April 21, 2009

The May Report: 4/21/2009: BNC Cap. Grp.: Innovate2LRN, School Town, Parry
Transit, Novus Ice; Spirrison lasted 3 wks, says Sernovitz — job too low level
for king J. Bradley.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

— Avery Cohen on BNC Venture Capital Meeting, April 2009: Hardware and
Software for Schools, UltraLight Rail, and Ice-Making Machines
— Parry Transit
— Alarm: Clock: Chinese Social Network Kaixin001 Raises $20M
— Entrepreneur Participants in Edge Strategies study
— Dennis Hodges: Good news for transportation
— From Ron’s Facebook page

[Editor's note: May here. Andy Sernovitz called me this morning and we talked
for about a half hour. I will have more on the discussion which covered a range
of topics, but the upshot is that Brad Spirrison lasted about three weeks and
it was ended by mutual agreement. Sernovitz does not know what Brad is doing
now and his cousin Lou says he does not know, but that I do not believe. Well,
maybe it is true that Lou does not know. There is a lot of stuff my brother
does not tell me. Sernovitz said that Brad was doing a job that was too low
level for him -- mostly administrative, setting up conference calls for between
20 and 100 people. They tried to adjust his job, but it didn't fly.

Sernovitz has plenty to say about the likes of richardatDELL, Armano, Jeff
Dachis who started RazorFish and for whom Armano is going to work; Connolly
whom he says is trans-gender, Lundin, and others. More on all that tomorrow.

I have also been getting calls about Craig Rappin from anonymous parties who
want to know what happened. I am trying to find out for you. Nothing right now
except that he is probably still in the Metropolitan Correctional Facility
downtown awaiting transport to possibly Deluth, MN.

Once again, Avery Cohen has saved my bacon today. Thanks, Avery!]
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The Scoop section:

Avery Cohen on BNC Venture Capital Meeting, April 2009: Hardware and Software
for Schools, UltraLight Rail, and Ice-Making Machines

Subject: BNC Venture Capital Meeting, April 2009: Hardware and Software for
Schools, UltraLight Rail, and Ice-Making Machines
Date: 4/20/2009 11:59:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: AveryCohen@Metrist.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Business Network Chicago Venture Capital Panel
April 7, 2009

Four interesting and innovative companies presented their concept pitches to
the monthly Business Networking Chicago Venture Capital meeting
(conceptequity.com/BNCVCGroup.htm). Hosted by Len Bland
(www.linkedin.com/in/lenbland) and David Carmen
(www.linkedin.com/in/davidcarman), the attendees included entrepreneurs,
service providers, students and perhaps a half-dozen actual investors.

The companies presenting at BNC Venture Capital are generally early in the
cycle of seeking investment, and both participants and audience have an
opportunity to learn how to make their business case to potential venture
capital investors. Each speaker is given ten minutes to present and fifteen
minutes to answer questions from the crowd.

Moderator Bland asks them to make sure they answer three questions: 1) What is
your product or service and why will customers buy it? 2) Why is the management
team qualified to execute the business plan? 3) How will your investors make
money?

Of the four companies that presented at the meeting on Tuesday, April 7, 2009,
two were related to education; One was an innovator in sustainable (e.g.
“green”) transportation options; and one offered to transform the manufacture
and distribution of a common retail product.

INNOVATE2LRN – Dedicated Workstations for Urban Students

The first company, Lake Forest based INNOVATE2LRN, branded as QWK2LRN
(www.qwk2lrn.com/) provides “thin client” computers to urban schools,
with the objective that each student have a working computer at their desk full
time. They provide hardware and infrastructure utilizing on-demand remote (or
“cloud”) server capacity.

It was interesting that the audience did not have a clear understanding of the
Innovate to Learn’s business model. That their service is related to providing
computers and a “cloud-based” infrastructure to schools. This may be because
QWK2LRN CEO Bill Lowe focused much of his presentation on the efficacy of
having a dedicated computer workstation for each student in urban schools. He
then recommended that the schools use web-based educational programs; the
QWK2LRN solution does not provide software or teacher training, though they do
have one person available to consult with teachers and administrators on
selecting appropriate web-based educational programs.

