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The May Report: 07/12/2008: Did Ed Bachner, Jr. hide 19 missing poison viles to make it appear his wife was killed by terrorism so he could get double indemnity on the $5MM insurance?; Pol. donations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Rosetta Wireless Redux: Tetrodotoxin: Edward Bachner arrested after ordering pufferfish toxin
-- FBI Arrest Man For Possession of Puff Fish Toxin
-- Thursday, August 28: Illinois FedTech 2008 Security Procurement Conference
-- Mark Daniel: Closes million dollar deals and wants a team to join
-- Marco A. Rodriguez: CEO of Nuestra Casa International, LLC
-- William Blair & Company and CIMA Release Fifth Installment of Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey
-- TiE Midwest Leaders and Legends Dinner Series
-- Friday, July 18th: "The Role of Public Relations in Growing Your Business"
-- Readers' letters (4 messages)
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
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Rosetta Wireless Redux: Tetrodotoxin: Edward Bachner arrested after ordering pufferfish toxin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tetrodotoxin-edward-bachner-080701-ht,0,1521345.story
Tetrodotoxin: Edward Bachner arrested after ordering pufferfish toxin
Chicago Tribune
8:24 AM CDT, July 1, 2008
Federal authorities on Monday charged a Lake in the Hills man with possession of a pufferfish toxin in an amount that one expert said could kill almost 100 people.
Edward F. Bachner IV, 35, who allegedly posed as a doctor when ordering the poison known as tetrodotoxin, was arrested about 10:30 a.m. Monday when he met an undercover federal agent who delivered the toxin to him in Algonquin, officials said.
Bachner recently ordered 98 milligrams of the toxin, which is usually used in research, from a New Jersey chemical supply company, the FBI said. The amount is less than one-one-hundredth of an ounce.
"It's an unusual amount," said FBI Special Agent Robert Holley, head of the Chicago office's counterterrorism Joint Terrorism Task Force. "That's a lot. It doesn't take much to kill."
Authorities said Bachner posed as Dr. Edmond Backer to buy the toxin over the Internet. They would not say what they thought his motive was, but FBI agents said it did not appear to be terrorism-related.
The FBI said in a statement that all of the toxin was recovered and the public was in no danger.
Bachner, who friends said is a financial planner and co-owner of a small technology company in Oakbrook Terrace, was formally charged late Monday afternoon and ordered held without bail during a federal court appearance in Rockford.
But in a highly unusual move, prosecutors did not publicly release the entire criminal complaint filed in the case.
Possessing the toxin, commonly known as TTX, without the proper federal approval is a felony.
Tetrodotoxin-a nerve toxin isolated from pufferfish or made synthetically-is typically used by researchers at universities or pharmaceutical companies.
The chemical is applied to isolate the effects of a particular drug on a cell by eliminating nerve signals that would interfere with scientists' observations, said Robert Zucker, professor of neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.
The 98 milligrams allegedly ordered by Bachner would be "about enough to kill 98 people" if injected, Zucker said.
"There's probably no legitimate research purpose for having that much on hand," Zucker said, adding that he has only 1 milligram in his lab.Marine organisms such as pufferfish produce particularly strong poisons that remain lethal when diluted in seawater.
Authorities were alerted to Bachner's alleged purchase of the TTX when an employee at the New Jersey chemical supply company contacted the FBI's Newark office. Agents from that office then contacted Chicago FBI officials, said FBI Special Agent Jane Rhodes, an agency spokeswoman.
Authorities said that when agents determined there was no Dr. Edmond Backer and found out the company Bachner claimed to represent, EB Strategic Research, did not exist, they set up a "controlled buy" in Algonquin.
About a half-hour after Bachner's arrest, agents began searching his two-story, single-family home in the 5700 block of McKenzie Drive in Lake in the Hills, Holley said.
Neighbors in the quiet subdivision watched Monday afternoon as agents wearing biohazard suits carried items outside.
The items, some appearing to be stacks of paper in thick plastic bags, were placed in an inflatable container resembling a child's wading pool and hosed down.
An FBI hazardous materials team was on site, as well as local fire equipment, but Holley said the neighborhood was not in any danger and no evacuations were necessary.
A small portion of McKenzie Drive was blocked, and the area around the home was roped off.
Neighbors who know Bachner and his wife said they were taken aback by his arrest.
Jeff Block, who lives down the block, said Bachner moved into the neighborhood about five years ago.
"He is a great guy. I was extremely shocked when the FBI showed up at my door this morning and started asking questions about him," said Block, who described himself as good friend of Bachner.
If convicted, Bachner could face up to 10 years in prison, according to the FBI.
Tribune reporters Jason Meisner, Timothy DeChant and Liam Ford contributed to this report.
jjlong@tribune.com
cstarks@tribune.com
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FBI Arrest Man For Possession of Puff Fish Toxin
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256792
FBI Arrest Man For Possession of Puff Fish Toxin
Posted Jul 1, 2008 by Sue D. in Crime | 16 comments | 583 views
The FBI raided and Illinois man's home on Monday and arrested and charged the man with possession of tetrodotoxin which is a deadly toxin found in puffer fish.
What led to the arrest of the 35 year-old Edward F. Bachner was his attempt to purchase 98 milligrams of the tetrodotoxin, online from a New Jersey chemical company, using an alias of Edmond Backer, claiming he was a doctor working for Illinois-based EB Strategic Research.
EB Strategic Research does not exist.
An employee from the company became concerned at the quantity that Bachner was trying to obtain and alerted the FBI.
A member of the FBI joint-terrorism task force delivered the toxin to Bachner's home on the 5700 block of McKenzie Drive in 'Lake in the Hills', and after accepting his purchase, he was arrested.
Edward F. Bachner, 35, of Lake in the Hills, was charged with one count of illegal possession of a toxin, according to a federal complaint filed in U.S. district court. Bachner is listed as the corporate secretary of Rosetta Wireless Corporation in Naperville, in suburban Chicago.
Tetrodotoxin is a neurotoxin that in large doses can cause paralysis and death and according to reports it is 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide.
No reports as to what Bachner was planning on doing with the toxin and he appeared before a judge in federal court in Rockford and is being held without bond until his next court appearance.
