The May Report: 4/28/2011: The list of nominees for the ITA’s CityLIGHTS Awards dinner on May 12th; An important notice to any TMR readers who may have signed up already for the Funding Feeding Frenzy event on May 4th — the organizers want to give you a discount!; I have to shave and get down…
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The May Report: 4/26/2011: Well, well, well, it’s been less than a week since Thornton’s new job in Cleveland was announced, but now, after already hiring the guy, the sleazy ties between Tom in Kansas and Tom in Ohio are starting to come out (and the Cleveland folks are on the defensive), prime among those…
The May Report: 4/25/2011: Events and letters: Getting somewhat caught up on all the mail and a comedy of errors which leads right back to Melanie’s gall bladder and a fateful call on February 16th at 6:20pm, plus why David Culver is much better at hand gestures than he is at paying attention to details…
The May Report: 4/22/2011: Bulletin: I’m still scratching my head: Did the Cleveland people do any due diligence? Tom Thornton, who was last seen for 30 minutes in the office on Friday, April 8th at the KBA in Kansas, is now reappearing as the general manager of alliances at the incubator known as Cleveland Clinic…
The May Report: 4/21/2011: Fastest growing nightlife site in U. S., Chicago-based Poggled raises $5.6MM in Series B from NEA; ValCom Tech bought for $11.6MM — thanks to the rarely published midVentures folks who have plum disappeared since Mike Rhodes left town; I still don’t get it: today is somehow a famous day related to…
The May Report: 4/19/2011: The App House negotiating term sheet with Lightbank; Word is that Stephen Meade is back in Chicago; Sonny Cohen of Duo Consulting has a business card from 1978 from Steve Jobs — what do you think it’s worth on eBay? Editor and publisher: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. Assistant editor: Melanie…
The May Report: 4/18/2011: What’s an L butt? Well, Barbie Adler of Selective Search seems to be an expert and remember that Mark Tebbe and Katherine Gehl were on her board and now she rates whole columns on her dating biz in TIME Magazine; Tom Bennett on lots of things from how legit (or consistent)…
The May Report: 4/15/2011: Bulletin: Announced at 11:05am this morning: Tom Thornton has resigned effective immediately from the Kansas Bioscience Authority! To be replaced by David Vranicar who has headed up Heartland BioVentures, a division of the KBA. The investigations will continue, my sources indicate and who knows if Tom will be indicted or do…
The May Report: 4/15/2011: Susan Wagle, chairman of the Commerce Committee of the Kansas State Senate wonders how much the severance package for Thornton is going to cost the taxpayers of Kansas; Is KBA’s COO Jan Katterhenry under investigation since she wasn’t selected to take Tom’s place, as the law prescribes?; Tracking the sinking of…
The May Report: 4/14/2011: Tap Me Games; Daniel Honigman of Sears Holdings on the Webby Awards; SoleSearch update; a number of comments from Kansas newspaper readers and writers on Tom Thornton; Learn how you can become a vaunted TMR headline writer by practicing on sacrificial swine Fred “Hokey Doke” Hoch — details inside; My own…
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