The May Report: 1/31/2011: Leigh Segall, SAVO Group’s CMO and a source of many problems has left the firm; Clean Energy Trust Announces Finalists for the First Clean Energy Challenge; $130,000 in Prizes to Be Awarded March 3 and the finalists include: Agentis Energy, Clean Urban Energy, Energy Recovery Technologies, General Biomass Company, Intelligent Generation,…

The May Report: 1/29/2011: I live for days like this: A real pot boiler in the making: Behind the scenes at Affluence.org, as Mike Profita put it, a “rich man’s Facebook”: Why Josh Metnick just resigned this last Monday, how Doug Beazley’s contract was terminated — Momentum Capital, Randy Shipley, Bob Geras, Scott P. Mitchell,…

The May Report: 1/21/2011: Well, the highly predictable has happened: Google has now launched a Groupon competitor and the story was broken by Mashable’s Ben Parr; Lean Tech Start Up draws 150; midVentures has its first flop in attendance terms but a fun event nonetheless and I hear SMCC was also packed; the D. in…

The May Report: 1/20/2011: A survey on mobile coverage; Tap Me raised $1MM Series A according to midVentures’ newsletter; Stephanie Furlong bolts DePaul’s Coleman Center; When it comes to BtoB, is Gary Slack like a deer caught in the headlights?; and the best story I have heard in a long time: Chuck Templeton tells Tech…

The May Report: 1/19/2011: I’m too excited to wait for the regular report. Well, I guess it’s official. Ron May is not the only one who appears to believe that the ITA has become feckless and irrelevant to public policy issues under Howerton and Hoch. Ed Longanecker of TechAmerica, Maura O’Hara of the IVCA, David…

The May Report: 1/18/2011: Rumor that Al Wasserberger is back in town; Noblivity a fave of HPA; SoleSearch; Hope, Challenge and Summit; Why we should be watching Sears Holdings closely; Strong rumor that Carol Moseley Braun’s campaign is being funded in part by Rahm’s people: Jeff Carter’s other life and more… Editor and publisher: ron@themayreport.com,…

The May Report: 1/14/2011: Ed Longanecker has been down in Springfield all week working to get changes in the affiliate nexus internet tax, more commonly called the Amazon or Groupon tax, but where have Fred Hoch and Terry Howerton been in this moment of need?; Tap Me Fights Mobile Piracy and Secures Funding for a…

The May Report: 1/13/2011: At long last, an exit for Smart Signal, an Argonne firm and one backed by TLC — company sold to GE; FeeFinders, fka TransFS, gets $1.6MM from a bunch of firms including OCA, Sandbox, HPA, and i2A; Melanie Adcock on YouTube as the #2 Search engine & SEMPO’s event at Google’s…

The May Report: 1/10/2011: Bulletin: Groupon Completes $950 Million Venture Funding Round from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and private-equity investor Silver Lake Editor and publisher: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. Assistant editor: Melanie Adcock, iPHONE: 312-259-0610, melanie_adcock@msn.com If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter ___________________________ **********************************************…