April 19, 2010

The May Report: 4/19/2010: I don’t know how I missed this, but Eric Olson,
you’ve been overserved: Tech Cocktail co-founder shown the door — even if he
showed himself the door; What’s next for the now unemployable unemployed?;
Forensicon hits ten years; 15 years of internet VC investing from PWC; Efoora’s
original sin

Editor and publisher: 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
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Fourth Annual Web Content 2010 Conference

Hear from nationally recognized web content management experts at the fourth
annual Web Content 2010 Chicago, June 7-8 at the Gleacher Executive Conference
Center. www.webcontent2010.com/

Choose from among 4 half-day workshops and 12 conference sessions.

Early bird registration saves $100 until April 24 at
bit.ly/WebContentRegister or call 312.529.3000.
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April 20 Event: Chicago Innovation Cluster Success
Trading and Technology Growth Stemming from Chicago’s Futures Exchanges

Join the MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago April 20 to learn about on one
of the Chicago area’s greatest innovation success stories.

Collaborative innovation clusters such as Route 128 or Silicon Valley
are recognized for their innovation and entrepreneurship. Many
localities are attempting to duplicate this environment to foster
economic growth. Chicago’s heritage of futures exchanges and innovations
in trading technology provide a concrete local example to explore
Innovation Clusters.

From 1851 to the industry-defining merger between the CME and Chicago
Board of Trade, CME Group maintains a leadership position in the
derivatives marketplace. This leadership is based on innovations such
as the development of the GLOBEX electronic trading platform and the
associated algorithms that match buyers and sellers. This innovation,
paired with a business model dependent on strategic partnerships, has
led to numerous related patents as well as additional innovation and
entrepreneurship by multiple local players.

These speakers will discuss how innovation clusters spur innovation
and entrepreneurship both locally and globally:

* Steve Goldman, Dir. Enterprise Architecture, CME

* Terry Duffy, President of our Professional Trader Group, Advantage Futures

* Anthony Kolton, Founder, Logical Information Machines

*Mike Burns, VP of Tradeco, Trading Technology

REGISTER NOW
bit.ly/9zJ8tj

NOTE: This event will be held at the location of our event sponsor, CME Group,
not our usual location.

When
Tuesday April 20
5:00-6:15 pm Networking
6:30-8:00 pm Program

Where
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION
CME Conference Center
30 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

REGISTER NOW
bit.ly/9zJ8tj
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

— Briefly noted, by Ron May
— Eric Olson boots himself or given the boot? Tucked away at the bottom of a
Tech Cocktail mailing on 3/25/2010
— Argonne National Laboratory hosts annual Science Careers in Search of Women
conference
— John Straus: In more praise of Don Frey
— Kellogg 2010 Technology Conference on 4/21
— Thursday, April 22: ChicagoBooth Consulting Roundtable
— Article on Dialysis in the Economist
— Cards collected by Ron at the BNC Capital Group, 4/6/2010
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Business Owner Academy

Presented by DePaul University’s Coleman Entrepreneurship Center

· Courses designed for business owners and taught by business owners

· Learn from those who have “been there and done that”

· Immediately improve your business through hands-on exercises & homework

· Get fresh ideas from the experiences of business owners in other industries

Courses are limited to 12 students, open only to business owners, and most
beneficial to owners of companies with $500,000 – $25 million in annual revenue.

Spring 2010 Schedule – Loop Campus

· Finance for the Non-Financial Business Owner: Becoming as Smart as Your
Banker & CFO
cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2010/04/finance-for-the-non-financial.php

Learn how to maximize cash flows, improve profitability, and manage your
company’s finances more effectively. Begins April 7.

· Advisory Boards: Build Accountability, Leverage Connections, and Benefit from
Experience
cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2010/04/advisory-boards-build-accounta.php

Learn how to create an effective board, select the right members, and manage
them as individuals and as a group. Begins April 12.

· Modern Marketing: Getting More Customers Online & Through Social Media
cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2010/04/modern-marketing-engaging-new.php

Learn “must know” internet marketing secrets, including strategies to get more
web site visitors, customer leads, and increased sales. Begins April 15.

