The May Report: 10/17/2011: That Smart Grid conference down at IIT on Tues and Wednesday sounds pretty interesting; Jason Goodrich’s (and his wife’s) firm is now cfalled GetShortList and seeks $750K; Andrew Nieman’s firm Scene Tap raised $1.7MM from two commodities traders and F&F — what got them going was the desire to pick up women in bars ; Dan Hess, formerly of comScore, has raised $1.5MM from IL Ventures and some angels for a deal aggregator called Local Offer Network; George Nicholson’s Trainingu247.com has annual revenues of $2MM and they are entirely bootstrapped based on customer sales revenue and tuition fees; Grub Hub– no surprise here — beat out IfByPhone and Viewpoints for the Merrick Award but Michael Ferro was not there; My sources tell me that Rahm has dismantled the Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors and is replacing it with an expanded World Business Chicago group which gives the Mayor more flexibility and the ability to hit up the cos. for checks!; Don’t forget that Rahm just got Accenture to hire 500 more people here — or is at least taking credit for it ; Julie Roth, remember her?, is now at Vibes; the former CEO of the Trib. Randy Michael (?) arrested for DUI; Lightbank is talking to BellyFlop.com founded by Logan LaHive — and my five days of depression are OVER! — Willinger and Nancy Sullivan, you’re next

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MIT Enterprise Forum October 19, 2011

Cloud Computing- Practical Guide to What Belongs in the Cloud and What Doesn’t

You can’t ignore the fact that more organizations are turning to cloud based hosting of data. But a lot of questions still arise from this technology evolution.
Is it Safe?
What is a Hybrid Cloud?
What are the economics of cloud computing?
Will my hosting agent crash– if so where is my data?
Do I still need to keep some archive?
Can I reduce my IT staff by moving to the cloud?
What should I be looking for in a cloud provider?
Our panel will be answering these questions any many more.
Moderator:
Larry Driben, PhD, President of Pearl Street Group and instructor on Cloud Computing at DePaul University
Panel:
Chad Thibodeau, Cleversafe
Brandon Feitag, VM Ware
Michael Topalovich, Delivered Innovation
James Kunick, Much Shelist Law Frim

Where: IBM Innovation Center 71 S. Wacker Chicago
Time: 5:30 Networking 6:30 – 8 Program
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– Here’s the report that went out on the night of October 12th, unfortunately drapped with black text — and no that was not intentional on my part — I’m not that clever
– Here’s the headline from a test report later that night which I did not send because I was fearful the same problem might happen
– Scott Dorsey, CEO of ExactTarget, on his Chicago Ideas Week panel
– Jay Marhoefer: Update on what Intelligent Generation is doing
– Confidential: Tomes brothers in Toronto
– Amy Rosen: President and CEO, NFTE
– Come to the FilmLess Festival in Chicago
– Link to article showing that VC fundraising is at an 8 year low
– Is America’s age of discovery over? – U.S. Economy – Salon.com
– Richard Komaiko: Update on the success of AttorneyFee in the Valley
– Join us Oct. 18th for Eatrepreneur Tuesday!
– ADVISORY: Chicago to host energy and tech leaders from across country
– Wednesday, Oct. 19: Social Media Club October Event
– Thursday, Oct. 20: Come to Techweek Concept Series October 20th w/ Launch Event
– Layton Olson: Great Lake Symposium on Smart Grid — Oct 18-19 at IIT
– Thursday, October 27: Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable – “Google’s New Marketing Strategies – What it Takes to Win Today”
– Funding Feeding Frenzy – What Are Past Attendees Saying?
– Layton Olson: Avoiding Costs, Building Assets: “One Trench” and “One Tower” Investments Improve Government Performance – Broadband Illinois
– TechAmerica Foundation Announces New Commissioners on CLOUD²/SLG – Tarkan Maner of Wyse Technology to Chair
– Layton Olson again: Traces in a Tangled Web – Noshir Contractor – Broadband Illinois — Sunday October 16 3:30 – 4:30 in Evanston
– Tuesday, OCTOBER 25: MEF Wheaton: An Entrepreneurs Story Jeffrey (Jeff) Weber
– Registration Reminder – Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award
– Miscellaneous messages and material (6 items)
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October 12, 2011

