peHUB First Read

* The Google Angel Mafia * Kent Goldman: The Entrepreneur Wears Prada * The NYT delves into the TXU buyout, and suggests that hesitant lenders backed the deal to secure future work from KKR and TPG. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares gain ground, the Nikkei climbs on metals and China shares hit 5-week high. * The 10 most likely M&A deals in online video * Sramana Mitra: Why B-schools set up entrepreneurs to fail * Steven Davidoff: Dissecting the profits of a private equity deal * Hey entrepreneurs: Beware of "Nigerian" email scammers posing as angel investors * Mark Maunder: "Unless your business earns revenue while you are sleeping, it won’t scale."