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Archive for November, 2010

The May Report: 11/12/2010: I love about this job that I learn something new every day: This should have made the headline last time –Groupon founders invest $1M in Sprout Social; Chicago Booth remains #1 in country; Kellogg drops to 4th from 3rd; Chewing gum in Singapore is illegal; Highland Park Police & Fire Police Blotter: Oct. 30-Nov. 7: On Nov. 4, around 1:07 am, 40-year-old Dwight O. Badger was arrested…; The first report in 85 days that Melanie Ann Adcock has nothing to say :-)

The May Report November 12th, 2010

The May Report: 11/12/2010: I love about this job that I learn something new every day: This should have made the headline last time –Groupon founders invest $1M in Sprout Social; Chicago Booth remains #1 in country; Kellogg drops to 4th from 3rd; Chewing gum in Singapore is illegal; Highland Park Police & Fire Police…

The May Report: 11/12/2010: Well, I shouldn’t have made that snide remark this morning about how Melzinie (as her mom calls her) had made no contributions to the report, so now she has sent me a deluge: Evanston Incubator to celebrate 24 years next week; Too many events to count next Wednesday and Thursday; and Jerry Alderman tells an audience of 72 at yesterday’s BIGFrontier event that “SharePoint has no purpose in an organization”; James Cicenia makes his own App- BarterCalcLite

The May Report November 12th, 2010

The May Report: 11/12/2010: Well, I shouldn’t have made that snide remark this morning about how Melzinie (as her mom calls her) had made no contributions to the report, so now she has sent me a deluge: Evanston Incubator to celebrate 24 years next week; Too many events to count next Wednesday and Thursday; and…

The May Report: 12/10/2010: Funding Feeding Frenzy, held all day Wednesday at The Sync, a success with 13 firms presenting & about 130 attendees: Guppy Bowl winner PointBearing; Piranha Pond winner: ISIS Power; and Great White Cage winner: TIP Solutions Inc.; ReadOz raises $2.2MM; Some old timers like Mike Profita of Appropos and Josh Metnick of many firms start up a “Facebook site” for high earners with high net worth; EduLender is getting White House attention; Sick Tea is good for those who are not sick too and the brand name Sick Mexican could prove to be interesting….

The May Report November 10th, 2010

The May Report: 11/10/2010: Finally, a company other than Groupon that is getting real money: GrubHub closes $11MM C round led by Benchmark; M5 Networks buys Chicago competitor Geckotech; The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is shutting down due to the lack of mandatory federal climate change legislation; Hats off to Charles Stack for bringing this to our attention and to Crain’s reporter Paul Merrion who appears to be the only local reporter to cover the story; Top Ten Reasons Jerry Mitchell Can’t Get More than Five People to Show Up at His Downtown Meeting

The May Report November 10th, 2010

The May Report: 11/10/2010: Finally, a company other than Groupon that is getting real money: GrubHub closes $11MM C round led by Benchmark; M5 Networks buys Chicago competitor Geckotech; The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is shutting down due to the lack of mandatory federal climate change legislation; Hats off to Charles Stack for bringing this…

The May Report: 11/9/2010: Local firm Accetify [sic: Accertify] purchased by American Express; Groupon is back to raising money with a $3B valuation; It has taken 18 years for Ron May to see attendance this low: The MEF downtown meeting last night had five attendees, three panelists and a moderator — and 181 out of 186 seats empty!

The May Report November 9th, 2010

The May Report: 11/9/2010: Local firm Accetify [sic: Accertify] purchased by American Express; Groupon is back to raising money with a $3B valuation; It has taken 18 years for Ron May to see attendance this low: The MEF downtown meeting last night had five attendees, three panelists and a moderator — and 181 out of…

The May Report: 11/5/2010: Red Foundry has raised $1.1MM in a first round of funding from OCA Ventures and the i2A Fund; Lightbank has added Watermelon Express and Pawncho to its portfolio in October; Jerry Mitchell’s list of local angels and some of their investments; Dalka says he’s a future book author and meanwhile, Lundin has written a chapter for his book in progress, How to wreck your startup in six months or less!

The May Report November 5th, 2010

The May Report: 11/2/2010: The winners of the 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards include crowdSPRING, Touch Taste Technologies, InContext Solutions, Smart Medical Technology, Molex, LexTech Labs, SoCore Energy, Master Lock, and a few others; Jeffrey Lyons named president of BigTime Software; and at long last, Kaarina Koskenalusta is gone from the Executives’ Club; Flip launches in Hong Kong

The May Report November 2nd, 2010

The May Report: 11/1/2010: That Cleversafe deal was for $31.4MM says VentureBeat; Wind farm IPO postponed by backer Madison Dearborn; J. B. Pritzker and Rocky Wirtz to speak tonight at the Chicago Innovation Awards; Tech Cocktail Mixology conference a success with about 200 attendees and some excellent speakers; party at John Barleycorn’s draws about 300, maybe more

The May Report November 1st, 2010

The May Report: 11/1/2010: That Cleversafe deal was for $31.4MM says VentureBeat; Wind farm IPO postponed by backer Madison Dearborn; J. B. Pritzker and Rocky Wirtz to speak tonight at the Chicago Innovation Awards; Tech Cocktail Mixology conference a success with about 200 attendees and some excellent speakers; party at John Barleycorn’s draws about 300,…

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