· Harvesting, Transitioning, and Moving On: The Five Steps to Life After Your
Business
cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2010/04/harvesting-transitioning-movin.php

Learn how to achieve financial security, sell your business, and minimize your
tax burden. Begins April 20.

For more information and to register, please visit bit.ly/boa_spring2010
or call Stephanie Furlan at (312) 362-8676.
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Guys Night Out for the Kids
Benefitting the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center
Friday, May 7, 2010 5pm-9pm

Carmichaels Chicago Steak House, 1052 W. Monroe

About Guys Night Out
Don’t miss the chance to hang with “the guys” on Friday, May 7 at Carmichael’s
for the 3rd Annual Guys Night Out for the Kids presented by US Cellular. The
event kicks-off with an outdoor Happy Hour in the courtyard followed by an
indoor barbeque, games, golf pros, hand-rolled cigars and celebrity athlete
appearances. There will be a live auction featuring unique items such as a VIP
package to a White Sox game including batting practice on the field or a suite
to a 2010 Bears game.

The evening is being hosted by Mully and Hanley from 670AM The Score, and all
proceeds benefit the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (CCAC) for abused
children. Founded by Mayor Daley, the CCAC has served over 19,000 abused
children and their families since opening its doors in August 2001.

Details
Date: Friday, May 7, 2010
Where: Carmichael’s Steak House, 1052 W. Monroe
Time: 5pm-6pm Outdoor Happy Hour in the Courtyard
6pm-9pm – Party inside!

Tickets In Advance: $100 5pm-9pm (includes Happy Hour); $75 6pm-9pm

To Purchase Tickets: www.guysnightoutforthekids.org

Current Sponsors:
U.S. Cellular, Cameron Venture Partners, CA, Continental Resources, Huen
Electric, Labor Management Cooperation Committee of Chicago/IBEW, Northern
Trust Corporation, ComEd, Illinois Medical District, Midwest Generation, Sidley
Austin LLP/Partners of Sidley Austin, Johnson & Krol, LLC, Loop Capital,
Bombardier, CDW, Brown-Forman, Goose Island Beer Company and Vienna Beef

For More Information: www.chicagocac.org
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The Scoop section:
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Briefly noted, by Ron May

* Boy, did I screw up the Table of Contents in Thursday’s report?! I have
corrected it on the website. There are four or five mistakes including that I
did not put a marketing roundtable at ChicagoBooth in the TOC. And a letter
responding to Bob Geras’ suggestion was not in the TOC but was in the report.
The corrected version can be viewed here: tinyurl.com/y7gzurs

*
www.pehub.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//natlaggspreadsheetq12010.xls

PWC and NVCA summary of internet related investments from Q1 1995 to Q1 2010

* Melanie Adcock got a job as a sales and biz dev. person for a Boston based
software firm called Outstart that puts out Learning Management Software.
Melanie works from her home in Pilson and she has been doing this since
February.

She also tells me that Thursday evening from 6pm to 9pm there is a get together
for artists at T. J. Hine Photo gallery located at 346 N. Justine Street.
Melanie says it will be a lot of artists and designers.

Melanie has an interesting background. She grew up, quite literally, on a 150
acre farm with cows, chickens, turkeys, etc., outside of a 500 person town near
Champaign, IL. At 12, she went to the Champaign equivalent to IMSA and was
taking college level algebra. That was an hour commute each way but her mom
worked in Champaign. Then at 15, she came to Chicago and later attended the
Kansas City Art Institute which is where Walt Disney had gone years earlier.

We talked about small town life and how it differs from city life with the
whole social media world in the back of my mind. I said to Melanie that small
town people are more friendly and trusting than big city folk and she said that
is not true. She said that small town people are not more trusting, but they
know absolutely everything about their neighbors.

But what is different about small town people, she said — and this is also
what Penny Edecker told me who also comes from a farm — is that if you are an
a**hole to someone in a small town, everyone knows about it. If you make a deal
and don’t keep- your word, everyone knows it, Penny told me. In the big city,
you can get away with a lot of baloney that won’t fly in small towns because
they have real accountability. Ah, there’s that magic word again:
accountability.

