Part of me wants to give Robert Pera a pass. Or at least the benefit of the doubt. Because at the end of it all, what matters most is this:

2. Pera’s Ubiquiti Networks Posts Strong Third Quarter - Saturday, May 19, 2018

Three months ago, law firms were soliciting investors in Ubiquiti Networks’ stock to sign up for a class-action lawsuit against the company for misleading those investors about actual profits the company was earning.

3. Pera’s Ubiquiti Networks Posts Strong Third Quarter - Monday, May 14, 2018

Three months ago, law firms were soliciting investors in Ubiquiti Networks’ stock to sign up for a class-action lawsuit against the company for misleading those investors about actual profits the company was earning.

4. Last Word: Singletary to Memphis, County Budget Notes and Buying NIN Tickets - Friday, May 11, 2018

It’s not a done deal yet. But there is at least the framework of a plan for the city’s tallest building. The city has signed a letter of intent with the current owners to convert the 100 North Main Building to a convention center hotel with retail, meeting space and a parking garage with a timeline to have this built and open for business by the end of 2022 – two years after the $175 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center is to be completed.

5. Pera’s Ubiquiti Networks Posts Strong Third Quarter - Friday, May 11, 2018

Three months ago, law firms were soliciting investors in Ubiquiti Networks’ stock to sign up for a class-action lawsuit against the company for misleading those investors about actual profits the company was earning.

6. News of SEC Subpoenas Sink Ubiquiti's Shares - Saturday, February 24, 2018

Shares of Ubiquiti Networks Inc. were crumbling Tuesday, Feb. 20, on word the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into accounting practices and other aspects of its business.

7. Ubiquiti Networks Shares Sink on News of SEC Subpoenas - Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Shares of Ubiquiti Networks Inc. were crumbling Tuesday, Feb. 20, on word the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into accounting practices and other aspects of its business.

8. Pera’s Ubiquiti Reports Loss in Second Quarter - Friday, February 9, 2018

Ubiquiti Networks Inc. on Thursday, Feb. 8, reported a fiscal second-quarter loss of $51.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

9. Around Memphis | January 22, 2018 - Monday, January 22, 2018

Here’s a look at recent Memphis-related news from around the web…

Doubting MLK During a Strike in Memphis
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

10. Minority Owners Can Bid To Buy Grizzlies From Pera - Saturday, October 28, 2017

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 26, according to an espn.com report, the Memphis Grizzlies’ two primary minority owners can make bids to purchase the team from controlling owner Robert Pera.

11. Minority Owners Can Bid To Buy Grizz from Robert Pera - Friday, October 27, 2017

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 26, according to an espn.com report, the Memphis Grizzlies’ two primary minority owners can make bids to purchase the team from controlling owner Robert Pera.

12. From Ownership to the Roster, Grizzlies Full of Questions - Monday, September 25, 2017

Chandler Parsons’ knees. There are two well-documented concerns.

Depth at point guard. This isn’t just an annual concern, it’s a Grizzlies tradition as much as Zach Randolph throwing his headband into the crowd … oh, yeah, bad example.

13. Report: Pera’s Stake in Ubiquiti Rises to $3.7B - Saturday, August 12, 2017

Memphis Grizzlies majority owner Robert Pera had a good week last week.

His networking company, Ubiquiti Networks Inc., soundly beat analysts’ forecast for earnings and revenue in the fourth quarter, catapulting the stock 20 percent higher in trading on Aug. 3.

14. Report: Pera’s Stake in Ubiquiti Rises to $3.7 Billion - Monday, August 7, 2017

Memphis Grizzlies majority owner Robert Pera had a good week last week.

His networking company, Ubiquiti Networks Inc., soundly beat analysts’ forecast for earnings and revenue, catapulting the stock 20 percent higher in trading on Thursday, Aug. 3.

15. Report: Pera’s Stake in Ubiquiti Rises to $3.7 Billion - Saturday, August 5, 2017

Memphis Grizzlies majority owner Robert Pera is having a good week.

