Good Timing, No Execution.

Here's an email from the Fall of 2003. About a year after a number of meetings with a friend and fellow engineer/entrepreneur. Facebook.com launched in 2004.

Granted our product was different, it still smarts to hear about valuations approaching $1 Billion... Trust me, it won't happen again.


From: xodpox
Date: September 25, 2003 5:26:19 PM EDT
To: Friend of xodpox
Subject: Emergency Facebook online team

Read: http://www.ventureblog.com/articles/indiv/2003/000186.html

If we build and deploy prototype we can raise $$$ within year.

Want to catch this bubblet? I am busy until Monday, but we might be able to assemble a team. It could just be the two of us for Facebook online. We need to get the structure/ownership issues out of the way first though. in the meantime I will send you an invite to Friendster so you can check it out.

-xodpox


Update: Here's a link to when we used to own our version of the domain: www.facebookonline.com
And, to note, we are not claiming "dibs" on the idea, just highlighting our stupidity.