcher, he has a view on the world that is compelling and thought-provoking. He recently spoke at the UCLA Medical School graduation. The text is here. The

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His Last Speech

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 Jo Tango

The night before he was killed, MLK, Jr., gave a speech. Here is an excerpt. His last few lines are particularly poignant. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has its place. But, I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to

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Cambodia and the Nomi Network

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 Jo Tango

This week, Mrs. T. and one of our children are in Cambodia (the latter of whom is writing about it here). They’re “on site” to learn more about the Nomi Network. As I’ve written before, we support the organization, which battles sex trafficking in India and Cambodia. They do so by creating meaningful jobs for

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Houston

August 29, 2017April 3, 2018 Jo Tango

During the drive to work this morning, I listened to today’s Times‘ Daily Podcast. They were interviewing a reporter in Houston, as well as a family that was deciding whether or not to leave their home. After seeing a lot of photos about Houston, in all honesty, I started to feel a bit immune. The

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‘Why I Require FBI Agents to Visit the Holocaust Museum’

May 25, 2017 Jo Tango

My friend Nicole de Lisle recently shared on Facebook a Washington Post commentary. It is based on a 2015 speech that former FBI Director Jim Comey gave. It is called: “Why I Require FBI Agents to Visit the Holocaust Museum.” It is a very thoughtful piece (link here). What particularly moved me was this: I require

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