His networking company, Ubiquiti Networks Inc., soundly beat analysts’ forecast for earnings and revenue, catapulting the stock 20 percent higher in trading on Thursday, Aug. 3.

16. Last Word: $60 Million, Frozen Graceland and Wreck It Ralph's Return - Friday, August 26, 2016

The federal government’s problem with a law the Tennessee Legislature passed earlier this year is serious -- $60-million serious.

And Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, in Hickory Hill Thursday, said he’s working on a compromise that would have the Legislature undo what it did this year when the new legislative session begins in January.

17. Pera’s Ubiquiti Networks at Pivotal Moment - Friday, August 26, 2016

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook have been generating news headlines and public interest for a while now over their plans to bring internet connectivity to the large swaths of the world that still don’t have it, or that need a better offering of some kind.

18. Believe It or Not - Saturday, June 18, 2016

Long before Jim Strickland was mayor of Memphis, he was a thirtysomething lawyer and sports fan. Not always in that order. He loved the University of Memphis – his alma mater – and rooted like crazy for the basketball team. And on those less frequent occasions when there was a reason to believe, for the football team, too.

19. Grizz Owner’s Ubiquiti Hit With $46.7M Fraud - Saturday, August 15, 2015

Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera’s technology company has been hit by fraud, saying in a regulatory filing it lost $46.7 million.

20. Grizz Owner’s Ubiquiti Hit With $46.7M Fraud - Monday, August 10, 2015

Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera’s technology company has been hit by fraud, saying in a regulatory filing it lost $46.7 million.

21. Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera’s Ubiquiti Hit With $46.7 Million Fraud - Friday, August 7, 2015

Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera's technology company has been hit by fraud, saying in a regulatory filing it lost $46.7 million.

22. Lots of Questions Remain Unanswered in Grizz Nation - Friday, May 30, 2014

We’re now going on two weeks since this whole WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE GRIZZLIES? saga started.

So, what do we actually know?

We know that Grizzlies controlling owner Robert Pera fired team CEO Jason Levien and player personnel director Stu Lash. We know that Pera allowed coach Dave Joerger to interview for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ head coaching job.

23. Pera’s Just Following Sports Owner Formula - Friday, May 23, 2014

Until recently, I figured if I ever won a huge lottery and became a gazillionaire, I would indulge my sports fantasy of owning a horse in the Kentucky Derby.

But everyone draws a line somewhere, and I don’t want to pay for the nasal strips on general principle. (California Chrome is just the frontrunner of this movement.)

24. Heisley’s Legacy: Believing in Memphis - Friday, May 2, 2014

It is said that the famous have their lives summed up in the first paragraph of their public obituary.

The first sentence from a recent obit in The New York Times read: “Michael Heisley, the billionaire financier, who bought the N.B.A.’s floundering Vancouver Grizzlies in April 2000 and soon moved them to Memphis, where he revitalized the franchise, died on Saturday in Illinois. He was 77.”

25. ‘Intertwined’ - Saturday, October 26, 2013

In 2007, the Grizzlies were no longer a novelty in Memphis. They also were no longer a playoff team. Rather, they were a punch line lost in the expansive blue and gray shadow of the University of Memphis and a fast-talking operator/coach named John Calipari.

26. Grizz Hope to Extend Honeymoon Period - Friday, October 4, 2013

Marc Gasol got married during the offseason so, naturally, he was asked how he was enjoying married life.

“It’s not that different,” Gasol said. “We’re still in the honeymoon phase.”

What’s true for the Grizzlies’ All-Star center is true for the entire organization as the team prepares for its first season after the best season in franchise history.

27. Ubiquiti Faces Tech Giants in Internet Push - Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Some of the biggest technology companies have begun making moves toward the same goal being pursued by Ubiquiti Networks Inc., the wireless communications company founded by Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera.

28. Grizzlies Owner’s Company Riding High - Thursday, August 15, 2013

Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera has enjoyed a run of good news lately surrounding the technology company he founded, Ubiquiti Networks Inc.