This ties into social media. I recall that at one of Ron Kirschner’s panels,
they were talking about CFOs and I asked why they can’t just get people through
social media outlets and the answer was one word: Trust. Social media does not
equal trust. For trust you have to know someone for a while and the feel of
things.

* Ken Novak, Avery Cohen’s partner at Metrist, left Avery to take a position as
director of metrics and analytics at Tribune Interactive. This took place in
January officially and I don’t recall if I wrote about it.

* It is ten minutes long, but it does make a point if you want to sit through
it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cJnRj1fq8
Alex Jones tortures iPad for a reason

* On the Willinger watch: From Twitter: Jeff Willinger willl be speaking at BNC
Tech Lunch on 4/20. SharePoint 101 RSVP at: bit.ly/9hyCMd

Buca di Beppo
521 N Rush St
Chicago, IL 60611

11:45am to 1:30pm
The registration is full, but you can always show at these things.

* A joke I heard recently:
The last wish of the failing Icelandic economy was for its ashes to be spread
all over Europe.

* Lee Neubecker who runs Forensicon (www.forensicon.com) has bucked the trend
with a newsletter that comes on the U. S. mail — remember them, the Postal
Service? He is celebrating ten years in business. Some of their clients listed
in the newsletter include:

Mitsubishi International Co.
Tribune Company
American Superconductor Corp.
Gladius Capital Mgt.
Klein Dub & Holleb, Ltd.
Bryan Cave LLP
The Deratany Firm
The L&R Group of Companies
Hall Prangle and Schoonveld, LLC
Figliulo & Silverman, P.C.

A few tidbits from the newsletter and Dick Reck, it is in the letter, so it is
public info.:

— They won a judgement in 2008 for $147MM for one of their clients in
Wisconsin. It was a jury trial.
— At the end of 2008, we learned that to become a bank, American Express ended
their small business line of credit program to qualify for TARP funds. Ours was
canceled in January 2009.
— “Most importantly, my family achieved permanence with the adoption of our
children Braiden and Michael. We just celebrated Michael’s sixth birthday and
Braiden will soon be eight.” Lee, are you and your (wife-husband-partner?)
gearing up for a reality TV show? What’s the proper term to use here? And Lee,
is your marriage legal in the state of Illinois?
— Forensicon was retained by both the defendants and plaintiffs in a Bryant,
et al v. Chicago Public Schools, et al
2009 U. S. District, 2008 WL 4966589 (N. D. Illinois February 12, 2009)

* I never completed this sentence from a report last week:
“I started to tell him some dirt on Tebbe but his wife said they had to go. One
thing about Tebbe is his obsessiveness. He” — and that is where the sentence
ended.

Tebbe stays up most of the night typing and retyping papers and college
applications for his son. I could go on for a long time about Tebbe’s quirks
and idiosyncrasies. He carried his tendency to micro manage from the office to
home.

* I have been working on updating the Efoora story, and in the process have
come across some info. that I either did not know, or have forgotten, or have
not thought about. One very interesting insight is that the original sin, so to
speak, that set Efoora the method of stock sales down the wrong trail was when
CEO David Grosky allowed broker Dan Caravette (who had a Series 7 license) to
walk off with the list of investors with no restrictions like and NDA.

Caravette had been working directly for Efoora and after Grosky did not keep
his word on some things, Dan left and took the list. Now it is possible that
nothing Grosky might have said or done could have prevented Dan from walking
with the list, but what happened next is the key to the problem.

What happened next was that Dan went into competition with Efoora’s chief stock
salesman, Mel Dokich. Dan started selling Efoora stock to the same investor
list that Mel Dokich was selling to and he was undercutting Mel. The problem is
that Mel was restricted by the pricing in the PPM. So, if Mel had to sell the
stock for $2.00 a share as the PPM stated, and Dan could sell it for $1.50 to
the same investors, that put Mel in a bind and disadvantage and at that point,
he was already violating the PPM.

The original sin was that Efoora created its own competition and the brokers
like Dan were making money that went into their homes and cars instead of where
it should have gone — into the coffers of Efoora.

