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Meet Peter Currie, Facebook's New Money Man (For Now)

Kara Swisher in News on April 1, 2009 at 7:11 am PT

Back in the heyday, Peter Currie was the money man to see in Silicon Valley. As CFO of Netscape Communications, he led the famed browser start-up into history, as the first great Internet rocket ship, when it went public on Aug. 9, 1995. Rising to insane levels, the stock was ground zero of the Internet gold rush, despite the fact that it had no profits to speak of. But it did have a 23-year-old co-founder and tech wunderkind in Marc Andreessen and a growth trajectory that was astounding. If you think it sounds somewhat similar to Facebook today–where Currie will now help out as temporary financial adviser after the social-networking site parted ways with its CFO, Gideon Yu, yesterday–you are correct.

Mike Homer Laid to Rest Today

Kara Swisher in News on February 5, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Many BoomTown readers have asked for more information and also about services for well-known Silicon Valley exec Mike Homer, who died earlier this week after a severe and unusual illness. His funeral is today at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Raymond Catholic Church in Menlo Park. A “Friends of Mike Homer” Facebook group page has also been created, with lots of great memories posted on its wall.