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The May Report: 5/20/2013: Acquity Group has been bought by Accenture for $316MM — not sure how the Chris Dalton gang fared in this because years ago, they were bought out by a Hong Kong based investment group; that deal was announced late Friday afternoon and the Acquity Group stock (AQ) jumped quite a bit…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 5/15/2013: Maria Christopoulos Katris, you never responded to my email asking about why you left out TechCocktail and Frank Gruber in your comments to Michigan Avenue Magazine michiganavemag.com/living/articles/chicago-startup-businesses and now you will have to spend two reports in the TMR Stockade because Frank Gruber has just raised $2.5MM from Tony Hsieh’s Downtown…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 5/9/2013: The Annual Rites of May: Handicapping the City Lights program Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com ronaldmay@aol.com,www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter _______________________________ The Annual Rites of May: Handicapping the City Lights program One of the things that I look forward to every year is handicapping…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 5/7/2013: No time for a long header this morning as we begin an event filled week Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com ronaldmay@aol.com,www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter ____________________________ ****************************** The May Report Stockade 1. Brian Cody of www.scholasticahq.com for not sending me an email as he…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 5/6/2013: A special report on Michael Kurgan, Servicewing Healthcare and whether a leopard changes its spots Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com ronaldmay@aol.com,www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter ____________________________ ****************************** The May Report Stockade 1. Brian Cody of www.scholasticahq.com for not sending me an email as he…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 5/4/2013: My buddy Bill Anthony (lawyer) has started a hedge fund with some smart guys, including Bill Ziemba who is a quant dictionary.reference.com/browse/quant with a Ph.D in finance from Berkeley; Bill Anthony’s vouching for Ziemba means nothing to me but Willard I. Zangwill’s opinion does matter. He’s been at ChicagoBooth forever and…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 4/30/2013: The IMSA presenters “were better than the contenders on Shark Tank” said judge Tyler Spalding (from www.styleseek.com ) and Josh Metnick, Bob Geras and Jose de Francisco made similar comments: The top honors and $3,000 went to a functioning business WikiRoster started by Jason Lin, Kendrick Lau and Jung Oh; the…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 4/29/2013: Here’s the Uber story in a nutshell. As you may know, I take a lot of cabs and talk to a lot of cabbies. Uber www.uber.com/cities/chicago# cabs are not just limos. They can be and often are just regular cabs like Flash that are Uber-enabled with Uber iPhone and Android apps…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 4/25/2013:[xic: 26] I have so much stuff, it’s coming out of my ears. I just got off the phone (about 8am) with Ron Kirschner who has been one busy beaver. Open the report here. Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com ronaldmay@aol.com,www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter _____________________________…
Read Full ReportThe May Report: 4/25/2013: I have a juicy 64 ounce steak for you, but it will only be eaten one bite at a time, so let’s get started and by 5pm Friday, we may be through. About 50 people attended the CCEA competition Monday, and the ten judges decided the top 5 companies which will…
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