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Secrets for Success in Good and Turbulent Times

October 14, 2008 by Steven R. Gerbsman

Over the past 40 years, I have learned and hopefully executed the characteristics for success, outlined below, in good and turbulent times.

1.  Have Ethics and Integrity – Be Dependable and Responsible

2.  Attitude – Always, Always be Positive

3.  Desire – Have the desire to do the Best You Can 

4.  Consistency – Be consistent in good times and challenging times

5.  Ability – Keep on learning- develop new skills – continue your education – listen and most important, it is OK to say “I don’t know” and “I need help”.

6. Take Action and Risks – Don’t be afraid to make mistakes- that is how you learn, that is how you grow

7. Communicate – Communicate – Communicate – People will tell you when to stop communicating and more important, keep interested parties in the loop and you will be respected by all.

8. Listen – one of the hardest things to do, however we all learn something and grow when we listen

9. Always focus on #1 above, nothing else matters.  Have ETHICS and INTEGRITY. Be DEPENDABLE and take RESPONSIBILITY for your actions.

In today’s Turbulent Times, hopefully the guidance above will provide a road to success, performance and happiness.

Best

Steve Gerbsman

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Analysts: Clean-Tech Startups Face Hurdles in Economic Scramble

October 11, 2008 by Robert Tillman

For the last two years, with the economy collapsing all around it, the technology sector and Silicon Valley in particular have proven to be particularly resilient.

But that might not be the case forever. Sooner or later, as the economy contracts and everybody cuts spending, the companies that power Silicon Valley—the startups, venture capitalists, banks and big producers of technology—are bound to be affected.

“Black Sunday (a week ago) was really a watershed—we’ve crossed a Rubicon,” said Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley forecaster. “I think it will change everybody’s attitudes about deregulation, toward the landscape of risk and toward all these new-age investments—these derivatives and hedges.

“In the short term, people will be risk-averse. In the long term, it will make people get back to the basics,” said Saffo. “We have risk that people can understand—a startup that gets risk capital. They do well if they deliver something of value to the purchaser, not because of a complex mathematical formula living inside a computer.”

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

October 8, 2008 by Steven R. Gerbsman

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.

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Entrepreneurship in time of crisis

October 2, 2008 by Steven R. Gerbsman

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.”

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

October 1, 2008 by Steven R. Gerbsman

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.”

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