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Good afternoon

Please see information below and attached from a dear Israeli friend, Lior Yahalomi who lives in NYC and who served in the IDF in the elite Orev Tzanchanim unit.

The Orev Tzanhanim unit is one of the three special units leading the Israeli Paratroopers. The unit specializes in tactical combat and is a trained assault forces for wide-scale warfare situations.

The graduates of this elite IDF unit is raising funds to support soldier’s and their families during this difficult time.

Please consider a donation and click on the link below.

With respect, with hope for the future and with the knowledge that Good will always triumph over evil.

Best

Steve

From: Lior Yahalomi <lioryahalomi@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 7:09 PM
To: Lior Yahalomi <lioryahalomi@gmail.com>
Subject: Asking for your support to my Israel

Dear Family & Friends,

I am writing during a very difficult time for my Israel and my family.  Over 1,300 people, mostly Israeli civilians — children, elderly and young — were brutally and intentionally massacred.  Over 150+ Israelis were kidnapped, among them at least 24 children (see pictures attached below).   Over 29 countries have citizens who were either killed or kidnapped by Hamas.  This war is against Hamas, a brutal and recognized terror organization by the USA, EU and Israel among other western countries.  This war is not against the Palestinian people in Gaza who are suffering.  I believe in a two state solution that will secure a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians for generations to come.  

I am asking for your moral and financial support to demonstrate that Israel is not alone in its fight against terrorism.

When I was 18 years old, I joined “Orev Tzanchanim,” a special forces unit of the IDF Paratrooper division.  It was the most amazing experience of brotherhood among 24 dedicated, hard working, and brave young people.  The experience transformed me.  I am travelling to Israel tomorrow to personally meet with my IDF friends, deliver some goods and cheer-on the unit in the south. I will visit the family of a fallen soldier from Orev — Guy Simchi, who died last week during the battle with Hamas, and the family of my cousin — Yehonatan Rom, who died during the music festival. 

Please use the attached pdf, or the url below, to donate to Orev Tzanchanim.

https://www.specialidfsupport.com/en

I thank you in advance for your consideration.

Lior

🇮🇱

Lior Yahalomi

Lior.Yahalomi@Gmail.com

Mobile:  610.322.5584

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here you are

https://secured.israelgives.org/en/pay/Shaked

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https://x.com/mikeeisenberg/status/1710931149969559699?s=20 (two more at this link)

thanks!

all worthy

Michael Eisenberg

Equal Partner

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10/8 It’s really awful. At least five that I know in my secondary circle have been killed. A 19 year old girl who used to wash my hair at the local hair salon, a cousin of my mother-in-law, my son’s friend’s cousin, and on and on.

Our office continues to work but we have at least half a dozen spouses or sons who have been called up for reserve duty to fight.

Below is a message I sent within my firm:

I have gotten dozens of messages from many of our colleagues which warms my heart. Ironically our office is currently probably the busiest we have ever been with deal work. All of our people are accounted for and, thanks in part to Covid protocols, everyone is set up with technology to continue working from home. It is difficult psychologically and emotionally as some of our children and those of our staff are currently serving in the army or have been called up for reserve duty. But we remain steadfast in our belief in the superiority of our army, in our moral standing, and for many of us, in our faith. The Jewish people have been through a lot worse, and we will prevail.  It does hit harder when our adversaries are so morally bankrupt as to use innocent civilians including women and children as pawns in their corrupt mission. They are also leveraging social media and news outlets with great skill that is only matched by the depth of their depravity. We are in shock by what we are seeing and also angry at our government for failing to predict it and protect the people from it. We don’t know exactly how long this war will take but it appears to be the most serious in a long while and we are all bracing ourselves for it. The steadfast support of our colleagues and Firm leadership means more than you can think. 

With blessings,

Joey

Thanks Steven. So appreciative of your support. this is something I wrote that I would love if you would spread https://x.com/mikeeisenberg/status/1710894559549362300?s=20

10/9 Michael update . Today;s missive https://twitter.com/mikeeisenberg/status/1711266715332419898

Michael Eisenberg

Equal Partner

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Storms & Patterns – “The Black Swan is still around”

When I was a child, I remember my Grandma Sarah telling me –“in order to predict the future, look to the past”.

We are now in an environment of tight monetary policy, high energy prices, inflation (maybe stagflation is coming), an increasing cost of living and a government divided by social, cultural and political issues.

There is little or no control on the cost of healthcare and social benefits.  We are technically in a “zone of insolvency”.  As Winston Churchill said “ You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else”.

The good news is that the past shows the determination and grit of the American entrepreneur and their vision’s to persevere.  

The capital markets are tight, but money is available, however senior lenders and equity are experiencing the every 2-4 year cycle of under-performing and distressed investments.   

