Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, tagged boic, digital nomad, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, global economic downturn, Robert Tillman, soaring gas prices on June 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
A Reuters report today highlights organizations that are cutting back the number of days employees are required to physically show up at work because of soaring gas prices. Even employees who are required to be on-site in order to work, such as janitors, are being cut down to four-day workweeks to save gas. White collar workers, of course, are being allowed, encouraged or forced to stay home once a week or more often and telecommute.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Technology, tagged apple, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Business week, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, iphone, Kleiner perkins, pelago, Robert Tillman, Strategy, Technology, Worldwide Developers Conference on June 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Apple won’t crank up the hype machine about all the new things an iPhone can do until its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9, but here’s a small taste of what’s in store: finding things to do in the neighborhood when you’re at a loss.
That’s the idea behind Pelago, the first company funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as part of the $100 million iFund the venture capital firm announced in March at Apple’s last big iPhone event.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Investments, Market research, tagged Asia Times, asia times online, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Economy, food crisis, food prices, gepolitical catastrophe, grain prices, monetary crisis, rice, Robert Tillman, weak dollar on May 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The global food crisis is a monetary phenomenon, an unintended consequence of America’s attempt to inflate its way out of a market failure. There are long-term reasons for food prices to rise, but the unprecedented spike in grain prices during the past year stems from the weakness of the American dollar. Washington’s economic misery now threatens to become a geopolitical catastrophe.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, Market research, tagged Asia Times, assets, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, german banks, Horst Koehler, loan crisis, Robert Tillman, securities, subprime mortgages on May 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The German financial system wanted to consume low-quality American assets, but did not want to look on what it was eating. German banks have written down about US$25 billion in securities derived from low-quality (“subprime”) American mortgages, and doubtless will lose a great deal more.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Market research, tagged apple, Board Of Intellectual Capital, boic, Broadband ISP, Distressed Intellectual Property, Distressed IP, Gerbsman Partners, gigaom, itunes, Om Malik, Technology, VOD on May 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
With this latest move, Apple continues to grab for the portable media market. The latest addition is that consumers will be able to purchase recent releases on iTunes on the same day as it is released on DVD. At a $14.99 price tag Apple is likely to continue its grab for marketshare.
Here is a good analysis from Om Malik: “Given its history, the odds of Apple replicating the success it’s had with music in the movie download business are pretty high. The near ubiquity of its iTunes software and easy download process render it a good candidate for making a habit out of downloading movies. There is, of course, one problem when buying and download movies online: It takes forever.”
This is good news for the ISP´s, whom now have more upsell arguments and branding opportunities when sellling broadband connections. On the bad side, VOD Online DVD rental outlets might face some challanges that will shake up their business models quite hard.
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