The May Report: 10/12/2011: Former CEO of Motorola Robert Galvin has died — I saw him speak and he was a very impressive guy; I don’t know what to say except tell the truth: I’ve been major league depressed for 3 days since Sunday night: on Monday an unmasked visitor appeared about 4pm and left at 11:30pm; meanwhile, I have a new computer (wi-fi laptop Toshiba that I think comes from Julian Pretto’s operation) that I cannot figure out how to use! and that visitor, thinking that he’s doing me a favor which he probably is but I can’t see it that way right now, has tried to ween me off of AOL — after 16 years! — but I, like many people, am a creature of habit and this has thrown me for a huge loop, plus I can barely see the screen; rather than going back to sleep which I’ve been mostly doing for two days now, I’ll try to stay up and get a few reports out; The Momentum Awards dinner was very well attended with 918 people — 400 more than last time; they raised over $1MM and that total included more than $80K in texted contributions that were flashed on the big screen; News: Scott Issen is leaving the CEC to run a 501(c)(3) non-profit that is focused on Future Founders and it will be backed by Brad Keywell, all this as Kevin Willer continues to belt tighten and sharpen the focus of the CEC; I hardly met most of the folks there but one thing did come through to me: Lightbank is not the only game in town when it comes to when it comes to early stage funding: Fusion Ventures out of San Diego invested in S. A. Ignite and two commodities brokers plus F&F put $1.7MM into a firm that tracks bar traffic in real time using cameras, w/ 56 bars so far; Jason Goodrich and his team are looking for $750K and much more, so it may be that Lightbank just has a better PR machine, but I don’t know enough yet to draw any conclusions… Plus a Mike Rhodes sighting…
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Dan Hess’ Local offer Network got $1.5MM from IL Ventures and somebody else; the bar tracking company is Scene Tap founded by Andrew Nieman; Jason Goodrich changed his co. name to GetShortList.com from A Space Apart; Another co. talking to Lightbank is BellyFlop.com founded by Logan LaHive; George Nicholson’s Trainingu247.com has raised about $2MM, I believe [sic: that turns out to be wrong]; Grub Hub– no surprise here — beat out IfByPhone and Viewpoints for the Merrick Award but Ferro was not there; My sources tell me that Rahm has dismantled the Mayor’s Council of Technology Advisors and is replacing it with an expanded World Business Chicago group which gives him more flexibility and the ability to hit up the cos. for checks; Don’t forget that Rahm just got Accenture to hire 500 more people here; Julie Roth is now at Vibes; Did anyone go to the tech session on Wednesday for Chicago Ideas Week?
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Scott Dorsey, CEO of ExactTarget, on his Chicago Ideas Week panel

Subject: Re: Scott, I don’t know if you got my email. Do you want to comment on the panel?
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Hi Ron – thought I sent you a quick response. Will try again here.

I just spoke for 15 minutes on the ExactTarget story and how early-stage firms can build a national customer base. Great event – hats off to Brad Keywell.

Hope that you are well.

On Oct 16, 2011, at 1:21 PM, wrote:

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Jay Marhoefer: Update on what Intelligent Generation is doing

Subject: RE: Jay, please give us a quickie update on your current and future projects?
Date: 10/16/2011 11:02:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time
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Intelligent Generation just went live with its first pilot a test, a residential home in Wilmette. We are able to remotely control charge and discharge of a battery that is part of the home’s solar configuration. This means we can systematically control storing power in the battery when it is cheap or free, and using it (instead of the grid) when power is expensive. The ramifications of this for Illinois are the following. First, IG makes solar energy affordable. IG creates economics that allow a) solar on the roof for no upfront cost, b) savings on the electricity bill, and c) backup power when the lights go out. By way of example, 10,000 IG-equipped solar homes and 1,000 commercial buildings are equivalent to bringing a coal-fired power plant online immediately, the difference being that our power is clean.
We move from here to our next pilots, which includes a second home and our first small commercial application. From there, we move to a 10-20 home pilot that allows us to demonstrate the economic benefits of our network. In the meantime, IG was selected as one of 15 venture-ready companies to pitch at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Industry Growth Forum (IGF) in Denver next month. Since 2003, presenting companies at the IGF have procured more than $4 billion in investment capital.
The Great Lakes Smart Grid Symposium is this Tuesday and Wednesday at IIT. We plan to give interested parties a tour of our lab and demo of our technology.
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Confidential: Tomes brothers in Toronto

Confidential Re: Tomes Brothers in Toronto
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May here. I considered not printing this and I am still ambivalent about it, but I decided to print it without any contact info. If you have info. that might be helpful to the person who sent this email, you can contact me or better yet, get in touch with Todd Ousley in Michigan. His phone number is 734-678-3033.

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Dear Ron,
I’m proud to announce the winner of the second annual NFTE Elevator Pitch Challenge: Jonathan O. of Miami, Florida.
The 2011 Challenge, presented by MasterCard Worldwide in association with Kathryn W. Davis, featured 30 remarkable young people with innovative ideas, intense online campaigning, and more than 80,000 votes.
Watch Jonathan’s winning pitch now:

www.elevatorpitch2011.com/nominees/entry/jonathan-o

Love Puppy Love, Jonathan’s business idea, provides fun-loving, unique, dog-themed T-shirts for the world to enjoy, while raising awareness about the plight of dogs in desperate need of love and support. NFTE, in coordination with our sponsors E*TRADE, MasterCard, and Southwest Airlines, will provide Jonathan with $2,500 to make Love Puppy Love a reality. The two runners up, Khaled K. and Nguon T., will each receive $500 towards their businesses.
We are incredibly proud of Jonathan and all of the young entrepreneurs for creating unique business concepts and taking the initiative to participate in the Elevator Pitch Challenge. Join us in congratulating them all for their hard work.
We’d also like to thank all of you who took the time to vote in the contest and support these amazing students. Without you, this would not be possible.
Sincerely,
Amy Rosen
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Dear Friends,
We’ve all been to film festivals, but how about a filmLESS festival? Yes, it sounds like a crazy idea: Sit in a room and listen to some of the world’s best audio stories. The Third Coast International Audio Festival (I’m a proud board member!) brings exceptional stories to audiences on the air each week on the radio program “Re:sound” on WBEZ. The Third Coast Filmless Festival (TCFF) is a day-long celebration of story, sound and the art of listening. Now in its third year, the TCFF has drawn sell-out crowds of radio fans who gather in darkened theaters for “audio screenings” of unforgettable documentaries. Like the best film festivals, the TCFF is a mecca for audiences who may spend the entire day attending screenings, meeting the world’s top radio producers and learning more about the craft of audio storytelling.
The 2011 TCFF will take place in Chicago on Sunday, October 23rd at the Joffrey Ballet building, 10 East Randolph. Audiences will choose among five separate screenings, each organized around a theme and carefully curated to encompass a variety of styles, emotional impact, and artistry. Jonathan Goldstein of the comedy program “Wire Tap” will perform and festivities will culminate in the evening with our Awards Ceremony honoring the winners of the 2011 Third Coast / Richard H Driehaus Foundation Competition. Passes are now on sale at www.thirdcoastfestival.org/happenings/filmless-festival.
Hope you can come and listen with me — and bring a friend.
Best,
Lee
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Link to article showing that VC fundraising is at an 8 year low

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Is America’s age of discovery over? – U.S. Economy – Salon.com

Is America’s age of discovery over? – U.S. Economy – Salon.com
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Richard Komaiko: Update on the success of AttorneyFee in the Valley

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Hi Ron,
I have a little tidbit for you. Our startup, AttorneyFee, was invited to demo on stage at SF New Tech, which is one of the most closely watched startup forums in the valley. Does a Chicago company making tracks in SF merit a mention in the May Report?
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ADVISORY: Chicago to host energy and tech leaders from across country

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Chicago to Host Smart Grid Symposium Featuring Industry Leaders from Across the Country
Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and New Energy Economy to be held in Chicago Oct 18 – 19

What:
The potential of smart grid technology to spur business innovation, create jobs and benefit consumers throughout the Midwest will be the timely focus of a major conference in Chicago. More than 250 energy innovators, policy makers and top-ranking executives from across the country will be in attendance.

The Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy is organized by a first-of-its kind collaboration of policy, energy, environmental and technology organizations, and it will explore the connection between grid modernization, economic development and environmental impact. Smart grid activity currently underway in the region also will be showcased.

When: See below for session times and highlights
Tuesday, October 18
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, October 19
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology
3241 South Federal Street, Chicago (Use campus entrance)
Metered parking available at 32nd and State Street in Lot A4
Who: Key speakers for Tuesday:
Ellen Alberding, president, The Joyce Foundation
Scott Lang, president and CEO, Silver Spring Networks
Luke Clemente, General Manager of Metering & Sensing Systems, GE Energy – Digital Energy
Jim Buckman, Quality Advisor to Galvin Electricity Initiative
Brewster McCracken, Executive Director, Pecan Street Inc.
Doug Scott, chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
Philip Moeller, commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Anne Pramaggiore, president and COO, ComEd
An abbreviated agenda for day one of the symposium is included below. To view the complete agenda and list of speakers, please visit greatlakessymposium.com/ .
To register in advance or request an interview with one of the participating organizations, please contact Ashley Dennison at ashley_dennison@jtpr.com.
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Tuesday, October 18: Highlights
For a full agenda and list of speakers, go to greatlakessymposium.com/ .
9:10 a.m. Keynote Address: Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy
Featuring remarks by Ellen Alberding, Scott Lang and Luke Clemente
10:15 a.m. Leveraging the Convening Power of the Public Utilities Commission
10:30 a.m. Morning Session 1: Consumer Track – The Path to Perfect Power
Leading Practices for Ensuring Consumer Empowerment
10:30 a.m. Morning Session 2: Midwest Policy Summit
How Can Smart Grid Technologies Increase the Efficiency Between Transmission and Distribution?
12:00 p.m. Lunch Session: The Pursuit of Quality and Innovation
Discussion featuring top executives from San Diego Gas & Electric, ComEd and Florida Power & Light
1:30 p.m. Afternoon Session 1: Consumer Track – The Path to Perfect Power
Leading Practices for Grid Safety, Reliability and Power Quality
1:30 p.m. Afternoon Session 2: Innovation and Economic Opportunity Track
Smart Grid and Energy Business Leadership Roundtable

3:15 p.m. Afternoon Session 3: Midwest Policy Summit
Articulating the Benefits of Smart Grid
3:15 p.m. Innovative Marketplace Quick Pitch Competition