A key to QWK2LRN ‘s business plan is that the management team works with school
district superintendants to get access to already-allocated federal funds to
pay for the hardware. The core team is made up of executives from Xerox, they
bring Xerox’s top-down approach to sales. The executive team has built strong
connections with philanthropists who are active in urban and educational
causes. This has given them access to school district superintendents rather
than going in through the IT department. We note that, at this writing, their
web site is “undergoing site maintenance”.

SCHOOL TOWN – Web-based Teacher-Parent-Student Communication Platform

The second education-related company to present at the BNC Venture Capital
meeting, School Town (schooltown.net/), provides tools to help teachers,
students, and parents communicate about school assignments and schedules.
School Town also provides capabilities for teachers and parents to collaborate
and share lesson plans and other educational information. School Town CEO
Michael A. Kritzman also stated that School Town provides a platform for
teachers to implement “differentiated learning” in the classroom.

Based out of the Chicago suburb of Glenview, they have had successes with their
initial installations. The solution helps teachers and parents communicate with
students, and helps students develop time management skills. One concern of the
audience was whether competition in the education marketplace represented a
good opportunity for the company to be acquired for integration or if the
company could succeed as a stand-alone SaaS offering. Kritzman indicated that
their strategy is to develop the product and be acquired. Another question from
the audience was how much time School Town would save teachers versus the
complexity it added to their jobs.

PARRY TRANSIT – Ultralight Rail Using Hybrid Power

Parry Transit (www.parrytransit.com) is an American subsidy of a British
company that developed the hybrid trolly. They offer a sustainable ultralight
rail solution. CEO Barry Seifer described ultralight rail as an affordable
green transit technology. Light rail has a 10-year sales cycle, but ultralight
is less expensive for both the track and cars and can go to market more quickly.

Despite Mayor Daley’s repeated tries to build light rail in Chicago, this
Chicago audience could not relate to the Trolly concept, asking if they could
put tires on the cars. Unfortunately, that would eliminate many of the benefits
of the Parry Transit system. Light rail has enjoyed success in other locations,
including downtown Portland as an outstanding example.

On one hand, with federal stimulus dollars on the table, Parry’s ultralight
rail looks like an appealing investment. On the other hand, high-speed rail for
the Midwest has been getting the PR buzz lately. A lot of Parry’s success rides
on managing all aspects of selling to government, including setting public
expectations.

NOVUS ICE SYSTEMS – On-site Ice Production for Retail Locations

Chicago-based Novus Ice (novusicesystems.com/) proposes to “redefine the
distribution chain for bagged ice” in retail locations by placing automated
systems in stores. The systems run quietly and have the same footprint of
current ice vending systems, with added height.

The manufacture and distribution of ice is typically a local monopoly, with
some 2,000 suppliers nationwide. There are two large public companies trying to
roll up this market: Reddy Ice and Arctic Glacier. Novus’ business model is to
finance the placement of the systems and take a percentage of sales from each
unit. They will guarantee the retail price of a bag of ice. Eliminating the
manufacturing and transportation costs of ice should improve margins on ice to
around 20%.

The machines use standard components, assembled for Novus by the hardware
suppliers. The makers of the freezer units have an existing nationwide
maintenance operation, which Novus says will minimize the exposure of the
maintenance risk.

The use of standard components raised the question of competition. Novus said
that there is no competition currently in the market and that their projections
are to take 4% of the retail ice market, focusing on chains with larger stores.
Their business plan showed 64% EBITDA at the end of five years. They are in the
planning stages for a pilot with Walmart.

Note, however, that a later Google search for “in-store ice production” yields
a February announcement from Arctic Glacier of their in-store ice production
system, and another system from Louisiana based Ultra Pure Water Technologies,
dating back to November, 2005. (see
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200102/ai_n22604092/ and
www.upwt.com/icemakers.html ). It appears that there may be more to the
story behind this innovation. If I were Ron May, I’d probably take up the space
to also point out that the management team is not listed on the company’s web
site.

