As Facebook secured some investments earlier this year, and invested it towards international growth, the latest news spark renewed IPO rumors.
Of course, no one knows, but the hiring of a CFO from a larger corporation is nothing you do unless you have greater plans. First and foremost, it costs you a bunch of money, secondly, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Major Shift in Cleantech Investment
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, crisis management, balance sheet restructuring, funding, Date Certain M&A, BusinessWeek, VC funding, bad debt, orderly shutdowns, clean tech, venture capitalist, New Energy Finance, private equity firms, cleantech summit on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
VCs are moving their money away from energy generation projects, such as wind-farm and solar-parks. The reason? Funding those types of businesses is just too expensive for investors already struggling from the global downturn.
Warren Buffett: ‘Not off the bottom yet’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Berkshire Hathaway, boic, bull market, Chicago tribune, Date Certain M&A, economic crisis, economic outlook, economic recovery, Gerbsman Partners, inflation worries, Mergers and aquisitions, signs of recovery, the swamp, US inflation, Warren buffet on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Buffett, the multibillionaire oracle from Omaha and informal adviser to President Barack Obama, says the actions that the federal government is taking today raise the “probability” of “very significant inflation down the road,” but they are necessary and “appropriate.”
The corruption of the financial system
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Market research, Strategy, tagged boic, financial crisis, financial times, Gerbsman Partners, international economic crisis, Investments on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The too big to fail problem has been central to the degeneration and corruption of the financial system in the north Atlantic region over the past two decades.
