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The May Report: 5/9/2011: OK, Gov. Quinn, look at what you started. Now that Motorola has been bought off to stay here and I seriously doubt that they were really going to leave, Sears Holdings is reportedly threatening to do the same thing unless you sweeten the pot; Groupon has inked deal with LiveNation for a separate website that will be up by this summer to sell concert tickets; Tom Bennett on today’s highly objection filled testimony; a behind the scenes look at the meeting last month of SELVN about bringing Walmart to Broadway and Surf — this month’s meeting starts in an hour; Someone sent me an email on book scams and Willinger which I cannot find — please send it to me again

The May Report May 9th, 2011

The May Report: 5/9/2011: OK, Gov. Quinn, look at what you started. Now that Motorola has been bought off to stay here and I seriously doubt that they were really going to leave, Sears Holdings is reportedly threatening to do the same thing unless you sweeten the pot; Groupon has inked deal with LiveNation for…

The May Report: 5/7/2011: Was it necessary for Gov. Quinn to give a $100MM plus bribe to Motorola Mobility to stay here in Libertyville? And Ed Longanecker, did this really call for a press release to say you’re applauding Quinn?; A very successful Funding Feeding Frenzy event on Weds. at Grossinger’s w/ 31 firms presenting & 200 attendees over the day on 3 stages: 3 category winners were In Context Solutions, a $2.3MM firm with 34 employees run by Bob Gillespie; Cutey Baby ($550K in biz in the last 6 months), run by Ada Vaughan; a young person’s science game firm from Racine, Learning Experiences, run by Tim O’Connor; Scott Mitchell gets a $1.2MM judgment against Affluence.org & Mike Profita; Kevin Wielgus’ investors in Jabber Jury bounce a check for $50K but it didn’t create more bounced checks — that’s a relief; Papatel & OFI Holdings are crowd faves; Nerve Access, NexVu; the valuation debate regarding AlphaGenEnergy (OpGen) which turned down an offer for $20MM at 23% equity and much more…

The May Report May 7th, 2011

The May Report: 5/7/2011: Was it necessary for Gov. Quinn to give a $100MM plus bribe to Motorola Mobility to stay here in Libertyville? And Ed Longanecker, did this really call for a press release to say you’re applauding Quinn?; A very successful Funding Feeding Frenzy event on Weds. at Grossinger’s w/ 31 firms presenting…

The May Report: 5/4/2011: Forrester and GSI Commerce study shows that social media rarely leads directly to purchases online – data indicates that less than 2 percent of orders were the result of shoppers coming from a social network; Excelerator picks ten firms for this year’s program; CitySoles, Friendster RIP, Bin Laden and social media; disclosure issues and Frederic Mishkin and more….

The May Report May 4th, 2011

The May Report: 5/3/2011: Twenty things to tell your mother: It’s about time I started to do some writing!; The chronicles of Willia — be sure to bring your imaginary copy of Jeff’s imaginary book for his signature in invisible ink tomorrow morning!; Nural Eusufzai; Brendan Tripp, Liz Strauss, Leyla Arsan, Eric Benderoff, Erica Swerdlow, Wendy Piersall, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, Dr. Ronald Michael, Julia Guzunova, Sarah Wilbore, Christina Canright, Scott Starbuck, Tom Denison; In the stockade: NMH; and kudos to Dr. M. Sarab

The May Report May 3rd, 2011

The May Report: 5/3/2011: Twenty things to tell your mother: It’s about time I started to do some writing!; The chronicles of Willia — be sure to bring your imaginary copy of Jeff’s imaginary book for his signature in invisible ink tomorrow morning!; Nural Eusufzai; Brendan Tripp, Liz Strauss, Leyla Arsan, Eric Benderoff, Erica Swerdlow,…

The May Report: 5/2/2011: Special Bulletin: Is Chicago Tribune’s John Chase also hiding in Pakistan? Is John Chase Nuclear? Did U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald start playing Presidential Politics as recently [sic: as far back] as 2006?; Convergence Technologies; harkening back to the TMR EMC Jack Wade investigation; TiE-Midwest is tonight!; Groupon tries to get the PR right — well, not too far right. :-)

The May Report May 2nd, 2011

The May Report: 5/2/2011: Special Bulletin: Is Chicago Tribune’s John Chase also hiding in Pakistan? Is John Chase Nuclear? Did U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald start playing Presidential Politics as recently [sic: as far back] as 2006?; Convergence Technologies; harkening back to the TMR EMC Jack Wade investigation; TiE-Midwest is tonight!; Groupon tries to get the…

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