Mel was furious that Dan was doing this so he managed to steal away $75K in
stock sales from the people who had been given the notorious company tours
replete with the fake employees brought in for the day. This only heated up the
battle more. Grosky was not an honest broker and was always playing both sides
against the middle.

At one point in the kerfuffle (have you noticed how popular this word is
becoming?) between Grosky and Caravette, Grosky offered Caravette a deal in
which Dan could sell the stock for $1.50 and buy it for $1.00 from Efoora. The
stock he was given the right to sell in this was $1MM. So, Dan could have made
$500K on that deal, but it fell apart as most of these deals usually did,
because Grosky would not keep his word.

One reason for the conflict between the two was that Dan lent David $30,000 and
David refused to pay it back, even in small amounts.

Dan Caravette, with an investor list that dated back to day one, could call up
early investors who paid $.25 for the stock and buy it from them for $.50 and
turn around sell it for $1.50. That is where the pump and dump comes in and
that is what happens when stock sales get sloppy.

Mel was no saint, let me be clear about that. When they went to Vegas, Mel was
using Efoora stock to pay off the hotel managers for the stay.

Let me get this out for today.
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Eric Olson boots himself or given the boot? Tucked away at the bottom of a Tech
Cocktail mailing on 3/25/2010

Tucked away at the bottom of a Tech Cocktail mailing on 3/25/2010

Organizational Changes at TECH cocktail

Posted: 24 Mar 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Four years ago Frank Gruber and I founded TECH cocktail. We sought to bring the
Chicago startup and technology community together in a meaningful way and have
been fortunate enough to do that and much, much more. I am very proud of the
organization we built and what we’ve accomplished since our first TECH cocktail
mixer event in July of 2006.

Over the past four years a number of startups we showcased went on to raise
money and build solid businesses with GrubHub and The Next Big Sound being just
two of those companies. Others have even been acquired like JellyFish.com and
SocialThing. On top of that we have helped many great people meet others who
could help them with their businesses. We even expanded TECH cocktail’s
operations to cities like Washington D.C., Boston, Boulder, Ann Arbor,
Champaign, San Diego and others. Check out the video from our first TECH
cocktail event (below) as it really brings back memories and shows you just how
far TECH cocktail has come.

I met many great people over the years as well. Some have become good friends
and others trusted colleagues. It has been a great ride.

However, it is time for that ride to end for me. As I begin to think about
graduating from the University of Chicago next year I realize I need to focus
on school, my family and finding a career path that suits me. Frankly, I would
not be able to give TECH cocktail the attention it needs to move to the next
level as a technology media and events company.

No need to worry about the future of TECH cocktail though. Just as I began
thinking about leaving TECH cocktail, Frank decided to take the
entrepreneurship plunge full-time after moonlighting to build his own personal
brand and TECH cocktail since 2005. Frank has also been driving technology and
media initiatives for Tribune Interactive, Classified Ventures and AOL since
2001. As part of that plunge he will be running TECH cocktail in a full time
capacity, focused on growing the media business. If anyone can make TECH
cocktail grow stronger, it’s Frank. Everyone who knows him knows that when he
puts his heart and soul into something, good things come of it and I know he
will be putting his heart and soul into growing TECH cocktail after my leave.

All in all, this was the perfect time for me to exit. Of course, I will still
be involved tangentially and will likely help with the Chicago event but it
will be in a much decreased capacity.

Thank you all for letting me take this ride with you and for your help in
building this fantastic organization. It has been a blast. See you at the next
TECH cocktail Chicago in May!
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Argonne National Laboratory hosts annual Science Careers in Search of Women
conference

From: “Eleanor Taylor” etaylor@anl.gov
Subject: Argonne National Laboratory hosts annual Science Careers in Search of
Women conference
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:50:49 -0400
To: ron@themayreport.com

On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National
Laboratory will give a nod to the past while looking to the future. The
laboratory, one of the largest research and development facilities in the
world, will simultaneously mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day while
demonstrating to 350 young women from Chicago-area high schools why a career in
science might be right for them.

The day-long Science Careers in Search of Women conference, the 23rd such event
held at Argonne, puts students face-to-face with scientists from a wide variety
of disciplines and provides an opportunity to interact with positive female
role models. Students attending the event will see first-hand what science and
technology careers are all about. More than 7,000 young women have
participated in the program since it began at Argonne in 1987.