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Thursday, August 28: Illinois FedTech 2008 Security Procurement Conference
Subject: Re: Bret, your notice has embedded links. Plse. send plain text with the links shown
Date: 7/11/2008 11:22:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: bretj@northwestern.edu
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Illinois FedTech 2008 Security Procurement Conference
http://www.aeanet.org/events/mwms_fedtech0808.asp
Thursday, August 28, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hosting Organization:
[See the attached file]
Supporting Organizations:
[See the attached file]
[See the attached file]
Register Now:
http://www.aeanet.org/events/EventsCatalog.cfm?Product_Major=MW080801
Information & Agenda
The Illinois FedTech 2008 Security Procurement Conference offers critical market intelligence and business development leads in the growing state and national security solutions market. This program will offer insight from security industry leaders and government officials regarding their procurement priorities and contracting opportunities, with particular focus on IT, cyber, and transportation sectors. Illinois FedTech 2008 will also provide one-on-one meetings with leading integrators and prime contractors. Register today to secure your spot at this program and to ensure your opportunity to schedule your one-on-one meetings.
Tentative Agenda (agenda times and speakers are subject to change)
8:30 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking
9:00 a.m. Welcome & Introductions
Meryl Sussman, Associate Vice President, College of DuPage
9:15 a.m. Federal Procurement Keynote
Tom Kireilis, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Infrastructure Optimization, GSA
10:15 a.m. Networking Break
10:30 a.m. Panel: Supply Chain & Logistics Procurement Priorities & Working with Prime-Integrators
Zebra Technologies
Thincsoft
Echo Global Logistics
12:00 p.m. Keynote Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Panel: Cybersecurity and Data Management
SPSS
Riverglass
Univa UD
2:00 p.m. Program Adjourn, Closing Remarks
Ed Longanecker, Executive Director, AeA Midwest Council
Michael Brody, Deputy Director, Homeland Security Market Development
2:15 p.m. *Pre-scheduled One-on-One Sessions with Prime-Integrators & Government Procurement Officials (20 minute sessions)
Department of Energy
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
L-3 Communications
Recon/Optical, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
Central Management Services
4:00 p.m. One-on-One Sessions End
*One-on-one matchmaking sessions are 20 minutes per session and must be pre-scheduled by COB on Friday, August 22nd. Please contact Rita Haake at 630.642.2616 or haaker@cod.edu to schedule your individual matchmaking session. One-on-one sessions are for registered FedTech attendees only.
Registration Fee:
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Non-member $40
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Please note: If you have not previously registered on the AeA website, there is a 24 hour waiting period before you can register multiple attendees.
Payment is required for online registrations.
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Mark Daniel: Closes million dollar deals and wants a team to join
From: mark daniel [dewittgrp@gmail.com]
To: The May Report
Subject: Re: The May Report: 07/09/2008: Sacked Slacker Johnson washes up on Chempetitive beaches; 40 ways to protect trade secrets; Hacker Practice: Moral Genres & The Cultural Articulation of Liberalism
Sent: Wed 7/9/2008 4:40 PM
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Marco A. Rodriguez: CEO of Nuestra Casa International, LLC
Subject: Today's conversation
Date: 7/11/2008 2:18:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: mrodriguez@nuestracasainc.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Hello Ron:
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William Blair & Company and CIMA Release Fifth Installment of Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey
From: Bruce Montgomery [tatvshow@yahoo.com]
To: Ruth Ratney
Cc: Ron May
Subject: William Blair & Company and CIMA Release Fifth Installment of Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey
Sent: Fri 7/11/2008 9:31 AM
William Blair & Company and CIMA Release Fifth Installment of Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey
CHICAGO--(July 8, 2008)--William Blair & Company, in collaboration with the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA), today published the fifth edition of a semiannual interactive marketing survey that the partnership uses to take the pulse of the industry and relay its practitioners' expectations for future performance and trends.
The survey targets the more than 800 members of CIMA, which was founded in 1997 and emphasizes cross-media outreach through an extensive itinerary of forums, panels, and seminars with industry experts, in addition to networking events. The fifth survey includes responses from nearly 150 members.
The fifth survey was conducted during second quarter 2008 and included 27 multiple-choice questions and two open-ended questions, of which 10 have been constant in all five surveys. All responses are anonymous.
William Blair equity research analyst Troy Mastin, who provides coverage on 21 marketing, advertising, and media companies, wrote in the survey, "Survey respondents indicated that the state of the industry remains healthy, but slightly less robust than previous surveys, most likely due to the shaky economy. The industry is expected to grow 16.1% over the next 12 months, which is below a consistent level of about 19% in the first four surveys, and online media prices have risen just 3.2% over the past six months versus an average of 7.2% in past surveys. Respondents expect search and direct marketers to be less affected (or possibly benefit) from the perceived slowdown in the industry."
Mastin also noted that Google remains dominant and Yahoo continues to slip. "Google was considered the best-positioned Internet 'media' company for the next two years, garnering 61% of the responses, up from the previous two surveys," he wrote. "Facebook, a stand-alone option for the first time, was a distant second with 11% of the responses, surprisingly exceeding much larger players like Yahoo, which received only 7% of responses (down from 30% in our inaugural survey published in early 2006). We expect the social networks and emerging players will continue to gain share from the portals, due to changes in consumer preference and the increasing fragmentation of the landscape."
Mastin concluded: "We remain bullish on the industry and continue to view it as an attractive one in which to invest. Companies with a strong connection to consumers, agencies, and technology-enhanced service providers are best positioned to capitalize on this growth. In the near term, we expect that shares of Google will lead the group because of its continued dominance in search and recent moves to secure strong positioning in display, video, social networking, and mobile advertising. Fundamentals remain strong for comScore, Omnicom, Interpublic, MDC Partners, and Web.com as well."
About CIMA: The Chicago Interactive Marketing Association's mission is to provide a forum for all professionals involved in interactive marketing to share ideas, continue their professional development, identify best practices, meet and stay connected to industry colleagues, and promote the value and successes of interactive marketing. Visit www.ChicagoIMA.org to learn more about CIMA.
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. (williamblair.com) is a Chicago-based investment firm offering investment banking, asset management, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and private capital to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. Since 1935, we have been committed to helping clients achieve their financial objectives. As an independent, employee-owned firm, our philosophy is to serve our clients' interests first and foremost.
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TiE Midwest Leaders and Legends Dinner Series
TiE Midwest
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Ever wanted to sit down to dinner with a legendary entrepreneur to
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Announcing the TiE Leaders and Legends Dinner Series: The
Entrepreneurs. Have dinner with a nationally recognized entrepreneur
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for each event. Cost is $30 for TiE Members, $50 Non-Members. TiE
Charter Members may attend free of charge.