29. App Savvy - Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Memphis’ entrepreneurial ecosystem has picked up a steady stream of buzz and success in recent years, attracting new participants, mentors, startups and accelerators.

In all that activity, though, it’s sometimes forgotten that there are startups out there that entrepreneurs have built from the ground up pretty much on their own, forgoing outside help to rely purely on their own hustle.

30. The Daily News Claims 11 Green Eyeshade Awards - Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Daily News and The Memphis News claimed 11 Green Eyeshade Journalism Awards in the annual regional competition whose 2012 winners were announced Wednesday, May 8.

Sports commentary and sports reporting in The Memphis News by Don Wade claimed two first place awards in the 63rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for the 11-state Southeastern region of the Society of Professional Journalists that includes Tennessee.

31. The Daily News Claims 11 Green Eyeshade Awards - Thursday, May 9, 2013

The Daily News and The Memphis News claimed 11 Green Eyeshade Journalism Awards in the annual regional competition whose 2012 winners were announced Wednesday, May 8.

Sports commentary and sports reporting in The Memphis News by Don Wade claimed two first place awards in the 63rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for the 11-state Southeastern region of the Society of Professional Journalists that includes Tennessee.

32. Ubiquiti Networks Hires Its First Marketing Chief - Saturday, April 27, 2013

The next-generation communications technology company led by Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera has hired its first chief marketing officer.

33. Basketball Boon - Saturday, April 27, 2013

Before the Grizzlies began their first-round playoff series with the Clippers in Los Angeles, Dennis Flanagan looked ahead to Game 3, which was to be played on Thursday night, April 25, in Memphis.

34. Ubiquiti Networks Hires its First Marketing Chief - Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The next-generation communications technology company led by Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera has hired its first chief marketing officer.

35. Chemistry Slowly Building for New-Look Grizzlies - Friday, February 15, 2013

They showed up in matching blue and white-striped Grizzlies sweat suits, looking like they had walked into FedExForum from the 1980s. It was, without a word being spoken, the first message delivered by Grizzlies chairman Robert Pera and CEO Jason Levien in a Feb. 12 press conference aimed at advancing the narrative of unity – within the team and within the community.

36. Grizzlies Must Reset Season’s Shot Clock - Friday, February 8, 2013

In the NBA, everyone’s used to living with the tight deadline that is the 24-second shot clock. Players and coaches are always turning the page from last possession to next possession.

And so it must be for this Grizzlies’ season.

37. Turning the Page - Saturday, December 29, 2012

It’s that time of year again. It’s that time when journalists across the fruited plain collectively try and make God laugh – with our prognostications, of course, about the year ahead and of what might be.

38. Ubiquiti Honored As Fast Growing Company - Friday, November 16, 2012

Ubiquiti Networks Inc., the technology company founded by new Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera, has been ranked 70 on the Technology Fast 500 from Deloitte & Touche LLP, a list that ranks the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.

39. Ubiquiti CEO Talks Grizzlies Deal With Analysts - Monday, November 12, 2012

Ubiquiti Networks CEO Robert Pera, who’s also the new controlling owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, briefly addressed his purchase of the team and touched on the deal’s financing while talking to analysts during Ubiquiti’s latest quarterly earnings presentation last week.

40. ‘Let’s Do This’ - Monday, November 12, 2012

There was just something about FedExForum. Something about touring the more than 800,000-square-foot arena for the first time that made him think it’s “just awesome, being inside here.”

41. Ubiquiti CEO Talks Grizzlies Deal With Analysts - Friday, November 9, 2012

Ubiquiti Networks CEO Robert Pera, who’s also the new controlling owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, briefly addressed the completion of the deal and touched on its financing today.

42. Challenges Await New Grizzlies Owner - Friday, November 9, 2012

The professional sports clock has its own idea of time. We were reminded of this when NBA Commissioner David Stern came to Memphis for the Grizzlies’ home opener Nov. 5, which also served as a welcoming party for new franchise chairman Robert Pera.

