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Your One-Stop Shop for All Things Facebook: 86 Links and Counting – UPDATED

Posted on: May 18, 2012 by Lawrence J. AragonNo Comments »

In honor of Facebook’s IPO, peHUB has compiled a lengthy list of links to all things Facebook and broken them into about a dozen categories to make them easy to scan.

Analysts Expect Pop in Facebook Shares Friday

Posted on: May 17, 2012 by reuters-newsNo Comments »

Frenzied demand is expected to drive the price of Facebook shares well above their IPO price of $38 a share, which was already at the top end of the company’s target of $34 to $38 per share.

Victor Belfor, Ben Smith: Backing A College Dropout Might Be Your Smartest Investment Strategy

Posted on: May 14, 2012 by Victor Belfor4 Comments »

I recently invested in two companies whose founders either had little interest in school as students or who dropped out of grad school: MixRank and Influitive. Both management teams are driven, hard working and well prepared for the difficult road of creating a business from scratch.

New Poll: How Big Will Facebook Go?

Posted on: May 7, 2012 by Lawrence J. Aragon1 Comment »

Will Facebook will knock Baidu from the No. 1 spot on the list of IPOs with the biggest first-day gains? Take our poll and let us know what you think.

Peter Thiel… Professor?

Posted on: March 12, 2012 by reuters-newsNo Comments »

He once trashed the concept of college. But, now, Peter Thiel is heading to Stanford to teach a course. Should students buckle down on homework, or hope to be plucked from their university early, like star athletes?

5 Things We’d Buy Now if We Were Mark Zuckerberg

Posted on: February 3, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »

Here are some must-have items for every hard-working young billionaire.

Facebook Files For $5 Billiion IPO; Co-Founder Zuckerberg Holds 28.4% Of The Stock, Accel, 11.4%: UPDATED

Posted on: February 1, 2012 by Mark BosletNo Comments »

Facebook filed for a $5 billion IPO on Wednesday as the social networking site with $3.7 billion in 2011 revenue opened up the details of its business to public scrutiny for the first time. The company’s top shareholder is CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who co-founded the company in a Harvard dorm room and holds 28.4% of [...]

Question of the Week: Does Zuck Do Enough to Protect Your Privacy?

Posted on: December 8, 2011 by Luisa BeltranNo Comments »

There’s been a lot of press about whether Facebook does enough to protect user privacy.

In late 2009, Facebook changed its privacy settings that made some parts of user profiles public. Users “became enraged” about the changes and complained that they weren’t given notice and that hiding their info became harder, according to the Washington Post.

Last week, the FTC announced a settlement with Facebook, which has roughly 800 million users. Facebook has agreed to get consumer approval before it changes the way

Top 10 HUB Posts Focus on Silicon Valley Uniforms, Macho PE Fundraisers and Secrets to Tweaking Your IRR

Posted on: December 2, 2011 by Lawrence J. AragonNo Comments »

It’s Friday. Time to catch up on stories you might have missed during a busy week. Following are the peHUB posts that garnered the most unique pageviews from our regular readers between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.

ONE: The Uniforms of Silicon Valley, a Slideshowby Connie Loizos
TWO: Quien Es Mas Macho? A Slideshow of the Top 5 U.S. PE Funds this Yearby Luisa Beltran
THREE: Four Ways to Finesse Your Way into the Top Quartileby Joanna Glasner
FOUR: Most Active VC firms in October: Slideshowby Alastair Goldfisher
FIVE: Slideshow: Maine Reveals Bite Taken By Fees, Expensesby David Toll
SIX: Venture Backed IPOs Feel The Pain, But Some Stay Above Waterby Mark Boslet
SEVEN: Court Backs Subpoenas Of Castle Harlan Over Quick Flipby Bernard Vaughan
EIGHT: Slideshow: European PE Performance First Half 2011 – by Angela Sormani
NINE: Parish Capital Hands Keys to StepStoneby Gregory Roth
TEN: When the Majority Is Wrongby Larry Cheng

The Uniforms of Silicon Valley, a Slideshow

Posted on: November 29, 2011 by Connie Loizos2 Comments »

Black Friday, Cyber Monday: the U.S. has once again kicked its consumption into high gear. But if Silicon Valley’s elite spends lavishly on clothing, you can bet it bet it will be understated. It’s the Silicon Valley way. And why? Because fashion takes time and effort, people, and no one wants to be accused of [...]