In recognition of Earth Day, the event’s keynote speaker will be Cristina
Negri, an agronomist and soil scientist, who leads Argonne’s research efforts
in using plants and trees to help clean the environment – a field known as
phytotechnologies or phytoremediation. Her talk will be titled Mountains, Roots
and Doctors of the Earth.”

Negri joined the lab in 1992 and has been actively involved in Argonne’s Women
in Science and Technology (WIST) program.

“This is an excellent opportunity for the girls to see what a tremendous
impact they can have through careers in science and technology,” said Negri.
“If no one shows these young women how cool it is to be a scientist or
engineer, it’s harder for them to see themselves in those roles.”

“I like to brag that I have the biggest lab at Argonne,” Negri added, referring
to the work she does on some of Argonne’s 1,500 acres. Her environmental
research includes using plants like switchgrass or poplar trees as biofuel
crops. These plants may also purify water and soil as they grow.

“Many times research has a single focus -only crops, only fuel, only
environmental remedies. If you put all three together, you can often make
one’s waste a resource for the other. That’s how we started thinking of plants
as agents of environmental cleanup and restoration. And the same plants could
be the next generation of sustainable biofuels,” added Negri.

Students will participate in panel discussions with speakers from a variety of
scientific and engineering disciplines, including biology, chemistry, physics,
computer science and engineering. They will also have the opportunity to tour
several different laboratories at Argonne, as well as visit career booths.

“It is important for the girls to see all of the science and engineering all
around them and all of the different possibilities that exist,” said conference
co-chair and Argonne physicist Kawtar Hafidi.

At lunchtime, students will be matched by their areas of interest with a
scientist in that field to provide an opportunity for more informal, one-on-one
conversation.

“Women are still under-represented in scientific and engineering fields,” said
Hafidi. “Having these young women meet with successful female scientists is an
important way to show them that, contrary to gender stereotypes, this is a
career path that is accessible to them.”

Research shows that young women often lose interest in scientific and technical
fields of study, even before entering college.

“For the past 23 years we have been working to inspire young women to become
our next generation of scientists and engineers,” said conference co-chair
Harold Myron, director of Argonne’s Division of Educational Programs. “A lot of
good has come out of the program, and we hope to continue encouraging young
women to pursue all of the different opportunities that are available to them.”

Besides reaching out to students, the conference has also benefited women
researchers at Argonne by fostering networking opportunities that led to the
formation of the laboratory’s Women in Science and Technology program, which
supports the DOE’s commitment to recruit, retain and promote women to diversify
and strengthen the scientific workforce.

The conference is sponsored by Argonne’s Office of the Director, the lab’s
Division of Educational Programs, Argonne’s Women in Science and Technology
Program and the DOE’s Office of Science.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to
pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation’s first
national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific
research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work
closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal,
state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems,
advance America’s scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better
future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by
UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
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John Straus: In more praise of Don Frey

From: “John Straus” jstraus@exponent.com
Subject: RE: The May Report: 4/14/2010: Schaumburg-based Sagent Pharma closes
Series B round for $40MM; Did the State of Michigan steal Illinois’s ham
sandwich by sponsoring a Tech Cocktail event in Detroit?; Don Frey, the
designer of the Mustang, dead at 86; Deba
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:04:24 -0700
To: “The May Report” ron@themayreport.com

Ron:

The article reporting Don Frey’s passing and his many accomplishments
throughout his very distinguished career failed to mention that Don served as
Co-chair (with Stan Ikenberry, then as now, President of The University of
Illinois, and Leon Lederman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and then director
of Fermilab) of the Governor’s Commission on Science and Technology. Appointed
by Governor Jim Thompson, Don’s wisdom and guidance were essential ingredients
in the formation of Illinois’ technology development and commercialization
programs (i.e. the technology commercialization centers, DCCA’s venture
investment funds), and a number of other important initiatives in the early
stages of the Illinois technology community’s development.

I knew Don through these years and beyond and will sorely miss his strong point
of view, his unabashed enthusiasm for teaching, and his strong advocacy for
Illinois’ technology development.