FEEDBACK FROM THE CROWD
At the end of each presentation Bland polled the audience to vote their
confidence in the presentation’s investment potential on a scale of one to ten.
Novus Ice Systems was the best received of the companies presenting. School
Town received the most tepid support from the audience. Parry Transit appeared
to have the widest dispersion of low-to-high votes.

The next Business Network Chicago Venture Capital meeting is Tuesday, May 5.
(conceptequity.com/BNCVCGroup.htm)

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or corrections.

Avery.

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Avery J. Cohen
Principal
Metrist Partners
www.metrist.com
phone: 847.926.8280 | cell: 708.602.3945 | skype: averycohen
linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/averycohen | twitter: @averycohen
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Parry Transit

Subject: Re: FW: The May Report: 4/03/2009: Josh Karp of theprintedblog on
raising $ and what concerns the investors have; eChicago 2009 conference
today; Start-up Chicago starts at 5pm today, and more…
Date: 4/4/2009 9:31:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: barry@parrytransit.com
To: len_bland@conceptequity.com
CC: Evan.Herman@morganstanley.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Thanks Len.

Evan Herman also forwarded this to me, and I’ve contacted Ron about Parry
Transit.

The good news is that many new railtech ideas are floating to the surface as
public rail transit gains momentum as an alternative transport mode to private
cars.

$20-25 million per mile is the historic average cost for modern streetcar
systems, which are regulated to speeds of 59 mph. Examples: Portland,
Charlotte.

The L in Chicago and the T in Boston are examples of hybrid light/heavy rail
systems. These systems cost more than streetcars but less than heavy commuter
or inter-urban rail.

Railcars with operating speeds above 59 mph are regulated as heavy rail. These
systems are even more costly. Example: Metra.

High-speed rail is the top class. Amtrak’s Acela is an example. This class is
getting lots of attention and requires billions of state and federal funding.
The US lags decades behind every other developed nation implementing high speed
rail. Most sexy example: The Shanghai transrapid maglev. German technology. My
son rode this train, said it was like flying on the ground.

All the above systems typically require public operating subsidies. Fare box
revenue does not cover the cost.

Parry Transit is at the bottom of the pyramid – street-running circulatory
rail. This is the urban tram class. Examples: Bordeaux, France; Berlin and
Munich, Germany; San Francisco. Cost is about $4-5 million per mile. Local tax
or ‘value capture’ schemes add incremental revenue to cover the costs.

On a per-dollar basis, modern streetcar and street-running tram systems are
considered to be the best available economic development investments for urban
and sub-urban communities, returning 6 to 20 times the investment within 5
years (Portland, Charlotte, more).

Hope this helps.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Len Bland wrote:

Barry,

Take a look at the e-mail in the report on tubular rail. See below.

Regards,

Len Bland, CPA
CEO

len_bland@conceptequity.com
twitter.com/conceptlen
Office/Cell: 847-317-0656
Fax: 847-919-4396
www.conceptequity.com
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Join BNC Venture Capital Group notification list
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Chief Executive
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May here. Barry, I did not get the clipped message. Can you send it to me
directly at ronaldmay@aol.com ? Also, no pdfs.
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Alarm: Clock: Chinese Social Network Kaixin001 Raises $20M

Social Networking – Thursday, April 16, 2009

Chinese Social Network Kaixin001 Raises $20M

Kaixin001.com, a Chinese social networking site, has raised $20M in a
2nd-round. Backers include Qiming Venture Partners, Ceyuan Ventures and
Northern Light Venture Capital. At a time when large US social networks, like
Hi5, are having a hard time raising funding without harsh conditions, it does
seem surprising that a Chinese firm like this can gain access to so much
investment capital.

Kaixin001 means Happy Net and was launched in April, 2008. The startup grew
rapidly to more than 8M active users in China in its first 5 months. Kaixin
allows for photo uploading, a blogging and micro-blogging platform, music
sharing, and a 1G online hard drive. Interestingly, the startup has simply
cloned many of the most popular Facebook applications like FriendsForSale and
Where I’ve Been.

View – site

Good site in China.