Because of the overwhelming response, registration is limited to only
one dinner per attendee. Events are closed to the media to allow
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What: TiE Leaders and Legends Dinner Series: The Entrepreneurs
When: Cocktails 5:30pm-6:30pm
Dinner and Program: 6:30-8pm
July 30th: Glen Tullman, Chairman & CEO of Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions
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August 5th: Gian Fulgoni, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of
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October 2nd: Mike Ferro, Chairman and CEO of Merrick Ventures, LLC
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November 19th: David Kalt, Co-Founder and Former CEO, optionsXpress
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Where: Maggiano's Banquets
516 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60610
For further information or questions, contact TiE Midwest:
(312) 494-6712
info@midwest.tie.org
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TiE Midwest Leaders and Legends Dinner #1 - Midwest
Category: Legends and Leaders
Date & Time Location
Wednesday, 30 Jul 2008
05:30 PM 07:30 PM Map Maggiano's
516 N. Clark Street
Chicago , IL -60610
UNITED STATES
Registration Details
Description Dress Code: Business
A brief description of our guest speaker for Dinner #1:
Glen E. Tullman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Glen E. Tullman joined Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. as Chief Executive Officer in August 1997 to lead the Company's transition into the Healthcare Information Sector. He led the Company's Initial Public Offering and Secondary Offerings of the Company, which is now traded on NASDAQ (MDRX) and has driven the Company to becoming the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information services to physicians.
Prior to joining Allscripts, Mr. Tullman was Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Systems, Inc., a leading healthcare information services company providing resource management solutions to large integrated healthcare networks, from October 1994 to July 1997. Mr. Tullman led the company's Initial Public Offering and secondary offerings. HBO and Company of Atlanta acquired Enterprise in 1997 in a stock transaction valued in excess of $250 million.
From 1983 to 1994, Mr. Tullman served in a number of management roles including President and Chief Operating Officer of CCC Information Services, Inc., a provider of information systems to the country's largest property and casualty insurers. Under his leadership, the company grew from $17 million to more than $100 million.
Mr. Tullman graduated from Bucknell University Magna Cum Laude, with a double major in Economics and Psychology. Upon graduation, he joined the Executive Office of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C. and later accepted a fellowship to study social anthropology at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, England. Mr. Tullman serves on the Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Chicago and on the Board of Trustees of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). He also is Co-Chair of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI), a $100 million campaign, led by Allscripts and Dell, to deliver free electronic prescribing to every physician in America. In 2006, he was named CEO of the Year by the Illinois Information Technology Association.
Contact & Others
Patrick Fischbach
(312) 494-6712
info@midwest.tie.org
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TiE Midwest Leaders and Legends Dinner #2 - Midwest
Category: Legends and Leaders
Date & Time Location
Tuesday, 05 Aug 2008
05:30 PM 07:30 PM Map Maggiano's
516 N. Clark Street
Chicago , IL -60610
UNITED STATES
Registration Details
Description Dress Code: Business
A brief description of our guest speaker, Gian Fulgoni, Exectuive Chairman and Co-Founder, comScore, Inc.
Gian M. Fulgoni
Mr. Fulgoni is Executive Chairman and Co-founder of comScore Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), the global leader in measuring the digital world.
From 1981 to 1998, Mr. Fulgoni was President / CEO of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leading supplier of scanner data to the CPG industry, where he grew the company's revenues at an annual rate of 40% to more than $500 million annually and its market value to $1.5 Billion. In 1996, IRI was named by Advertising Age magazine as the largest U.S. market research firm.
In 1991 and again in 2004, Mr. Fulgoni was named Illinois Entrepreneur of the Year, the only person to have twice received that honor. In 2008, Mr. Fulgoni was inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, joining such luminaries as Leonard Lavin, founder of Alberto Culver and Gordon Segal, founder of Crate & Barrel. Also in 2008, Mr. Fulgoni was named an Ernst & Young® Entrepreneur of the Year.
Educated in the U.K., Mr. Fulgoni holds a B.Sc. degree (with Hons.) in Physics and an MA in Marketing.
Contact & Others
Patrick Fischbach
(312) 494-6712
info@midwest.tie.org
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May here. Bios are not available yet for Michael Ferro and David Kalt.
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Friday, July 18th: "The Role of Public Relations in Growing Your Business"
Subject: Please Post Seminar
Date: 7/8/2008 9:52:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jason@jacobsohn.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Hi Ron,
Please post the following seminar.
Thanks,
Jason
"The Role of Public Relations in Growing Your Business"
July 18, 2008, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Venue Sponsor: Transwestern; Breakfast and lunch served by: Finesse Cuisine
This highly interactive workshop and PR-planning system will help your company build a successful program that can dramatically increase awareness of your firm and fuel your business for growth -- quickly and cost-effectively. Create great PR without paying big firm fees or large retainers.
This PR-Planning System includes:
• Two-for-one admission (two attendees per company)
• A pre-workshop call with each company to ensure content is customized to your needs
• A highly interactive, four-hour workshop with lunch
• Significant knowledge transfer, small group exercises, individual exercises, networking, and robust Q & A
• Learn to lay a foundation, develop core messaging, identify target influencers, prepare a news pipeline, check against PR filters, and begin outreach & execution of your plan
• A post-workshop, one-on-one follow up and planning meeting with your company
Join moderator Kevin Gross, President of KMG Enterprises, a nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurial development and business growth, and presenter Kellee Johnson, Principal of The Ballast Group, a leading national innovator of marketing strategies and PR programs to entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 companies.
Registration Details
• $500 per company (two participants maximum), includes lunch, materials, and pre-and post-workshop consultations.
• Registration deadline is July 11. Reserve your spot and schedule a pre-workshop consultation with Kellee Johnson at 312-751-3959 or kjohnson@ballastgro up.com. Space is limited. Please call for details.
For more information, download flyer at http://www.ballastgroup.com/trprgybi.pdf
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Readers' letters (4 messages)
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#1: From: Greif, Rodger [RGreif@CIBER.com]
To: ron@themayreport.com
Subject: FW: The May Report: 04/22/2008: Socratesmedia.com out of biz?; Denise Kappel wins $540K FINRA arb. panel award in case against Advanced Equities; Bob Ingersoll on foreign correspondents; Marcelo and Dawn
Sent: Fri 7/11/2008 9:44 AM
Ron,
Please add me back onto your email distribution list. I ran this by my colleague whom I trust greatly, and he tells me you are legit. Your information appears quite valuable. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your wit and insight.
Rodger
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerome Hughes [mailto:jromeh@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:03 PM
To: Greif, Rodger
Subject: Re: The May Report: 04/22/2008: Socratesmedia.com out of biz?; Denise Kappel wins $540K FINRA arb. panel award in case against Advanced Equities; Bob Ingersoll on foreign correspondents; Marcelo and Dawn
Rodger--
Have run across it before, published by Ronald May, see...
>> Editor and publisher: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com,
>> www.themayreport.com
>> 773-525-3944.
