About the new DISPLAY NAME field. We had a problem with how users’ names were being displayed, so we’ve created a new “display name” field in everyone’s user profile. If your name has been showing up as Joe123 Blow, just go into MY PEHUB and click on EDIT. You will now see a “display name” field above “first name” and “last name.” Type…[Read more]

Great news, everyone. We have restored our Private Messaging system. We had to take it down because a flaw in the system allowed anyone (read spammers) to send PMs to any peHUB member — even if they weren’t friends. The new system requires you to be friends with someone before you can send them a message. Enjoy!

Hi, Jim. Generally the best person to send press releases is Jon Marino at jonathan.marino@thomsonreuters.com. Jon will decide if it’s worth covering and which reporter should cover it. Jon is on vacay this week, so feel free to shoot releases me at lawrence.aragon@thomsonreuters.com.

OK, I’ll ask a question that might have an obvious answer that I’m overlooking: To whom do I direct news releases at peHUB? Our company manages some investment funds and from time to time does short news releases on investments.

I’m sure a few of you are wondering about the spambot known as “Tina Fred.” Lest you are worried our system was hacked, you needn’t worry. Turns out that our “private messaging” system didn’t require a user to be someone’s friend to message them, as we had assumed. So, “Tina Fred” just went to town and spammed a bunch of people. I got three…[Read more]

OOH. I like it. I’ll happily take readers on regarding PE, VC, baseball trivia and other general nonsense, even–don’t hold back!

Just to get the ball rolling, you can find lots of answers to your questions in our FAQ. It’s in the navigation bar under the peHUB banner. You can read it here: http://www.pehub.com/faq/