Posted by: s at April 16, 2009 07:09 AM
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Entrepreneur Participants in Edge Strategies study

Subject: Entrepreneur Participants
Date: 4/5/2009 4:58:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: FDR@edgestrategies.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Sorry Ron. Slammed with a report. Here are the names of the people who
participated. Thanks again for your support. By the way, would you happen to
know of someone I can contact regarding tech entrepreneurs in Boston and London?

Best, Frank

Early in the day –

Rob Lambert, Chirp-up and Zaboda

Sachin Agarwal, Dawdle

For the evening focus group –

Name
Company

Jonathan Miller
Element Bars

Stephen Chen
Global Software Group, LLC

Jim Powers
Minty Fresh Inc.

Sachin Agarwal
Dawdle.com

From: RONALDMAY@aol.com [mailto:RONALDMAY@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:28 AM
To: Frank DellaRosa
Subject: Frank, I don’t mean to bug you but just a reminder to send me the
list.
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May here. Frank DellaRosa and his colleagues interviewed other people as well
on the phone, such as Josh Singer, but the above were F2F meetings.
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Dennis Hodges: Good news for transportation

From: Dennis Hodges wdh.2016@att.net
Subject: Good news for transportation
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:27:19 -0500
To: 21st Century Transportation wdh.2016@att.net

“You can’t build what you don’t first imagine”
– Barack Obama

Finally! Some great; positive news about high speed passenger trains

Gary (Airport) in line for high-speed rail
www.nwi.com/articles/2009/04/18/news/top/doc16c3a1b6d97c75828625759c0002a
aaa.txt
temporary website problem

High-speed rail advocate praises
www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=35107

From Indy to Chicago at 110 mph?
www.indystar.com/article/20090417/LOCAL/904170369 FRONT PAGE – Above
the fold

Indiana; 7-states want high-speed rail
www.nwi.com/articles/2009/04/16/news/top/doc8643c551db0069058625759900750
353.txt FRONT PAGE – Above the fold

Obama’s $8 billion plan
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-high-speed-rail-17-apr17,0,1876557.
story

Please consider joining the Indiana High Speed Rail Association and by doing
so, help us make 21st century transportation a reality in Indiana and the
Midwest. For membership information, respond to this email or call the
telephone numbers listed below, or log on to www.indianahighspeedrail.org

Thank you!

W. Dennis Hodges
Indiana High Speed Rail Association
Voice: 219.887.1351 / Cell: 219.793.3370
Writer – Corporate Event & Global Marketing
Voice: 219.887.1351 / Cell: 219.793.3370
Email: wdh.2016@att.net

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Michael Topalovich Bradley should just take the 2-game suspension and rest his
groin. It’s not like he’s being productive right now, and he sure as hell can’t
be serious about this being a “principle” issue. Umpires make roughly .75
million ball & strike calls each year, even if they get 99.9% right they’re
still going to miss about 750 calls in a season. Get over it.

Robb Hendrickson shot a McMillan Tac-50 (.50 cal sniper rifle) and 60 rounds
from a fully automatic Heckler & Koch MP5…F U * * I N G kewl:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMillan_Tac-50 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP-5
(kicking myself for not doing the NAVY SEAL thing back in ’92)
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Jeff Keni Pulver is up early and still thinking about the humanity shared by
the discovery of Susan Boyle.
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You, Khyle Keys and 2 others like this. Khyle Keys and 2 others like this.

Arnon Katz at 5:47am April 19
We can learn a lot from this story…Show 2 more comments…Renata McGriff at
10:32am April 19
Very brave woman to have held on to her dream…and put herself forward,
risking ridicule and another possible deferment. Character tells…though our
subjective culture doesn’t always recognize or validate it. And, she’s got REAL
TALENT! What a combo!

Jeff Keni Pulver is up early and still thinking about the humanity shared by
the discovery of Susan Boyle.
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You, Khyle Keys and 4 others like this. Khyle Keys and 4 others like this.

Arnon Katz at 5:47am April 19
We can learn a lot from this story…Donna Beth at 5:53am April 19
She is an amazing example of talent and humility!Aaron Sereno at 8:49am April 19
She’s even got a following on facebook, a fan page! People love a genuine
story. This is proof of that.Renata McGriff at 10:32am April 19
Very brave woman to have held on to her dream…and put herself forward,
risking ridicule and another possible deferment. Character tells…though our
subjective culture doesn’t always recognize or validate it. And, she’s got REAL
TALENT! What a combo!