4:30 p.m. Midwest Smart Grid Pilots: Realizing the Economic Value of Smart Grid
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Layton Olson: Great Lake Symposium on Smart Grid — Oct 18-19 at IIT

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Colleagues,
In November or December I will be writing a long blog on FCC National Broadband Plan National Need #4 Energy and the Environment. This will address issues of a World of Working Watersheds, including linking transportation, energy and productive urban design (even in rural areas) to provide families, businesses and communities “tools for good choices” linked together by Community Anchor Institutions – Businesses, Community Institutions and Public agencies. Such tools include linking advanced communications with smart grid, smart water management, public works asset-building and service assembly applications.
With this as background, please find information below on the Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid & the New Energy Economy to be held at IIT. It is organized by Mohammad Shahidehpour of IIT, and sent to me by Ruth Sweetzer, copied on this message, whose contact information involving IIT Business and Industry activities is at:
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Dear friend,
On October 18-19, Illinois Institute of Technology will be hosting the Great Lakes Symposium on Smart Grid and the New Energy Economy. This is an important event in the world of Smart Grid, as Illinois stands at the crossroads of possibly launching one of the largest and most significant smart grid deployments in the world. You will be able to heard first-hand from the people who are working hard to get Smart Grid done right, and at the same time open up significant market opportunities for new energy efficiency, electrification, demand response, and sustainability technology in the region.
If you have not done so already, please register and join me at what will be a world-class event. You can register or find more information at www.GreatLakesSymposium.com.
Featured speakers include:
Philip Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Scott Lang, CEO, Silver Spring Networks
Luke Clemente, General Manager for Metering and Sensing Systems, GE
Anne Pramaggiore, CEO, ComEd
Michael Niggli, President and CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric
Doug Scott, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
David Kolata, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board
Miriam Horn, Director, Smart Grid Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund
Matthew Summy, President, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition
Phyllis Reha, Vice Chair, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Eric Dresselhuys, Chief Marketing Officer, Silver Spring Networks
Mark Hura, Commercial Leader for Smart Grid, GE Digital Energy
John Kelly, Executive Director, Galvin Electricity Initiative
Jim Buckman, Owner, James E. Buckman & Associates
Teri Ivaniszyn, Senior Director of Corporate Excellence, Florida Power & Light
Brewster McCracken, Executive Director, Pecan Street Inc.
John Joyce, CEO, Ambient Corporation
Dr. Massoud Amin, Director, Technological Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota
The symposium will take place at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and is sponsored by ComEd, Eaton, GE, Silver Spring Networks, and The Joyce Foundation. For information and a full agenda of the symposium, please visit www.greatlakessymposium.com/ or contact me about participating. Thank you — Mohammad Shahidehpour (ms@iit.edu)
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Thursday, October 27: Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable – “Google’s New Marketing Strategies – What it Takes to Win Today”

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The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Alumni Marketing Roundtable

Topic: Google’s New Marketing Strategies – What it Takes to Win Today

Speaker: Jennifer Howard, Industry Director, Education, Google

Date: THURSDAY, October 27, 2011

Time: 6:00 Registration
6:30 – 8:00 Program
8:00 – Networking and Cash Bar

Location: Gleacher Center – Room 621
Price: $10.00
Price includes passed Hors D’oeuvres. There will be a cash bar as well.

To RSVP: Register Online

Questions? Please contact Jim Steuer at Jim@jsechicago.com.

Session Overview

The Marketing Roundtable welcomes Jennifer Howard, Google Industry Director, Education as our speaker for the October 27, 2011 event. Jennifer will focus on a new e- book (Zero Moment of Truth) just released by Google.

The way we shop is changing and marketing strategies are simply not keeping pace. Whether we’re shopping for corn flakes, concert tickets or a honeymoon in Paris, the Internet has changed how we decide what to buy. Today we’re all digital explorers, seeking out online ratings, social media-based peer reviews, videos, and in-depth product details as we move down the path to purchase. Marketing has evolved and modern marketing strategies have to evolve with the changing shape of shopping.
At Google, we call this online decision-making moment the Zero Moment of Truth — or simply ZMOT.
If you’re a marketer, a CEO, a sales rep, or an aspiring entrepreneur, these marketing strategies and the ZMOT will help you understand the shift that has taken place in the marketing landscape and show you the strategies it takes to win
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About Our Speaker

Jennifer Howard leads the Education Sales & Operations practice nationally. In this role she is responsible for developing strategic partnerships with Education Marketers to help them generate leads, increase brand awareness and drive enrollments. In her 8 years at Google, Jennifer has worked with a variety of sectors including BtoB, Automotive and Technology.

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Special Note
Once again, we’ll set up a Literature Table in the front registration area before the meeting. You may use the table to distribute copies of anything (within reason) that communicates your business, your capabilities, and/or career interests. This would include a brochure, a fact sheet, a resume, or other items of interest. This will give us all an opportunity to share our interests and find ways to help each other achieve goals.