>>
>> If you missed an article, go here:
>> http://www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter
>>
for more details
thx & hth,
--Jerome
On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Greif, Rodger wrote:
> Jerome, do you know the genesis of this report?
>
> From: ron@themayreport.com [mailto:ron@themayreport.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:01 PM
> To: Greif, Rodger
> Subject: The May Report: 04/22/2008: Socratesmedia.com out of biz?;
> Denise Kappel wins $540K FINRA arb. panel award in case against
> Advanced Equities; Bob Ingersoll on foreign correspondents; Marcelo
> and Dawn
>
> To view this email as a web page, go here.
> April 22, 2008
>
>
> The May Report: 04/22/2008: Socratesmedia.com out of biz?; Denise
> Kappel wins $540K FINRA arb. panel award in case against Advanced
> Equities; Bob Ingersoll on foreign correspondents; Marcelo and Dawn
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#2: From: JRDallasJr@aol.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
Subject: Checking-In
Sent: Fri 7/11/2008 9:18 AM
Ron, please drop a note to tell me how you are doing this morning. Jason Jacobsohn, Tim Courtney and I are concerned.
Thank you.
Best hopes,
John
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#3: Subject: Freeborn and Peters and The May Report
Date: 7/9/2008 4:59:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: greg@speroweb.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Hey Ron, great meeting you at the Freeborn and Peters event the other
day. I am a musician-entrepreneur, and I dig your style. Any chance I
might be able to get a plug in your May Report to see if anyone wants
to venture into the music biz and put 20k into publicity of an
upcoming Jazz potential-hit album? It's already recorded and printed,
I can send you some copies if you'd like. That's the latest venture
I've gone into, and I haven't put out any plugs for it yet.
Thanks,
Greg
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#4: From: Kristi Lafleur [kristi.lafleur@midwest.tie.org]
To: The May Report
Subject: RE: The May Report: 07/09/2008: Sacked Slacker Johnson washes up on Chempetitive beaches; 40 ways to protect trade secrets; Hacker Practice: Moral Genres & The Cultural Articulation of Liberalism
Sent: Wed 7/9/2008 4:41 PM
Hey Ron-thanks for adding me to this list.
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From: The May Report [mailto:ron@themayreport.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 4:32 PM
To: Kristi Lafleur
Subject: The May Report: 07/09/2008: Sacked Slacker Johnson washes up on Chempetitive beaches; 40 ways to protect trade secrets; Hacker Practice: Moral Genres & The Cultural Articulation of Liberalism
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* Stel V. from OnShore told me that he expects to hit $6.75MM in revenue this year, but he does not think he can make it to $7MM. Stel told me that the staff size has grown from 49 to 51 from a year ago.
* Apparently, the law firm of Schwartz Cooper lost its entire IP department to another law firm. I googled it. Six lawyers in IP at Schwartz just left for Ungaretti and earlier a whopping 53 lawyers left Schwartz for Dykema Gossett. Schwartz Cooper had 64 lawyers and the mass move to Dykema was more of a merger, informally, than a raid. But the Ungaretti Harris move was specifically the IP department.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202422739214
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-law-firm-mergerjun30,0,1245511.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tue-law-notebook-06-08jul08,0,6814774.story
* I meant to mention about a month or more ago that federal judge Leinenweber ruled entirely in favor of Denis Kappel in her case against Advanced Equities, on all the fees and fines that FINRA decided on. Every nickel is going to Denise and her lawyers.
* Signature Days update. It appears that I may have had some skewed information about Signature Days. Andrew Playford, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Signature Days, went personally bankrupt trying to save the firm, I have been told. Chris Widdes, Vice President of Business Development for Signature Days, made some bad deals with outlets for their cards, prime among them WalMart. They put $800K into gift cards for WalMart and you have to pay that to WalMart up front. Almost all the sales are tied to December for the X-Mas season.
* I guess that Gary Slack has no one minding the store -- as in the website.
Steve Johnson who has left SBP is still featured in a number of spots on the site. So is Don Barshinger still on the site:
Steve Johnson and Don Barshinger:
http://slackbarshinger.com/pages/marketing.html
Steve Johnson -- OAG case study:
http://slackbarshinger.com/pages/casestudies.html
Steve Johnson:
http://slackbarshinger.com/pages/whatwedo.html
* I have 55 minutes until it hits 5pm. It is 4:05 Friday afternoon. I can talk about the ITA down by the river party on Wednesday and the SPS3 event Thursday night at Mullen's in Lisle. One of the top stories I got from those events was the tip-off on what happened to Ed Bachner IV, the son of Ed Bachner III. Ed, as you recall, was one of the founders of Rosetta Wireless. At one time a few years back, Rosetta was considered widely to be an up-and-comer in Chicago high tech. Rosetta got $2MM from the ATP program administered by NIST. Many of us have known the Bachners for years. Ed Sr. was with Motorola for years and he was a regular at the MMM and the MEF, among other places. I saw him present a number of times.
Jack Curley mentioned it to me Thursday night at SPS3 and he thought I already knew about it. Jack said that the ITDA or Battelle incubated Rosetta for a year and a half or so. I attended their launch party in Oak Brook Terrace years ago. If you type Rosetta into the TMR archives, 73 items come up.
http://www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/39918186ac76b68a8625692400787eb1!SearchView
I have had some pretty spirited discussions with several people on whether anything about this story should appear in TMR. How is it relevant to what is going on in Chicago high tech?
Well, it is not technically tech news, but this is one story I will bet people will want to know about. One person said it has no relevance and another said I should just put in a link and one or two lines and leave it at that.
Another person tipped me off to the double indemnity side of the story.
Even Channel 5 is investigating and a report by Charlie Wojciechowski mentions Ed Bachner III and also Keith Campbell and the ATP grant.
http://www.nbc5.com/morning/16814459/detail.html
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"NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski reported that agents said in court that they found in Bachner's home 50 knives, a 9mm Glock handgun and fake CIA credentials. The search also turned up books on how to make silencers for firearms; castor beans, which can be used to make the poison Ricin; and a $5 million insurance policy taken out on Bachner's wife without her knowledge.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Karner told the judge that 25 one milligram vials containing the toxin were recovered from the trunk of Bachner's car. Twenty empty vials with toxin residue were found elsewhere in the vehicle, he said.
That left 19 of the 64 vials prosecutors believe Bachner had at one time still unaccounted for, Karner said."
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OK, are you confused? Why would a guy who wants to kill his wife buy so much more poison than necessary?
Think Tylenol. Think terrorism. Think the double indemnity clause in his insurance policy on his wife, Rebecca Bachner, and that clause was a rider.
If Ed could kill his wife with poison and at the same time make it appear to be tied to some crackpot or terrorist plot which could easily explain the empty vials, then the whole thing starts to make sense.
