The Washington Post nearly Angel funded Facebook!

According to ‘Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0′ Don Graham had a handshake deal with Mark Zuckerberg to Angel fund facebook really early but Accel came in with much better terms and Graham didn’t want to get into a bidding war.

Don Graham joined the facebook board late last year…. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Facebook-Welcomes-Donald-E-Graham/story.aspx?guid=%7B5DB75801-56D4-4C2B-AAE4-75F002500EEF%7D