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Discounted Parking

Chicago Booth has arranged with the AMC Theater-River East Self parking Garage to provide discounted parking:

300 East Illinois Street (AMC Theater-River East Self Park Garage)
$6.00 after 3:00pm
Garage: Self Park Facility
Payment: Automated; at pay-stations by cash or credit card or upon exit pay by credit card only.
To receive discounted rate: There is a card validator at the first floor security desk of the Gleacher Center. The new system for the AMC Theater- River East Self Park Garage is automated. You will only need to insert your parking card in the validator and the new price will be automatically applied. You can validate your parking ticket at any time between your arrival at and departure from the Gleacher Center. When you leave the lot you will be charged for the lower $6.00 fee.

Detailed Directions :
Garage is located next to PJ Clarks and below the AMC Theater.
a) When traveling east on Illinois cross over Columbus and enter the Garage on the left (north) side of the street.
b) If driving west on Grand (north of Theater), you can enter the garage ½ block before Columbus on the left (south) side of the street.

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CHECK YOUR CHICAGO WEEKLY FOR OTHER CHICAGO BOOTH ALUMNI EVENTS OF INTEREST:

For information on other coming Chicago Booth Roundtable meetings, Chicago Booth Alumni Club events, and other alumni events of interest, visit www.chicagobooth.edu/chicagoweekly/. The Chicago Weekly is updated every Thursday.

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ABOUT THE MARKETING ROUNDTABLE
Our mission: The mission of the Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable is to help Chicago alumni and a broader community of marketing professionals learn more, meet other colleagues, and solve marketing issues. Our vision is to be the first choice for learning and sharing new marketing ideas.
About our meetings: Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable meetings are typically scheduled at the downtown campus (Gleacher Center), on the last Wednesday of each month (with some variation), from 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. They are free of charge, and no food is served. (Food is available, if you wish, in the cafeteria.) Room location is posted each month at the front desk. Please note date is subject to change – check calendar listing for details.
Guests: Your guests who have an active interest in marketing are always welcome via your personal invitation. Please RSVP and let us know how many to expect! (But please don’t post this or any Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable announcement in any public forum.)
Got a topic idea? If you have a topic idea, a presenter to recommend, or any questions or suggestions, please contact any Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable Steering Team member:
Kyle Akerman, 847-414-1426, kyle.akerman@gmail.com
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Santanu DasGupta, 312.961.4866, sdasgupt@chicagobooth.edu
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Jordan Katz, 312-288-2422, Jordan_Katz@gallup.com
Scott McGarvey, 312.648.6275, smcg@chicagobooth.edu
Vivek Prabhu, (312) 493 4987, vivek.r.prabhu@gmail.com
Les Stern, 847.205.1936, les@lsternmktg.com
Jim Steuer, 773-935-7208, JSEChicago@aol.com
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Funding Feeding Frenzy – What Are Past Attendees Saying?

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WHAT ARE PAST ATTENDEES OF THE FUNDING FEEDING FRENZY EVENTS SAYING?

Hello,

Our goal is to provide the highest quality experience for our attendees. There’s only one way to make sure we do that…we ask your honest opinions.

We’ve received tremendous feedback from our numerous events, but rather than tell you how great we are and how valuable our events will be for you, we prefer to let other attendees and participants give you their opinion.

We’re extremely confident that you’ll have such a great experience at the Funding Feeding Frenzy, that you’ll want to come back every time. However, if you’re still deciding if the Funding Feeding Frenzy is the right place for you to be on Nov. 2 2011, please read what one of our most recent Presenting Companies had to say.