Then the insurance pays double and Ed gets $10MM. If Ed could make it appear that some kind of terroist plot was behind the plot to kill his wife (and his alleged plot has not been proved yet), by planting those viles in stores, let's say, then he could collect double on the insurance.
Eric Zorn discusses this in his column dated July 8, 2008 entitled "Big policies for insurance benefit none"
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-zorn071008jul10,0,3169982.column
My questions to Weisbart assumed a level of rationality in the life-insurance game that doesn't exist. Take, for example, the reported "terrorism rider" on Rebecca Bachner's life-insurance policy that added an extra benefit if she were to die as a result of a terrorist act.
Weisbart said such riders, though rare, are simply variations of traditional coverage that doubles the payment to survivors in cases of accidental death.
"You can argue that the shock that follows an unexpected or horrifying death might require all sort of therapy for the survivors," Weisbart said. "Other than that, I can't think of any reason why one particular kind of death should be insured differently from any other.
"For the most part we're talking about a product that's sold on an emotional basis rather than on a financial basis. It's almost a lottery ticket in some ways."
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May again. Here are links to two articles other than the ones above that I printed.
Other articles:
Great pic of Ed in jail -- He does not look happy!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lake-in-the-hills-raid-web-08jul08,0,776304.story
In that article, it says that Ed was found out in 2005 to be hiring a hit man to get rid of his wife, Rebecca Bachner.
A much nicer pic is here:
http://chicagoist.com/2008/07/08/wouldbe_pufferfish_poisoner_had_5_m.php
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lake-in-the-hills-raid_both_jul01,0,5642228.story
This article has a picture of Ed in jail garb and handcuffs
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lake-in-hills-raid_web_03jul03,0,3885287.story
I haven't been following local news as much as I should, but this is certainly a doozey.
* I just saw an ad on MS/NBC (Hardball) at 4:56pm for www.getfave.com. Jon and Jeff appear to be doing well.
* Turnout at both events, the ITA and SPS3 was pretty good. The best estimate I heard for the ITA was around or about 100-120.
Three to four hundred at SPS3. I did not count. But it was a good crowd and the ribs were good! Meat fell right off the bone. I hear food and drink ran out fast at the ITA. At SPS3, food and drink lasted all night.
Thanks to Bob Brill for the ride home. He took me and Daliah Saper.
On that subject, there were a number of folks from the city at the SPS3 party. I figure at least 25 people from the city: Tom Sherman, Daliah Saper, Robert Jacobi, John Dallas, Erika Blackwell, Eric Wettstein, Jim Figliulo, Todd Allen, Sachin Agarwal, Jim Peters, and a few folks from M5 which also had a display.
The mystery woman from the TC8 party, "Ara Berberian," who has some connection to www.hoodfind.com was there. She came up to me and ran off when I realized who she was. Look, she is a hottie which is why I am so interested in finding out who she is.
One person who has not been seen in ages is David Naylor. He showed up at the ITA but not SPS3. David, you have also gained a lot of weight. What's up, man? Significant and rapid weight gain usually means things are not going well.
Bob Biddle who used to work at MediaRiver was at the SPS3 party and he is back from Arizona where he worked for a start-up. Now he is with CompTIA as VP of eBusiness and Software Solutions.
Jim Eiden says that he was approached by a state official about his switchgrass idea which he presented at the MIT-EF White Board Challenge.
Hazel Wagner gave me a copy of a book in which she has a chapter, entitled "Speaking of Success." Hazel ssid that she was paid a dividend from Eolas on their settlement with Microsoft. She has tried valliantly but without success to find out how much Eolas got in the lawsuit settlement. But she still owns the stock and they have not paid out on the stock yet, just the dividend. Hazel would not say what the dividend was but she did tell me that it was enough to pay for a trip to Europe, which she did not take. Hazel soes something similar to Gerald Haman with her consulting biz www.b9d.com.
Richard Godwin whom I met at an ITDA MMM before he started his firm has started with www.localimpressions.net and he is launching in Naperville where he sells advertising for $49/mo. The customer gets one 15 second animated advertisement that shows up every six minutes on a screen in a bar or restaurant. He has ads running on three screens now and has a few dozen customers thus far. As I said, just starting out, and he lives in Naperville, so it is easier to sell and control, he told me.
Much, much more. And the story of Charles Wu ( www.cticonnect.com) and the people I met at Viagra triangle on Wednesday night.
Fritz Golman is now working with NAVTEQ on their TV programs through www.traffic.com which is a firm they purchased. He and Tom Johnson were at the ITA.
Here are a few websites that caught my eye:
www.studentnerds.com
http://www.auntmarthas.org/
www.nagarro.com
www.3rdplaceUSA.com
* Most of you are by now aware that I have been talking to a lot of people and preparing for a presentation for how to make TMR more of a business and less of a hobby. That presentation will take place on July 21st.
Two ideas popped into my head, quite by accident, and how they have formed the basis for a business model. Well, that is not quite accurate. At some level, I have been mulling this idea for a long time. It even goes back years to when Connolly proposed the idea of keeping kosher or separating the clean and dirty laundry, the gossip or what people call gossip and everything else. Really, the best line in the Ron May facts site below is "The smaller the issue, the bigger the story." Ain't it the truth!
When I collected all those cards at the LES and the biofuels conference held here in last April and early May, I had the idea at that time that I could somehow use that list of people, even though very few of them were from Chicago. In fact, they were from all over the world. But it was not a real business idea at the time. Then the idea popped into my head at 4am on June 15th when I actually created a separate list for those people and we were preparing for Jeff Meredith's coverage of BIO 2008. I figured that this could be a separate "neighborhood," so to speak, for TMR.
The idea was that the list is worth more split up than together and it works both ways. Specialty coverage can be something like bio/nanotech but it can go to people outside of Chicago and advertisers could be IP law firms that would spend real money for it. They would get a much broader exposure than just Chicago.
The other way to expand is horizontally, staying within Chicago but broadening coverage beyond technology. Argo Tea, for example, and many others, are good stories of entrepreneurship.
Another example of a channel is Motorola. Many Motorolans and ex-Motorolans are on the TMR list. But several people have told me that they don't care what goes on within the four walls of Motorola. One of those people was Matt McCall; another was Dennis Serio and today, that was echoed by Raman Chadha.
Raman has little interest in the internal scheming and layoffs, but he does very much want to know about businesses being started by engineers who have left Motorola.
So, one specialty report or channel could be Motorolans because there is still great interest in the firm, even if it is limited somewhat to those directly effected by what goes on there.
The Motorolans themselves who read the report could be the basis for the more positive stories about new start-ups that have come out of the firm.
