In Pictures: 15 people who said no to Facebook

Here are 15 people who have declined an opportunity with the social networking giant.

Michael Greeley, general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners

Greeley’s not alone in this mistake, but he remembers 2004, when his Boston-based venture capital firm declined to invest money in what was still an unclear idea of a Harvard drop out. Greeley told Bloomberg in 2011 that the decision, which was shared by several area VCs, actually set the Boston-area investing community back by a few years.

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