Company: CuteyBaby, LLC
Presenter: Ada Vaughan, Founder/President

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Describe your company and what makes you special.
CuteyBaby designs, manufactures, and distributes hybrid baby diapers in the US. We are the only company in our space solely focused on entering mass retail channels. Our goal is to reach the most moms possible in brick-and-mortar retail, and to legitimize washable diapers as an option for modern moms. In the last year we have gained distribution in Meijer, HEB, Costco, and online with Amazon.com and BabiesRUs.com.
Question: What are your biggest “wows”?
In the last year we have gained distribution in Meijer, HEB, Costco, and online with Amazon.com and BabiesRUs.com.
Did you know it costs around $2,500 to buy disposable diapers for one child from birth to potty training? Until recently, most moms just swallowed this fact, along with all the harmful chemicals in disposables and the obvious – generating mountains of trash. CuteyBaby answers this problem with a system that works as well as disposables, looks adorable, and saves parents thousands of dollars.
For less than $500 and a little extra laundry, mom can get a set of hybrid washable diapers – and save TWO GRAND.
Question: How did the Funding Feeding Frenzy (FFF) help your company?
I think it was pretty validating. We have a solid business idea and have entered a very large marketplace ($5.7billion US diaper market). The panelists seemed to “get it” and they liked that we had some distribution already. We also have taken advantage of several contacts for business advice and legal counsel. It was super to have some free time with experts both at the event, and when we redeemed our FFF freebies from winning in the Piranha Pond. It also helped me understand the roles of different companies and individuals in the funding process (i.e. matchmakers, funds, angels, etc.).
Question: Why did you choose to come to the FFF?
Really wanted to make some contacts in the Chicago area. We had been in discussions with some West Coast investors, and wanted to see if there was a more local source of capital, perhaps with some CPG roots.
Question: What were your expectations going into the FFF?
Wanted to understand who the major players were in Chicago and what kind of investments are happening. The biggest challenge for us is that we are a traditional (non-tech, non-biotech) consumer products company. Our goal was to meet 10 potential investors, resulting in 5 post-FFF meetings. We ended up getting 4 Post – FFF meetings, ultimately.
Question: What advice would you give to companies considering future FFF’s?
Make sure you can explain your business very quickly and as simplistically as possible. We had everything from carbon nanotubes to baby slings at the event in May – sometimes it’s hard to step away from the “cool” factor of your product and describe the BUSINESS.
My background is in marketing, so I always say to make sure you can answer the questions….
How do (or will) you make money?
Who is going to buy from you?
How will they find out about you?
Why will they buy from you instead of a competitor?
Oh, and I’d stay away from deal-a-day online coupon concepts.
Thanks for the opportunity to chat about FFF – it really is a quality event and I highly recommend it for any entrepreneur who wants to put their idea to the test and get some honest feedback. – Ada Vaughan, Founder & President – CuteyBaby, LLC

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Click here to sign up to “Present My Company”/”Demo Company” at the FFF Main Event” on Wednesday November 2nd starting at 8:30AM (CT).

Click here to sign up to be an Attendee/VIP at the FFF Main Event on Wednesday November 2nd starting at 8:30AM (CT).

Don’t delay…register and take advantage of our early bird pricing and reserve your spot at this outstanding event. Be sure to check out the website to get more information today!

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To get an idea of all the new happenings with the Funding Feeding Frenzy, check out the latest news:

RED ROCKET PARTNERS added as a PANELIST in the KRAKEN CAVE AT THE FUNDING FEEDING FRENZY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2ND EVENT

Red Rocket is a Chicago-based consulting and financial advisory firm with expertise in serving the entrepreneurial, start-up and venture community. So, if you are looking to ignite your business with learnings and contacts of proven entrepreneurs, CEO’s and venture capitalists who have lived through the same challenges you are experiencing, Red Rocket can help your business blast off!

George Deeb – Managing Partner
George has a passion for start-ups and formalized his consulting efforts as the Founder and Managing Partner of Red Rocket in 2010. George has consulted to numerous businesses over his 20 year career. George has a very deep base of relationships in the start-up and venture community, in Chicago and otherwise. George desires to help other B2C and B2B entrepreneurs navigate through their start-up, fund raising or other business issues. George’s skills are particularly deep in strategy, corporate development, business development, fund raising, financial planning, sales, online marketing, e-commerce and online media/monetization.

From 2009-2010, George was the CEO of MediaRecall, a B2B digital video services and technology business. George lead the sale of the business to Deluxe in February 2010 at up to a 10x return on invested capital. George helped to build a $25MM sales pipeline from big brand entertainment clients and cut a strategic content monetization and strategic distribution relationship with Getty Images. George provided growth capital for MediaRecall prior to the sale to Deluxe.

Between 1999-2008, George was the Founder and CEO of iExplore.com, the #1 adventure travel website with over 1MM visitors per month (now a division of TUI Travel PLC, the largest seller of leisure travel in the world). Here is where George sharpened his skills in digital marketing and monetization for ten years, including launching an ad sales business from scratch. iExplore was a venture backed business, including a strategic relationship with National Geographic. George was the seed capital for iExplore.

Between 1991-1999, George was an Investment Banker with Credit Suisse First Boston, doing mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance in the retailing/consumer industry group. Key clients included Home Depot, Pep Boys CVS, CompUSA, Linens N Things and Babies R Us. George was a top ranked banker amongst his peers and completed over 50 corporate finance and M&A advisory assignments.

George received his BBA in finance from the University of Michigan in 1991.

Learn more at: www.redrocketvc.com/

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The Funding Feeding Frenzy Team
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Layton Olson: Avoiding Costs, Building Assets: “One Trench” and “One Tower” Investments Improve Government Performance – Broadband Illinois