Speaking of Motorola, that letter I published earlier this week about how a Motorola woman was really screwed over on her VSP reprsents a big problem for the honor and integrity of the way the management operates at the firm. I am looking into it and will have more for you.
So, five "neighborhoods" right off the bat could be:
1. Bio/nanotech and IP
2. Political and tech, government/education and tech.
3. Motorola
4. Chicago tech start-ups
5. Entrepreneurship stories in general for Chicago
I don't see the day when I stop being myself and one big issue is how much of this report is Ron May. I think we can separate the clean and the dirty laundry and maybe even have a pure gossip report for all the people who don't like the scraps or the crap. I fall into the camp of those people who believe that this report is not a cult of personality. I will prove my point now.
There are many who know me personally or have heard about me, but there are also many who just know TMR as an internet email newsletter they get in their mailbox.
Here are some subscribers from Mayer Brown Rowe:
sweinberger@mayerbrownrowe.com
tlidbury@mayerbrownrowe.com
lmdarling2@mayerbrownrowe.com
mkalachman@mayerbrown.com
mvanausdal@mayerbrownrowe.com
rdrawer@mayerbrown.com
reisner@mayerbrown.com
alison_butler@mayerbrown.com
cblackmond@mayerbrownrowe.com
jasperger@mayerbrown.com
jgsnyder@mayerbrownrowe.com
jjunewicz@mayerbrownrowe.com
ksmith@mayerbrown.com
I don't think I know one of the 13 people on that list, and if I have met them at one time or another, I could not pick them out of a line-up.
Take Sonnenschein as another example.
6mg@sonnenschein.com
ahansen@sonnenschein.com
aweil@sonnenschein.com
bkrakus@sonnenschein.com
ckc@sonnenschein.com
clance@sonnenschein.com
cqk@sonnenschein.com
cxl@sonnenschein.com
dcj@sonnenschein.com
dmetzger@sonnenschein.com
fj@sonnenschein.com
gpaulson@sonnenschein.com
gqp@sonnenschein.com
jnewton@sonnenschein.com
kingraham@sonnenschein.com
kjk@sonnenschein.com
krr@sonnenschein.com
lch@sonnenschein.com
mcannon@sonnenschein.com
mdr@sonnenschein.com
mmf@sonnenschein.com
mrosenthal@sonnenschein.com
nansell@sonnenschein.com
nkazi@sonnenschein.com
rzr@sonnenschein.com
sfifer@sonnenschein.com
sgray@sonnenschein.com
tburton@sonnenschein.com
vboyajian@sonnenschein.com
whi@sonnenschein.com
Of all these people, the only one I would recognize on sight is Michael Rosenthal. So, in some firms, less than 10% of the subscribers even know me. Maybe 25% have met me at one time or another. But when less than 25% have had the "benefit" of a "Ron May encounter" we should be careful about overstating the importance of my personality and method of operation.
An even better example: Shefsky & Froelich:
rmcdermott@shefskylaw.com
rnschaller@shefskylaw.com
rroelich@shefskylaw.com
sbrown@shefskylaw.com
swiles@shefskylaw.com
tpappas@shefskylaw.com
l-shefsky@kellogg.northwestern.edu
mchoate@shefskylaw.com
mcramarosso@shefskylaw.com
mgoldsmith@shefskylaw.com
pjenson@shefskylaw.com
pkelley@shefskylaw.com
jstonehill@shefskylaw.com
karnold@shefskylaw.com
kcapp@shefskylaw.com
kgoodrnan@shefskylaw.com
khowlett@shefskylaw.com
kklaczek@shefskylaw.com
kwalberg@shefskylaw.com
leshefsky@shefskyltd.com
lkern@shefskylaw.com
lrubin@shefskylaw.com
hjackson@shefskylaw.com
istern@shefskylaw.com
janderson@shefskylaw.com
jasmussen@shefskylaw.com
jgttuso@shefskylaw.com
jkennedy@shefskylaw.com
jmelnick@shefskylaw.com
jsciaccotta@shefskylaw.com
jsherwin@shefskylaw.com
jsprayregen@shefskylaw.com
dnyberg@shefskylaw.com
drarnsey@shefskylaw.com
eavery@shefskylaw.com
echorle@shefskylaw.com
ehalper@shefskylaw.com
gertz@shefskylaw.com
gward@shefskylaw.com
hdavis@shefskylaw.com
aderman@shefskylaw.com
bhynes@shefskylaw.com
bmonahan@shefskylaw.com
bnolan@shefskylaw.com
cdonham@shefskylaw.com
How many of these folks have I even ever met? I don't know, but the only one I know I know is Lloyd Shefsky.
I just picked a few tech firms and similar percentages apply. But I decided not to print those lists so I don't get the denizens into trouble if a story about that firm should come up.
Yes, TMR does not equal Ron May by a long shot. And that reality is a necessary condition if the report is to grow beyond its current state. I have often wondered who could do this job if I were to die tomorrow, but I could not come up with any one person who can combine all things. I am sure a lot of founders feel that way. We would probably have to split up my job into a number of parts.
That's a good question to ask the readers in a survey I will do on Monday or Tuesday, thanks to Andrew Taylor allowing me to use his SurveyMonkey account. It is the community and I am in the role of Tom Sawyer many times. To get one of those write-ups, many behind the scenes calls and emails often have to be made.
TMR is a lot of Tom Sawyer too. As I pointed out to Lanny Feder last night, his time to chip in has come. I will be on his case for a write-up of some event, just as I was with Daliah Saper and she did a good job as Avery Cohen has done with the MIT-EF and other events.
Without the letters and the write-ups from others, TMR would be thin indeed -- at least much of the time.
Now, in talking to Raman Chadha, I will start calling those neighborhoods channels instead. That is the more professional business terminology.
The next "channel" idea came to me on the 4th of July weekend when for some reason I googled Nik Rokop and for the life of me I can't recall why I googled him. Lee Neubecker, could you reconstruct what I did on the computer which might jog my memory?
The fourth or fifth thing to come up when you google Nik Rokop is The Huffington Post website which lists all political contributions for anyone in the country for the last few years.
Once I saw that, it was off to the races. For a long time now, I have had the idea of reporting on the interface between technology people and politics. But it had not crystallized in my mind until I saw the Huffington Post site.
I am not saying that I am going to have the time myself to do all of this reporting. But I could manage it and we could get some Medill students and other interns to help out.
And I am not looking to get into a political opinion site. This would be more informational and data-centric. What is going on in various states, what tech policies are in place, things like federal funding tracking, where the money goes from various agencies, what educational institutiions are doing, etc., etc., etc.
