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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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We are the 1%

April 5, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

I met with an entrepreneur who has a cool idea.  At the end of our meeting, we started talking about his holiday plans.  He and his family are flying back to Israel for Passover.  He shared with me that his father is a Holocaust survivor. We then discussed the various trials our respective parents underwent

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The early-stage financing digestion problem

April 4, 2012February 7, 2016 Jo Tango

I entered the business in 1998, just as the Web 1.0 Bubble started to take hold. So, I don’t have the decades of VC experience many other VCs do, but I have seen quite a few macro and VC cycles. Also, at Kepha, we are laser-focused on early-stage VC, which we call “venture building.” Early

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Fund size does matter

April 3, 2012December 21, 2013 Jo Tango

I caught up today with Foundry’s Jason Mendelson.  I always enjoy connecting with him and his partners.  Both of our groups love early-stage investing, have a partners-only model and have seen many VC cycles.  Foundry’s street smarts also are incredibly impressive.  I learn a lot when I speak with them. What struck me most about

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Raising VC money: how to handle the 1st VC meeting?

March 30, 2012March 22, 2018 Jo Tango

This is the third post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”.  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle the 1st VC meeting.” So, you’ve done some research and have come up with a short list of VCs (suggestions here) and you’ve

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Raising VC money: how to get the VC meeting?

March 23, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

This is the second post in a series on “raising VC money.”  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  This post will cover “how to get the VC meeting.” So, after doing all of your homework (more on that here), you now have a short list of VCs with whom you’d like

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Nest smart thermostat (part 2)

March 22, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

I wrote a few weeks ago about the new Nest “smart” thermostats that have come out (more here). Some of the original iPod designers left Apple to start Nest. Mine were installed today: they’re awesome. Here’s why. The thermostats have motion, humidity and temperature sensors. So, they’ll power down if someone hasn’t been in a

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Tying Small Flies
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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
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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
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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