Avoiding Costs, Building Assets: “One Trench” and “One Tower” Investments Improve Government Performance – Broadband Illinois
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On September 16 I had the pleasure of attending two Broadband 101 sessions at Illinois Municipal League annual conference in Chicago, which were organized with the aid of Partnership for a Connected Illinois and Illinois Broadband Deployment Council. I got an update of how governments are “improving performance” in civic and economic productivity as they design and build “sustainable” broadband as a part of public works.
These success stories of the “impact” of broadband lead off my “government performance” blog linked here: broadbandillinois.org/news/71
The graphic to illustrate government-private sector cooperation in financing and using Fiber, Wireless and Public Works utilities was commissioned from Charles Boyce’s KeyPad Kid Project. www.facebook.com/pages/The-KeyPad-Kid-Project/75815548937?sk=wall The picture shows a smart KeyPad Kid on a Backhoe, working with local officials at a groundbreaking. Its caption (omitted due to size) reads: Groundbreaking for “one trench & one tower” utilities – water, power, gas, communications and transportation. Cutting costs and time, and raising revenue from civic virtual infrastructure, right-of-way cooperation and data sharing.
I hope you enjoy the article, and share with interested colleagues. Several of its “next step” recommendations will be considered next week at the PCI-hosted Regional Broadband Summit in Champaign October 12-13.
I also hope you’ll take a look at Partnership for a Connected Illinois’ increasingly graphic and photo-story format website. See September 30 news on new broadband mapping data, now using 2010 census block data, as part of the every-6-month upgrade of broadband availability and speed maps.

broadbandillinois.org/index.html

Let me, or PCI Impact Director Bob Flider, know your thoughts. Including whether you would like to be a PCI guest blogger to share “what works” in investing in sustainable broadband infrastructure and services to improve businesses, lives and community economic development.
The KeyPad Kid graphic is copyright 2011 Community Life Initiative * The Keypad Kid Project. Please contact Charles Boyce or Layton Olson if you would like to use it, including in power point presentations.
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TechAmerica Foundation Announces New Commissioners on CLOUD²/SLG – Tarkan Maner of Wyse Technology to Chair

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Contact: Stephanie Craig at 202-682-4443 or Stephanie.craig@techamericafoundation.org

TechAmerica Foundation Announces New Commissioners on CLOUD²/SLG
Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse Technology to Chair
Denver, CO – The TechAmerica Foundation has announced the names of 38 industry leaders and nine government advisors who will serve on the new Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD²)/State and Local Government (SLG). The Commission’s objective is to enable state and local governments to better serve their citizens by optimizing their use of cloud technologies and solutions.
The Commissioners and advisors from state and local governments around the country convened yesterday at a kickoff meeting in Denver.
Olga Grkavac, Executive Vice President for Public Sector at TechAmerica, said: “Our new CLOUD²/SLG Commission represents a broad range of companies serving the public sector, from start-ups to the largest multinationals. The Commission is well-positioned to provide diverse insight and deliverables on issues critical to cloud deployment by states and local government. We look forward to constructive recommendations that help provide a path to more effective and efficient use of the cloud by states and municipalities.”
Commission leadership is being provided by Tarkan Maner, President and CEO of Wyse Technology. Maner is being joined as the commission leadership by vice-chairs David L. Cohn, Ph.D. Program Director, Smarter Cloud, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and Cisco’s Public Sector CTO, Daniel Kent. A full list of Commissioners is available: www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud2-slg-commissioners

In addition to industry representatives, the TechAmerica Foundation has announced the names of nine government advisors to CLOUD2/SLG, who will provide guidance to the commissioners. These state and local officials will provide input and will review recommendations at key milestones throughout the fall. The list of advisors can be found at: www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud2-slg-commissioners#gov-advisory

To learn more about CLOUD²/SLG, please visit www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud2-slg.

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Layton Olson again: Traces in a Tangled Web – Noshir Contractor – Broadband Illinois — Sunday October 16 3:30 – 4:30 in Evanston

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Colleagues with interests in the Future of the Networked Society — for new users as well as early adopters –
If you have never had the pleasure of hearing Noshir Contractor explain where we a society — in Illinois and around the world — are going in using Social Network tools, then I encourage you to attend his talk on Sunday October 16 3:30 to 4:30 on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston. It’s part of Chicago Humanities Festival “tech*knowledge” series this fall. Cost $5. broadbandillinois.org/calendar/11
I am sending this to parties in several networks, including Digital Literacy and Civic Applications networks linked through Partnership for a Connected Illinois. Remember: You don’t have to be a geek to get a peek at the future, and what it means for all of us everyday.
From the past, Noshir Contractor was the keynote speaker in 2003 for the Illinois Community Technology Consortium, as arranged by University of Illinois Extension program when he was with UIUC Speech and Communications program. For more: Noshir Contractor – Advancing the Science of Networks in Communities nosh.northwestern.edu/
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Tuesday, OCTOBER 25: MEF Wheaton: An Entrepreneurs Story Jeffrey (Jeff) Weber