And with the Huffington Post info. who gives to whom and why. Mik Rokop and Sean Murdock gave to a candidate for Congress who is from Indiana, Visclosky. I am sure the contributions were tied to his involvement in tech policy.
To use Raman's terminology, this may not be the best channel to pursue, but I could see TMR becoming five or six channels in different interest areas.
I have many more names to add, like Blair Hull and Jim Tyree from Mesirow who has made more contributions politically than you can shake a stick at.
Here are some of the people I have looked at include and believe me, there is much more:
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=
Contributions by zip code:
All of City of Chicago: $20,896,058 was given by people who identified their city as "chicago".
$4,337,954 from 2,468 people to Republicans
$16,558,104 from 11,837 people to Democrats
60614 $2,579,925
60010 $465,861
60637 $464,639
60657 $1,095,268
60035 $856,733
60093 $1,511,464
60611 $2,064,740
60564 $171,645
60062 $528,233
I am in the process of going through all Chicagoans who contribued, whether in tech or not. There are some gems contained therein. .
This first group is famous or well-known Chicagoans.
Terry Savage: No records
John Maxson: No records
Andrew Filipowski
CEO
SilkRoad technology, inc. Updated
Q1/2004
Howard Dean
$2,000
111 N CHESTNUT ST
Winston Salem NC
ANDREW FILIPOWSKI
Donation of $2,000 to Presidential elections 2008
ANDREW FILIPOWSKI
CHAIRMAN & C.E.O.
SUN ROAD TECHNOLOGY Updated
Q1/2004
George W. Bush
$2,000
111 N CHESTNUT ST
WINSTON-SALEM NC
Edward J. Zander
Chief Executive Offi
Motorola, Inc. Updated
Q4/2007
$5,000
Chicago IL Donation to Motorola Inc. Political Action Committee
Edward Zander
Donation of $4,600 to Presidential elections 2008
Edward Zander
CHAIRMAN
MOTOROLA CORP. Updated
Q1/2008
John McCain
$4,600 9 VASQUEZ TRAIL
Carmell CA Edward Zander
Donation of $2,200 to Presidential elections 2008
Edward Zander
CEO
Monorola Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$2,200 180 E PEARSON ST
Chicago IL
Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Studios
Self employed Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300
IR
Chicago IL
Neil Hartigan
Chairman
World Trade Center Chicago Updated
Q2/2008
Hillary Clinton
$3,700 200 E PEARSON ST
Chicago IL
Christie Hefner
CEO
Playboy Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,325 2800 N LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL
Jerry Springer
Television Personality
Self employed Updated
Q1/2007
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 175 E DELAWARE PL
Chicago IL
Nick Giannis
Owner
Blackies Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 801 W ADAMS ST
Chicago IL
John Cullerton
State Senator
Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$4,300 2814 W SUNNYSIDE AVE
Chicago IL
Grace Barry
President
The Economic Club of Chicago Updated
Q2/2008
Barack Obama
$5,256 2440 N LAKEVIEW
Chicago IL
Barbara F Hon. Currie
State Legislator
Illinois Updated
Q1/2007
$250
Chicago IL Donation to Emily's List
Barbara Currie
State Representative
State of Illinois Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 5650 S HARPER AVE
Chicago IL
Marvin Zonis [You may recall if you're an old guy like me that Zonis became famous when Ted Koppel interviewed him almost every week night on the program that was to become NightLine for Zonis' expertise on the Iran hostage crisis.]
Professor
The University of Chicago Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$4,650 4950 CHICAGO BEACH DRIVE
Chicago IL
Allan Muchin
Attorney
Katten Muchin Rosenman Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 525 W MONROE ST
Chicago IL
Andrew Greeley
Information Requested
Information Requested Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$2,300 1155 E 60TH ST
Chicago IL
John Rowe
CHAIRMAN / C.E.O.
EXELON CORPORATION Updated
Q4/2007
Rudy Giuliani
$2,300 P O BOX 805398
Chicago IL
Jerry Reinsdorf
REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE
CHICAGO WHITE SOX Updated
Q2/2008
John McCain
$2,300 333 W 35TH ST
Chicago IL
Jerry Reinsdorf
Real Estate Exec
Bojer Financial Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 333 W 35TH ST
Chicago IL
Donald Haider
PROFESSOR
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Updated
Q2/2008
John McCain
$2,300 5347 N LAKEWOOD AVE
Chicago IL
Gerald Ratner
Attorney
Gould Ratner Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 222 N LA SALLE ST
Chicago IL
R Peters
Attorney
Freeborn & Peters Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$3,000 6736 S CRANDON AVE
Chicago IL
Janet Duchossois
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST E
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST E Updated
Q1/2008
John McCain
$2,300 209 E LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago IL
Anthony Anderson
Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 233 S WACKER DR
Chicago IL
Thomas Demetrio
Attorney
Corboy & Demetrio Updated
Q1/2007
John Edwards
$4,600 66 E CEDAR ST
Chicago IL
David Axelrod
consultant
AKPD Message and Media Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 505 N LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL
Michael Ferro
Chairman and CEO
Click Commerce Updated
Q1/2004
RNC
$25,000 480 OAK ST
Winnetka IL MICHAEL FERRO
Donation of $2,000 to Presidential elections 2008
MICHAEL FERRO
CHAIRMAN & C.E.O.
CLICK COMMERCE Updated
Q1/2004
George W. Bush
$2,000 480 OAK ST
WINNETKA IL
Michael Ferro
Information Requested
Information Requested Updated
Q2/2007
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 1500 N LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL Michael Ferro
Donation of $2,300 to Presidential elections 2008
Michael Ferro
CEO
MERRICK VENTURES Updated
Q4/2007
Mitt Romney
$2,300 1500 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE
Chicago IL
Marshall Bouton [Marshall heads up the Chicago Council on Global Affairs]
Information Requested
Information Requested Updated
Q2/2008
Barack Obama
$2,300 521 W ROSCOE ST
Chicago IL
Kenneth Griffin
President & CEO
Citadel Investment Group, LLC Updated
Q1/2007
Christopher Dodd
$2,300 800 NORTH MICHIGAN
Chicago IL
Thomas Hynes
Investment Manager
Mesirow Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 2032 W BRADLEY PL
Chicago IL
Valerie Jarrett [The New York Times wrote that Obama does not do anything without consulting with Valerie Jarrett who was with the CTA at one time.]
