Battery Ventures’ mistake on Facebook
There’s a notable piece at Boston.com today about how Battery Ventures partner Scott Tobin (pictured left) decided not to invest in Facebook when Mark Zuckerberg pitched him three years ago in Boston.
Tension between the firm’s East and West Coast offices contributed to the firm’s rejection of the Facebook founder (Battery, by the way, has since been quite open about the division, and says it has cleared things up). However, Facebook has become a billion dollar… Continue Reading