John Straus

(former Executive Director, Governor’s Commission on Science and Technology)

John Straus

Manager- Business Development

Exponent®
185 Hansen Court
Suite 100
Wood Dale, IL 60191
jstraus@exponent.com
www.exponent.com

630-274-3211 (direct)
630-274-3200 (general)
630-274-3299 (fax)
847-372-6671 (mobile)
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Kellogg 2010 Technology Conference on 4/21

Kellogg 2010 Technology Conference on 4/21
by Frank Gruber on March 26, 2010

The 16th Kellogg Tech Conference will explore the challenges of monetizing
technologies emerging in today’s business world.

The conference remains one of the country’s most prestigious and longest
running MBA conferences focused on technology. The best and brightest minds
from industry and academia – including senior executives, visionaries,
entrepreneurs, venture investors, world-class faculty, and students from the
nation’s top business schools – gathered once again to share and explore. Some
of the conference session topics include:

Social Networking and Platform Monetization: This panel explores the next
level of social networking for developers, users, and businesses, such as
location-based social networking tools. Can users be social and targeted by
advertisers while at the same time maintain their privacy? How can a captive
audience of social networking and smart phone users be tapped by businesses and
advertisers?
Monetization through Social Gaming and Virtual Goods: The fascinating value
chain of the social gaming industry is composed of game developers, game
distributors, in-game advertisers, virtual goods exchanges, and social media.
The panel will bring together these diverse industry players to discuss their
views on how social gaming and virtual goods will be consumed and monetized in
the future.
Digital Marketing in an Online World: The digital world offers opportunities
for advertisers to engage with their customers in rich and evolving ways.
Increasing connectivity, emerging platforms, and innovative analytics position
the digital space to create meaningful bonds between consumers and brands.
However, challenges in measurability, fragmenting of markets, and short
attention spans remain. This panel connects technology entrepreneurs and brand
strategists to explore the question: how can technology companies earn a
greater share of branding dollars?
Real-time Search: There’s been a lot of buzz about real-time search. Major
news events unfold in real-time via the likes of Twitter and Facebook status
updates, often before traditional news outlets even begin to report the story.
Consumers are obsessed with obtaining relevant information and companies are
just beginning to capitalize on this trend of info-lust. This panel will
explore the true value of real-time, user-generated content.
Event Details:

Date: April 21, 2009
Time: 8 am-5:30 pm (CST)
Location:
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
2169 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208

TECH cocktail is a media partner so we hope to see you there. More info at:
www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/techconference
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Thursday, April 22: ChicagoBooth Consulting Roundtable

From: “Gary J. Teuber Sr.” gteuber@abacusbl.com
Subject: Ron, I hope you can attend an upcoming event!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:01:30 -0700 (PDT)
To: ron@themayreport.com

Dear Ron:

I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming event. Hope to see you there!

Event Details

According to the Harvard Business Review, most executives cannot articulate the
objective, scope and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they
can?t, neither can anyone else!

Gary Teuber and Tim Knaus of Abacus Business Leaders, LLC will present Strategy
in a BoxSM, a uniquely efficient growth-planning tool designed for lower-middle
market companies, associations, and corporate business units.

You will learn:

· How to think about objectives for your business

· An approach to capturing the essence of your future value

· Operating initiatives for achievement in 2010 and beyond

· Strategy is about choosing to be different

Presenters Bios

Gary Teuber is a founding principal of Abacus Business Leaders, LLC. After
working in leading corporate sales roles, he started a technology-driven
digital printing and marketing company in his basement. As CEO he grew the
business to $12 million in sales while re-inventing it over five times. Gary
successfully sold the business in 2008.

Tim Knaus, also a founding principal of Abacus, served in many corporate
financial roles, before moving into strategic planning, marketing and
operations primarily in make-to-order manufacturing businesses. Tim has led
three business units in the last twenty years as President or General Manager.
He has sold one business and has been involved in three other acquisitions.

