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The “Crisis” In Venture Capital

Posted in Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Market research, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Erick Schonfeld at Techcrunch recently posted a good article on the state of venture financing.

There were no venture-backed IPOs in the second quarter, and M&A deals are down. The last time there were no VC-backed IPOs in a quarter was in 1978. The liquidity drought for venture-backed startups is so bleak that the National Venture Capital Association is calling it a “crisis.” Last quarter there were only 5 IPOs that brought in a piddling $283 million. That compares to 43 IPOs during the first half of 2007 that brought in $6.3 billion.

Click here to read the full article on Techcrunch.

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The Death of Stealth Mode

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on July 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here is an interesting observation from by Josh Kopelman, Managing Director of First Round Capital. His blog, Redeye VC is a good source for frontline observations on funding.

“A pre-launch, stealth-mode company just closes a seed round of funding. Three weeks go by, and the news of the company’s funding starts appearing in VentureBeat, PEHub, and Venturewire. The story is then picked up by mainstream tech bloggers and press. The CEO starts getting phone calls from journalists. I then receive frantic, angry phone calls and emails from the CEO that go something like this: “Dude! Did you announce the funding? We wanted to stay under the radar…”

Click here for some interesting viewpoints.

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Inherently Risky Business

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

As the first anniversary of the credit crisis approaches, it’s clear that a major part of the problem was a spectacular failure of information, with complex asset-backed securities turning out to be far riskier than anyone thought. But as sophisticated as we consider ourselves, this is just a contemporary example of what might be called the Problem of the Oblong Dice.

Read more of the Wall Street Journal article here

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An iPhone for everyone

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Technology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »

At WWDC yesterday, Steve Jobs confirmed what have been rumored for a while – iPhone will support 3G, and prices will be cut. Starting at $199 for the smaller, 8GB version and $299 for the 16GB, color option version – iPhone is now destined for the broader audience.

With an open application environment and a clean business model – mobile content will now find its true audience through the unified window of iTunes. Offering a 70/30 split to developers, a open SDK and low entry fees for the firmware unlocking the phone – developers will have a chance at actually making money on mobile content.

Here is a good summary from NY Times from the WWDC

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Two New Wikipedia-Like Services

Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The widespread use of Wikipedia have spurred some interesting offsprings;

For Business try: www.dealipedia.com

“The business deal wiki”
Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, started this archive of M&A activities, IPOs, bankruptcies, and scoops on who made money (including him) on the deals.

For relaxation try: www.chickipedia.com

“The wiki of hot women”
Learn that Scarlett Johansson is known for “her popularity with up-and-coming celebrity men” … and going-nowhere Web surfers.

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