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Successful Date Certain M&A of “Business Unit and Intellectual Property”

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Technology, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal of Gerbsman Partners and Kenneth Hardesty, a member of Gerbsman Partners Board of Intellectual Capital, announced today their success in maximizing stakeholder value for a mobile messaging service that uniquely bridges the internet & cell phone networks to deliver push emails to mobile phones via the SMS data channel.

Gerbsman Partners facilitated the sale of associated Intellectual Property and assets. Due to market conditions, the venture capital-backed company and its senior lender made the strategic decision to maximize the value of the business unit and Intellectual Property.

For the full pressrelease, click here

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Entrepreneurship in time of crisis

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on October 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is a interesting article from GigaOm.

“Entrepreneurs often focus so much on running their companies that they don’t have time to worry about events in the outside world. Normally, this is how it should be, but the credit crisis slamming Wall Street right now is an exception, and it has deep implications for any startup.”

Click here to read full article

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The Advantages of a “Date-Certain” Mergers and Acquisition Process Over a Standard Mergers and Acquisitions Process

Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Gerbsman Partners just released some informational material in regards to its “Date certain” M&A process. It makes for some good and thoughtfull reading for entrepreneurs and investors alike.

“Every venture capital investor hopes that all of his investments will succeed. The reality is that a large percentage of all venture investments must be shut down. In extreme cases, such a shut down will take the form of a formal bankruptcy or an assignment for the benefit of creditors. In most cases, however, the investment falls into the category of “living dead”, i.e. companies that are not complete failures but that are not self-sustaining and whose prospects do not justify continued investment. Almost never do investors shut down such a “living dead” company quickly.”

Please click here for the complete text.

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