Place, Date, Registration:

Chicago Booth Consulting Roundtable

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Gleacher Center, Room 600

450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive

Chicago Illinois 60601

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm networking
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm presentation and Q&A
8:00 pm on cash bar at The Midway Club, Fifth Floor

Click Here To Register

For any questions contact Rachel Patterson at rpatter3@chicagobooth.edu or at
cell 773-218-8270

Please share with other professionals you think may be interested!

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Best Regards,

Gary J. Teuber, Sr.
Abacus Business Leaders, LLC
500 Lake Cook Road
Suite 350
Deerfield, IL 60015
877.412.2228 x1010
gteuber@abacusbl.com
www.abacusbl.com
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Article on Dialysis in the Economist

Subject: Article on Dialysis in the Economist
Date: 4/19/2010 1:09:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: Name withheld upon request.
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Ron,

I hope you’re well. I don’t know if you saw the recent Economist but there is a
good article on dialysis in there. The surprising bit to me is that Japan has
the highest per capita usage of dialysis machines!

Best regards,

[Name withheld]

PS Please do not print my contact info
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Cards collected by Ron at the BNC Capital Group, 4/6/2010

Julianna P. Greer
Owner
Noueau
jpgreer@wowway.com

Jack Curley
US Patent Agent
630.699.7850
jackcurley@sbcglobal.net

J. Spencer Maus
JASE Consulting, Inc.
312.397.1960
smaus@jaseinc.com

Joseph A. Scroppo
Bladon International, Inc.
630.574.3965
scroppo@comcast.net

Arthur E. Mertes
Partner/J.D./M.B.A.
Synergy Law Group
312.454.0015
www.synergylawgroup.com
amertes@synergylawgroup.com

Louis Amatucci
Managing Partner & General Counsel
Lanis Securities LLC
www.lanissecurities.com
louis.amatucci@lanissecurities.com

Stephen A. Fortman
Principal
Explicit Growth Stratagies
www.explicitgs.com
sfortman@explicitgs.com

Jeffrey C. Toewe
EVP Content Network
M Dot
www.mdotnetwork.com
jtoewe@mdotnetnetwork.com

Bill Evans
VP, Business Development
Promo Group
312.467.1300 x122
www.promogroup.com
be@promogroup.com

Bill Catania
CEO
M Dot
814.459.6135
www.mdotnetwork.com
bcatania@mdotnetwork.com

Avinoam Nomik Eden
CTO
SeatQuest
www.seatquest.com
nomik@seatquest.com

Robert Bock
Director
RJB Network
bob@rjbinvestments.net
www.rjbinvestments.net

Robert Harney
President
RHS Telecom
www.rhstelecom.com
rharney@rhstelecom.com

B. Terrance Flanagan
Business Analyst
Project Manager
Smart Decision Services, Inc.
bflanagan@smartdecisions.com

Justin Cozart
312.502.8474
justin@privatewealthbank.com

Roy W. Klein
Applied Engineering Technologies
847.885.2636
applengtek@aol.com

James Ondrey
VP of Business Development
SeatQuest
www.seatquest.com
james@seatquest.com

Katie Snodgrass
National Promotions Coordinator
Forward Momentum
www.forwardmomentumllc.com
katie@forwardmomentumllc.com

Ryan G. O’Desky, CPA
CFO and Treasurer
www.linkedin.com/in/ryanodesky
ryanodesky@gmail.com

Miguel Iribarren
President & CEO
Ambulatory Neurological Services
miribarren@anseeg.com

Matt Nicholson
Unbraded Offer Manager
BP
630.836.5246
matt.nicholson2@bp.com

Matthew T. Furton
Partner
LockeLordBissell&Liddell LLP
mfurton@lockelord.com

Clyde D. Clady
Facility Capital
312.541.6003
cdcady@facilitycapital.com

Chuck Corush
Colonial Funding
ccorush@colonialfundingllc.net

Richard Steele
Director
Sagin, LLC
www.saginllc.com
rsteele@saginllc.com

Jaime Brugueras
Chief Executive Officer
Mineful
www.mineful.com
jbrugueras@mineful.com

Foster Amoako
CEO and Biomedicinal Chemist
StembiGen Inc. www.stembigen.com
famoako@stembigen.com

Matthew Hook
President
Servant Works
www.servantworks.com
mhook@servantworks.com
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