Ronald Peter May at 11:55am April 19
First time I’e written a comment on Facebook! Jeff, I agree about the story of
the “ugly duckling” who becomes a beautiful swan when she sings, and her
personal story adds to the drama. Where did the line that she had “never been
kissed” come from?

Ruth Sackheim told me Saturday that this is the second time now that this
program has done this. Susan Boyle is not fake at all, but the reaction shots
from Simon, Amanda and Piers – and who is that blonde on the judges panel? -
couldn’t have been entirely spontaneous since they knew in advance, Ruth says,
what was about to happen.

None of this takes away from the joy of her discovery and hopefully, the good
things that will come to her life, but Ruth says don’t be easily fooled. These
guys are in showbiz, after all. And on the issue of being kissed, Ruth said
that even ugly girls get kissed, or words to that effect. … Read More

I don’t watch the show but I did see an interview with Amanda and Piers on
YouTube that they did with CBS.

Renata McGriff at 12:09pm April 19
The reactions of the audience and around the world are authentic. And, it is
quite possible that living in a small village in Scotland – as the town’s “ugly
duckling” and dedicated to caring for her mother, while other siblings left to
live their lives – could have resulted in Susan’s having “never been kissed” -
which is a metaphor for lonliness … Read More
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Howard Kurtz Never thought I’d be talking about teabagging on CNN, but the
media beat is a demanding one. We cover it all!
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You and 2 others like this. 2 people like this.

Ken Rynne at 12:40pm April 19
Tea bagging? This Democrat is Dunkin his Donut.Octavia Nasr-cnn at 12:43pm
April 19 via Facebook Mobile
Is this the sign of our times? I thought it was sureal!! Unbelievable but
true!!John Michael Walker at 12:44pm April 19
After that teabaggng remark, Anderson is a different person to me…. LOL….
same goes to everyone else… we’ve broke another ceiling….Seth A. Bannon at
12:44pm April 19
Love it.Elizabeth Zosso at 12:46pm April 19
Great moments in television history.James N. Williams at 12:46pm April 19
“Every host on Air America and every unbathed, basement-dwelling loser on the
left wing blogosphere has spent the last week making jokes about tea bagging, a
practice they show a surprising degree of familiarity with.” – Ann CoulterR
Thomas Berner at 12:47pm April 19
I thought I knew all of the euphemisms until I watched your show this morning.
My 4 years in the Navy didn’t prepare for teabagging.Terri Green at 12:54pm
April 19
You know Howard, I was at the Capitol in Atlanta last Wednesday and the media
missed something which I thought was important. The number of Senior Citizens
that were there, and how many people there were in wheel chairs and those with
walking canes. I have never witnessed such an orderly protest in my life. It
was not just Republicans. There were … Read MoreDemocrats, Independents,
Libertarians and a lot of young people. Not everyone was white and not everyone
was a redneck which has been reported about us. There was not one incident of
violence. The Capitol Police did a great job! The analysis of what the Tax Day
was about from the Main Stream Media was a disgrace. Perhaps some interviews of
real people who were there instead of pundits opinion’s of what they observed,
would be a great idea.

Tim Cavanaugh at 12:57pm April 19
They make with the jokes and do the Roesgen-level attacks because they can’t
conceive that the teabaggers are motivated by anything other than racism,
stupidity, political calculation etc. They can’t even comprehend the actual,
verifiable polling data showing the majority of Americans opposed all the
bailouts, including Bush’s. I’ve never seen the MSM losing their collective
heads over any issue the way they have over this one. You, Kurtz, have been an
honorable exception.Dan Seligson at 12:58pm April 19
This teabagging story is starting get a bit musty.

Ronald Peter May Howard, you missed a chance here to bring more light than
heat. This story was so filtered by which cable channel one watches for
information it’s hard to know what the facts are. Who did show up, what were
the crowds, etc.? The media in general did a very poor job because their
opinion was set before they showed up to cover the story. Your discussion was
OK, but it could have been better at getting at facts.
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