The May Report: 6/29/2010: After a period of dormancy, thepoint.com is being revived as part of Groupon; Guess who showed up at TC Mobile 2? Chris “Mr. Barter” Sweis; Frank Gruber makes the “big time” with an appearance on Channel 2 at 5:45am, but are Sit

The May Report: 6/23/2010: After several yrs of regrouping mode, the PR offensive for venture capital — and Eric Lefkofsky — seems to be in full swing with The Trib and Crain’s stories touting the “surge” of VC investing in Chicago when we all know the

The May Report: 6/18/2010: Flashpoint and Tribeca, Robert De Niro’s firm; What is up with Analyte Media?; Several mobile app events next week (TBIF, TC Mobile and a beer party); For Weinstein, it is follow the white powder road — and maybe rehab, plus mo

The May Report: 6/17/2010: Bulletin: Motricity did not price last night but it may price tonight at $10 to $11 a share and at 5.9 million shares offered rather than 6.75 million shares; The Weinstein mystery is becoming less mysterious

The May Report: 6/9/2010: Allscripts, Eclipsys to merge for $1.3B; Neil Kane to testify before Congress on successful tech commercialization; While AEI fights FINRA cases, Dwight Badger buys a $2MM plus home in Lake Forest from former Bulls player Ben Wal

The May Report: 6/8/2010: Avery Cohen on the ten MIT-EF Whiteboard Challenge Finalists

The May Report: 6/7/2010: Firm58, still around, raises $7MM Series C; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce exposed in Wal-Mart scam; Is TiE-Midwest playing Ron May for a fool?; Howerton a “no show” at the last ITA board meeting — and a lackluster one at that

The May Report: 6/3/2010: A special just received warning from U.S. Scouting Service Project board members to the Illinois Technology Association board concerning their relationship with Terry Ivan Howerton II: Video link inside

The May Report: 6/2/2010: ChicagoBooth announces winners of the 2010 New Venture Challenge (14th year) which started out with 111 teams: Watermelon Express, Future Simple, Andreas Baking Company, and Bolder Thinking; eLottery.com takes top honor at BNC Ca

The May Report: 6/1/2010: Three cheers for David Miller and the IL State Legislature: At long last, a bill providing angel tax credits for life science investments and it is still a good thing even if we are playing catch up; Jim Dugan’s statistic and mor