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Tonight: An Entrepreneurs Story Jeffrey (Jeff) Weber
Tonight we are excited to have Jeffrey (Jeff) Weber
Have you ever thought about starting your own company? Are you in the midst
of a start up or already have a venture running? Business ownership is a
tremendous opportunity that few get to experience for a variety of reasons.
Your chances of taking an idea to reality improve greatly with the more you
know and the greater connected you are to resources. Learn how you can self
assess your own ideas to see if they match the Entrepreneurial FormulaT that
entrepreneur and author Jeff Weber created so individuals will know when
they are ready to activate as an entrepreneur. Weber shares how an idea
passes two defining moments, the Entrepreneurial Formula and an
individual’s Risk Box before becoming actionable.
Hear Jeff’s remarkable journey from starting his business in a basement and
growing it into a multi-million dollar venture that he eventually sold to a
Fortune 100 company. Weber currently is very active in numerous
entrepreneurial organizations in Chicago that support start ups from
coaching, advisory boards to funding preparation and sourcing. He is: an
adjunct faculty at the college level teaching entrepreneurism, volunteers
for youth entrepreneurship groups and is a founding member of the advisory
board at Judson University established to create an entrepreneurism
certification program for the School of Business. Most recently, Weber
helped create “High Growth Illinois”, an effort funded by the Small Business
Administration and located out of the Harper College Professional Center to
support high growth entrepreneurial firms in Illinois. Weber is in the
midst of starting his third company.
This is your night to learn how you can launch or grow you’re an existing
firm. No hidden agenda, no gimmicks. The format will allow for your
questions to be answered by Jeff so come prepared to get answers to all of
the issues that have been holding you back.
Speakers bio:
Jeffrey Weber earned his MBA from Chicago’s Loyola University School of
Business and entered the technology industry during the start of the dot com
era. The company he founded grew rapidly earning a rank on INC magazine’s
“Top 500 Fastest Growing Private US Companies” list in 2001 and 2002. He
successfully positioned and sold that company to a Fortune 100 in 2006.
As an author, Weber incorporates his entrepreneurial knowledge and
proprietary methodologies into his book, “From Idea to Exit: The
Entrepreneurial Journey”. He is an adjunct faculty teaching entrepreneurism
at the college level, speaker, and coach for start-ups, existing
small/medium size businesses, and corporations wishing to innovate and
establish an entrepreneurial spirit. Weber serves on the advisory board for
Minorities in Technology Sales (MiTS). He volunteers for Future Founders,
Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education and The National
Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) which help high school youth
explore entrepreneurism as a career path.
Currently, Jeff is assisting Judson University architect a new
entrepreneurism program, he is an angel investor and is very active in the
entrepreneurial ecosystem within Chicago.
Remember that there is always a question and answer session at the end of
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Registration Reminder – Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award

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The deadline for registering for the 2011 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Awards Ceremony is fast approaching. We hope that you are planning to join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of this prestigious award.
On-line registration for the event will close at the close of business on Friday, October 21, 2011. The luncheon ceremony cost is $45.00. Registration and additional information about the event can be found at: www.istc.illinois.edu/info/govs_awards.cfm. The distinguished Dr. Robert (Doc) Hall will join us to give the keynote address followed by the presentation of the awards.
We hope you can attend. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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#1: Re: The May Report: 10/06/2011: The True Story of Sports Publishing Versus Eric Lefkofsky
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Ron,
No need to publish my comment. This is only for you.
Under “Of the value of proof reading” .
It is a shame that filing such an important complaint in Item 1, a law firm does not know the difference between a noun: principle and an adjective: principal.
Right off the bat, the Judge will get a poor impression of the whole thing.
What a shame.
Keep up your great work and take even greater care of your health.
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I am a share holder for Efoora and wondered if you knew the name of the new company that Dr. Varshney purchased while Efoora was in bankruptcy

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Ron,
Take a look at this and let me know your thoughts:

accessexperts.net/blog/2011/10/07/follow-steves-footsteps-into-the-future/

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#4: Texas grant recipients gave to Governor Perry
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Texas grant recipients gave to Governor Perry
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Jim Forsyth
Reuters
October 13 2011, 12:04 AM CDT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Businesses that won grants from a Texas economic development fund contributed $7 million to Governor Rick Perry and the Republican Governors Association, which supports him, a report by a watchdog group said on Thursday.
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www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-perrytre79b0n8-20111011,0,4830003.story

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#5: Illinois Pay to Play
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As merely an FYI — the following website was launched in recent weeks:

illinoispaytoplay.com/

While I don’t know the owner or publisher of Illinois Pay to Play, the content is very germane to what we’ve been reporting upon in Nuclear Chicago.
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#6: www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/donors-mayor-rahm-emanuel-inauguration-funded-eric-lefkofksy-jay-pritzker-desiree-rogers-20110902
Heavy Hitters Funded Mayor Emanuel’s Inauguration: Report
Updated: Friday, 02 Sep 2011, 9:48 AM CDT
Published : Friday, 02 Sep 2011, 9:48 AM CDT
FOX Chicago News
Chicago – Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s campaign released the list of donors for his inauguration, who gave a total of more than $1 million.
Movers and shakers from the world of finance, business and the legal community bankrolled the ceremony and free concert in Millennium Park.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times , Groupon guru Eric Lefkofsky gave $50,000, as did Jay Pritzker.
Johnson Publishing Executive and former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers chipped in $30,000.
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