In the fine print of a jobs report published today is some mixed news for Silicon Valley.
For the first time in this downturn, the region lost jobs; it has 4,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago at this time, and its unemployment rate is 7 percent, according to the Center for the Continuing [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Job Losses Hit the Tech Sector
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, hi tech, job losses, NY times on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank You to our “TROOPS”
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When i was growing up in New York City, during the holiday season of Hanukah and Christmas, we always used to watch the Bob Hope specials. They were entertaining, funny, poignant, but most of all they focused on the “Troops”.
Let us not forget the lessons of history. This nation was founded, grew and [...]
Growth Slows for Video Game Market
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, patric, patric carlsson, slowing economy, video games on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sales of video game software grew far less rapidly in November than they did in October, according to a report published Thursday by the NPD Group, a market research firm.
The data suggests that the video game market, which industry executives and analysts have characterized as relatively recession-proof, is feeling the pinch of consumer caution.
For the [...]
Gerbsman Partners wishes you and your family a Happy, Healthy and Safe Holiday Season & New Year
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, Steven Gerbsman on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We also say “thank you” to our clients, advisors, business partners and all the people the team has been involved with. Gerbsman Partners’ goals have been and always will be, to “Earn the Trust and Confidence” of our clients, and to maintain the highest standards of “Ethics and Integrity”.
As we enter this New Year, we [...]
A Web Start-Up Counting on Ad Sales? Good Luck
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Battery ventures, boic, entrepreneurs, Gerbsman Partners, investment strategies, Investments, patric carlsson, startups, VC on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the dot-com bust, as the online advertising market dried up and the Web companies that had been buying most of the ad space went bankrupt, the people who start and fund companies in Silicon Valley began questioning whether Web sites could survive on advertising alone.
That moment of doubt didn’t last. The ad market revived [...]
