The May Report: 7/29/2011: Chris “Barter” Sweis to finally get his hands on real money: JunoWallet receives a soft Letter of Intent; and it is hard to believe that we are at the end of July already… Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here: www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter…
Archive for July, 2011
The May Report: 7/28/2011: Bulletin: Code Mountain takes top honors in the S.P.A.R.K. competition Wednesday night; I had never heard of a 10,000 year clock before last night and it has me thinking all night and day which is what an event or talk should do; Bootstrappers’ Breakfast draws 72 with nine tables and 8…
The May Report: 7/26/2011: Bulletin: Two women owned firms dominate in the winners of the midVenturesLAUNCH COMPETE competition between 35 firms and The People’s Choice award for the demo firms with 14 firms competing. Babbaco and Dabble.com win the categories Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article,…
The May Report: 7/26/2011: Oops! A few errors for key URLs from the last report; Ron Kirschner, your mother wanted to say, “My son, the docta,” not “My son, the lawya”; statistics on women owned businesses and more… Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944. If you missed an article, go here:…
The May Report: 7/21/2011: The great offices now occupied by Vibes, an historic architectural space at 300 W. Adams with hammocks swinging from the 7th floor and an internal walkway; IfbyPhone has moved into the same building: Jack Philbin says “it is the mobility version of 600 W. Chicago Ave”; FFF kickoff features five firms…
The May Report: 7/20/2011: How hot is it? The hottest day of the year and I’m dying here. I can’t work without AC and if I turn on the living room AC, the fuse will blow and the computer will be out: It’s so hot that Geoff Domaracki may reduce the elitist ‘Studio 54′ $350…
The May Report: 7/15/2011: Brad and Eric, skip this — keep walking: Remember Ted Widen’s $20MM business, chicago-scene.com? Forget about it. Groupon and other factors have killed it since Ted’s advertisers will no longer eat the dog food. So, Ted is starting a new business and wants some help from smart and sophisticated investors; Lisa…
The May Report: 7/14/2011: Happy Bastille Day! Chicago-based Where I’ve Been bought by Boston-based TripAdvisor for undisclosed amount; Dr. Yaser Maksoud reveals that the Alzheimer’s therapy his firm is patenting uses intranasal insulin; Richard O’Brien of Payment Pathways has successful meeting with folks at the European Commission in Brussels; Google shares jump 10% in after…