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More on Sheryl Sandberg's entirely merit-based hire at Facebook

If Sheryl Sandberg weren't a Harvard grad twice over, we might have believed Facebook's new COO when she said Silicon Valley is a "meritocracy" and that people don't care who you know. Her claim is even more risible now that we learn Sandberg joined Facebook in large part because her brother-in-law is Elevation Partners cofounder Marc Bodnick, a private investor in Facebook.

9:20 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
904 views, 2 comments

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A Facebook insider dances her way to the IPO

I've always said that if there's one thing Silicon Valley needs, it's more show tunes. Which is why I'm such a sucker for the oeuvre of Randi Jayne and Jennifer Lee, the comedic duo behind such hits as "How to Get a Guy in Silicon Valley" and "Failure Is Fun (Valleyfreude)." (Jayne, newly solo, has come out with another brilliant number, "Crackberry," which you must go watch immediately.) But if you want to review Jayne's past works, you'll be stymied. "Valleyfreude" has gone missing. "It's a take-down," Jayne's site reads. I can't imagine that the disappearance of "Valleyfreude" anything to do with the fact that Jayne has a day job at Facebook. And that she's the sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. And that Facebook's getting ready for an IPO. Oh, wait. I can imagine that. More »

7:34 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Owen Thomas
5,605 views, 11 comments

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