What to do???

Gerbsman Partners Advice if you have an under-performing or distressed company in your portfolio/

Before such an event occurs:

As a board member, investor, senior lender or stakeholder:

1. Implement tight cash flow, account receivable focus and inventory reporting so that you are alerted to problems early.
2. Focus on the control, preservation and forecasting of CASH on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
3. Require “bottoms up” forecasting for all aspects of revenue and expense. Have the CEO and CFO defend ALL numbers.
4. Hold the CEO responsible and accountable for Performance. If you are off the business plan/forecast, re-forecast based on the reality of “what is” today.
5. Communicate frequently with all parties at interest. Check that the CEO is providing leadership, motivation and morale to the management team and employees.
6. Review all companies in your portfolio. Identify and define action plans to fix weaknesses now.
7. Utilize professional resources to assist in maximizing enterprise value, when appropriate.

When such an event occurs:

1. Face up to reality and act quickly. When things are going bad, waiting seldom improves them. We have never seen a board of directors act too quickly when faced with a crisis. We have all too frequently seen a board act slowly or not at all.

2. Call for assistance early. The earlier professionals can get involved in the process, the better the potential outcome in maximizing enterprise value. Many times board’s request assistance only after a company has run out of cash. Many more options exist to maximize enterprise value if a company has some running room.

About Gerbsman Partners 

Gerbsman Partners focuses on maximizing enterprise value for stakeholders and shareholders in underperforming, undercapitalized and undervalued companies and their intellectual properties. Since 2001, Gerbsman Partners has successfully maximized the values of 120 companies in a wide and diverse spectrum of industries, ranging from technology, medical device/life science, digital marketing to cyber security, to name only a few.*

In the process, GP has successfully restructured/terminated over $810 million of real estate executory contracts and equipment lease/sub-debt obligations, and has assisted in over $2.3 billion of financings, restructurings and M&A transactions.*

Gerbsman Partners has offices and strategic alliances in San Francisco, Orange County, Boston, New York, Washington DC, McLean, VA, Europe and Israel.

The Gerbsman Partners team are available to strategize and develop action for maximizing and monetizing value.   Also, Gerbsman Partners does only one retained engagement at a time and I am the “team leader”.

I look forward to speaking with you and my team and I are always on call to assist.

Best

Steve

Please click on link – http://gerbsmanpartners.com

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Gerbsman Partners is pleased to announce it has established a “strategic relationship with Cyber Advisory Partners (“CAP”).   Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Northern Virginia, CAP is a leading cybersecurity and defense technology consulting firm focused on advancing national security through innovation.  The firm provides a range of services to help its clients grow, including go-to-market strategy, business development and transaction advisory. The CAP team’s leadership and advisors are former entrepreneurs, industry experts assisting emerging and leading security companies access the resources, relationships and intelligence required to grow their business and advance U.S. national security.

Gerbsman Partners is a Restructuring and Private Investment Banking firm that is strategically positioned to assist portfolio companies of equity investors, senior lenders and bondholders maximize enterprise value.  Since 1980, Gerbsman Partners has been involved in over $2.3 billion of restructurings, M&A and financing transactions and has maximized enterprise value for stakeholders and shareholders in going concern and highly leveraged, under-performing, under-capitalized and under-valued companies and their Intellectual Property, as well as emerging growth companies.

Since 2001, Gerbsman Partners has focused and been involved in maximizing enterprise and Intellectual Property value for 118 venture capital/private equity backed and /or senior lender financed, technology (software, mobile, telecom, optical networking, internet, digital commerce, clean tech, etc.), life science, medical device, solar, fuel cell, cyber/information security and low tech companies through Gerbsman Partners proprietary “Date Certain M&A Process”.  Gerbsman Partners has also terminated/restructured over $810 million of prohibitive real estate and equipment leases, sub-debt and creditor issues.  Gerbsman Partners leverages its domain expertise and extensive experience to the benefit of all stakeholders at interest, both nationally and internationally through its world wide contacts and Board of Intellectual Capital.  

Together with CAP, Gerbsman Partners will extend its capabilities in the cybersecurity market to maximize and monetize intellectual property, access to capital and business/financial consulting. .  

Eric Bell, Managing Director and Head of CAP’s Transaction Advisory Practice said.  “Our partnership will enable us to lend our expertise to capital providers while leveraging Gerbsman Partners proven processes for maximizing the value of intellectual property to ensure that cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies ends up in the right hands.”

If appropriate, Eric and I are available to strategized and develop action plans for maximizing and monetizing stakeholder value.

Steven R. Gerbsman
Principal
Cell: 415.505.4991
steve@gerbsmanpartners.com
https://gerbsmanpartners.com

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