43. Words Few as Grizz Celebrate New Era on Court - Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Just before tipoff Monday night at FedExForum, NBA Commissioner David Stern stepped to center court with microphone in hand and the spotlight squarely on him.

“The future of the NBA in Memphis never looked brighter,” Stern said.

44. Words Few as Grizz Celebrate New Era on Court - Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Just before tipoff Monday night at FedExForum, NBA Commissioner David Stern stepped to center court with microphone in hand and the spotlight squarely on him.

“The future of the NBA in Memphis never looked brighter,” Stern said.

45. City Welcomes New Grizzlies Owner Pera - Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Before founding the company he runs today, Ubiquiti Networks Inc., 34-year-old Robert Pera worked at Apple Inc., where he was a hardware engineer.

46. Ubiquiti Gets High Marks From Leading Service Provider - Thursday, November 1, 2012

Ubiquiti Networks Inc. announced Tuesday, Oct. 30, that it’s the official hardware provider for Florida-based Sling Broadband, a leading Internet service provider in more than 30 major markets nationwide.

47. Pera’s Ubiquiti Reports Earnings Next Week - Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The last time his company held its quarterly earnings conference call for analysts, Robert Pera was asked rather pointedly by one analyst whether he was still going to pull the trigger on his purchase of the Memphis Grizzlies.

48. NBA Approves Pera as New Grizzlies Owner - Friday, October 26, 2012

Thanks to a unanimous vote of approval from the NBA Board of Governors, Robert Pera is a few days away from being the new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

49. New Grizzlies Ownership Could Include Manning, Hardaway - Monday, October 8, 2012

A source close to Robert Pera, the California businessman in the process of buying the Memphis Grizzlies, has confirmed the addition of a few new names to what will be the new ownership of the Grizzlies.

50. New Grizz Ownership Could Include Manning, Hardaway - Friday, October 5, 2012

A source close to Robert Pera, the California businessman in the process of buying the Memphis Grizzlies, has confirmed the addition of a few new names to what will be the new ownership of the Grizzlies.

51. New Grizz Ownership Could Include Manning, Hardaway - Thursday, October 4, 2012

A source close to Robert Pera, the California businessman in the process of buying the Memphis Grizzlies, has confirmed the addition of a few new names to what will be the new ownership of the Grizzlies.

52. Prospective Grizz Owner, Ubiquiti Look Ahead - Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Robert Pera, the California businessman who’s in the process of buying the Memphis Grizzlies, was probably ready to turn the page on a new day and a new week.

53. Bumps Ahead for Pera's Tech Co., Despite Strong Quarter - Friday, August 10, 2012

Ubiquiti Networks Inc., the communications technology company founded by prospective Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera, saw its share price plummet Friday morning after the stock market's opening bell.

54. Pera Open to Local Partners in Grizz Bid - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

In the course of meetings with business and civic leaders here over the last couple of weeks, California technology businessman Robert Pera has decided it would be a good idea to bring local partners into his bid to purchase the Memphis Grizzlies.

55. Pera’s Philosophy: ‘Build on What You’ve Got’ - Thursday, June 28, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three-part series looking at Robert Pera, the potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

56. Pera Shows Track Record Of Early Faith - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at Robert Pera, the potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

57. Game Plan - Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at Robert Pera, the potential new owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.

58. Analyst: Potential Griz Owner is a “Strong CEO” - Monday, June 25, 2012

The prospective owner of the Memphis Grizzlies is a “very strong CEO” who’s built a next-generation communications technology company with a “pretty dramatic growth story.”

59. Questions Abound in Grizzlies Sale - Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Robert Pera, a young tech industry multimillionaire, is close to adding a new title to his resume: NBA team owner.

60. IPO Market, an Engine of Job Growth, Stalls - Tuesday, October 25, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — Two companies with quirky names, Ubiquiti Networks and Zeltiq Aesthetics, made their public debuts earlier this month with listings on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Each company's stock went up modestly on the first day of trading.