From GigaOm
Following in the footsteps of Apple and its iTunes App store, several mobile companies have announced plans to launch their own storefronts. Research In Motion is looking to launch its store relatively soon, and it took a major step forward when it started accepting applications from app writers to have their apps included in [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Blackberry Storefront Accepting App Applications
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged appstore, boic, Gerbsman Partners, itune, itunes, mobile content on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chaos Reigns in the PC Industry
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, downturn, economic downturn, Gerbsman, steve, Steven Gerbsman on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The popularity of netbooks, Acer’s rise, Lenovo’s fall, the struggles of component makers to sell virtually anything — it all makes for a crazy time in the personal computer market these days.
The major PC component suppliers –- companies like Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia, Seagate and Western Digital –- are reeling as hardware sales dry [...]
One Day You’re Indispensable, the Next Day…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apple, boic, Gerbsman Partners, indispensible, NY times, steve jobs, steve lohr on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Indispensable? No one is, we’re told. Times change, people move on and the notion of the irreplaceable individual is a myth. That is irrefutable, at least in the cosmic sense of Charles de Gaulle’s grim reminder: “The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.”
Yet there are moments in history, or institutions, that are [...]
Successful Date Certain M&A of “Business Unit and Intellectual Property”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Date certain, Date Certain M&A, Gerbsman Partners, Steven Gerbsman on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Steven R. Gerbsman, Principal of Gerbsman Partners and James Skelton, a member of Gerbsman Partners Board of Intellectual Capital, announced today their success in maximizing stakeholder value for a technology company that has been the leading provider of archival storage technology to the global IT market. Gerbsman Partners provided Crisis Management leadership, facilitated the [...]
Why you can’t trust your gut in this market
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam D. Galinsky, boic, cnn, economic downturn, Gerbsman Partners, Jennifer A. Whitson, Northwestern University, Tyler Cowen, University of Texas at Austin on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look closely. Do you see the onset of another Great Depression? Maybe it’s all in your mind.
By Tyler Cowen, Money Magazine contributing writer.
(Money Magazine) — If you think you’re immune to market panic, consider this experiment.
Recently, Jennifer A. Whitson of the University of Texas at Austin and Adam D. Galinsky at Northwestern University asked a [...]
