Engineer, venture capitalist, violinist, Spanish dancer - all are disciplines requiring precision, attention to detail, pride and humility. All are disciplines Jeff Tung enjoys. Tung and his business partner, Bill Kallman, of Timberline Venture Partners, have offices in Vancouver, Wash., and Seattle. Calif. Until recently, Tung was a competitive amateur ballroom dancer specializing in Latin dancing. That provided an outlet for his creativity and fostered self-discipline, but took many hours of practice.
Dancing combines physical and mental activities.
It can be analytical, too. For someone trained as an engineer, it was really valuable. I grew up playing violin from age 5 and a half to 18. His tastes range from classical to New Age, rap and hip hop. Early interest in VC A native of Taiwan, Tung remembers when venture capital investing was a small, sleepy industry.