Executive VP
Habitat Co Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 4950 S CHICAGO BEACH DR
Chicago IL
Jacqueline Collins
State Senator
State of IL Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$2,575 7600 S LOOMIS BLVD
Chicago IL
Dawn Netsch
Law Professor
Northwestern University Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,500 1700 N HUDSON AVE
Chicago IL
Robin Ross
Managing Director
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Updated
Q3/2007
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 820 W COLLEGE PKWY
Chicago IL
Frank English
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Updated
Q3/2007
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 440 S LA SALLE ST
Chicago IL
Desiree Rogers
Executive
Peoples Energy Corporation Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 1301 N ASTOR ST
Chicago IL
Kenneth Griffin
President
Citadel Investment Group Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$4,600 800 N MICHIGAN AVE
Chicago IL
Kristi Lafleur
Chief of Staff
Dept of Commerce & Economic Oppo Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$350 3015 W LOGAN BLVD
Chicago IL
MARK TEBBE
COMPUTER CONSULTANT
S. B. I. GROUP, INC. Updated
Q1/2004
George W. Bush
$2,000 124 N YORK
ELMHURST IL
Katherine Gehl
Financial Advisor
INFORMATION REQUESTED Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 1728 N FREMONT ST
Chicago IL Katherine Gehl
Donation of $500 to Presidential elections 2008
Katherine Gehl
Chairman
Gehl's Inc. Updated
Q3/2006
Joe Biden
$500 1728 N FREMONT ST
Chicago IL
William N Mr. Weaver
Attorney
Reed Smith Sachnoff Updated
Q3/2007
$500
Chicago IL Donation to Dnc Services Corporation/democratic National Committee
William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,300
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee
William N Jr Weaver
Donation of $1,000 to Friends Of Dick Durbin
Committee William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,000
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,300
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee
William N Jr Weaver
Donation of $1,000 to Friends Of Dick Durbin
Committee William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,000
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,300
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee
William N Jr Weaver
Donation of $1,000 to Friends Of Dick Durbin
Committee William N Jr Weaver
Attorney
Self Updated
Q2/2007
$1,000
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee v
William Weaver
Information Requested
Information Requested Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 189 E LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL
Gerald D Mr. Putnam
President
Nyse Group Inc. Updated
Q1/2007
$2,500
Kenilworth IL Donation to National Republican Congressional Committee
Patrick Mccarthy [This guy is Northwestern's star cardiac surgeon whom they stole away from the Cleveland Clinic.]
Surgeon
Northwestern Memorial Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 1833 N MOHAWK ST
Chicago IL
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The ITA Board
Steve Barnhart No records
Jack Noonan No records
Bob Blee No records
Chris Morgan No records
Michele Mordacq No records
Bill Waas No records
Eric Wasowicz No records
Hardik Bhatt No records
Paul Carlisle No records
Kevin Willer No records
Lou Meshalum No records
Anna Maria Tapling [presumably Peter Tapling's wife or sister]
Consultant
Compensation Strategies Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$225 1500 N DEE RD
Park Ridge IL
Linda Darragh
Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$500 3040 PAYNE ST
Evanston IL Linda L. Darragh
Donation of $250 to Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee Linda L. Darragh
Women's Business And Development Updated
Q3/2007
$250
Evanston IL Donation to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Linda Darragh
Donation of $2,000 to Presidential elections 2008
Linda Darragh
Professor
Northwestern University Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$2,000 3040 PAYNE ST
Evanston IL
Andrew Goldstein
Lawyer
Freeborn & Peters LLP Updated
Q4/2007
Barack Obama
$250
311 S WACKER DR
Chicago IL
Ari Kaplan
CEO
Expand Beyond Updated
Q1/2004
Joe Lieberman
$1,000 122 N CLARK ST
Chicago IL
Bruce Montgomery No records
Scott Woodard No records
Bart Carlson No records
Bill Merchantz No records
Douglas Cogswell
C.E.O.
ADVIZOR SOLUTIONS INC. Updated
Q1/2007
Mitt Romney
$2,300 5 AMBROSE LANE
South Barrington IL
Alan Wasserberger
Ceo
Premonition Software Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$2,000 474 N LAKESHORE DRIVE
Chicago IL
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Investors in Chicago, venture, M&A, mezzanine, and angel:
Tom Churchwell who lives in Winnetka gave a donation of $2,300 to Jim Mcconoughey For Congress in Q1 2008
Matt McCall gave $500 to John McCain in Q1 2007
Mark Achler No records
Ron Kirschner No records
Gian Fulgoni No records
William Lederer No records
Josh Metnick No records
Brad Spirrison No records
Bret Maxwell No records
David R Semmel
Investor
Self-employed Updated
Q1/2007
$5,000
Chicago IL Donation to Americans United In Support Of Democracy
Byron Denenberg
Managing Director
KB Partners LLC Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$1,500
1118 MT PLEASANT RD
Winnetka IL
Keith Bank
Venture Capital
KB Partners, LLC Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$500 282 LINDEN PARK PL
Highland Park IL
Ellen Carnahan
Venture Capital
Seyen Capital Management Updated
Q3/2007
Hillary Clinton
$2,300 405 N WABASH AVE
Chicago IL Ellen Carnahan
Donation of $1,750 to Presidential elections 2008
Ellen Carnahan
Managing Director
William Blair Capital Partners Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$1,750 1541 N HONORE ST
Chicago IL
Jeffrey Carter [Jeff is one of the founders of Hyde Park Angels.]
Commodity Trader
Self employed Updated
Q4/2007
Hillary Clinton
$2,300 1448 N LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL
Steven Miller
INFORMATION REQUESTED
INFORMATION REQUESTED Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$1,500 503 MONROE AVE
Glencoe IL
Howard Tullman
President
Kendall College Updated
Q2/2007
Hillary Clinton
$6,900 1118 W DRUMMOND PL
Chicago IL Howard A Tullman
Donation of $250 to Flores For Us Howard A Tullman
Updated
Q2/2007
$250
Chicago IL Donation to Flores For Us
Howard Tullman
Donation of $2,000 to Presidential elections 2008
Howard Tullman
President
Kendall College Updated
Q1/2004
John Edwards
$2,000 1118 W DRUMMOND PL
Chicago IL Howard Tullman
Donation of $500 to Presidential elections 2008
Howard Tullman
President
College Updated
Q1/2004
Wesley Clark
$500 1118 W DRUMMOND PL
Chicago IL Howard Tullman
Donation of $500 to Presidential elections 2008
Howard Tullman
President
Kendall College Updated
Q1/2004
Dick Gephardt
$500 1118 W DRUMMOND PL
Chicago IL
Gregory Jones
Executive
Edgewater Funds Updated
Q3/2007
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 900 N MICHIGAN AVE
Chicago IL
Martin Koldyke
Chairman
Frontenac Company Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$4,200 1500 N LAKE SHORE DR
Chicago IL
Marc Mr. Sokol
Partner
Jk&b Capital Updated
Q4/2007
$600
Chicago IL Donation to National Venture Capital Association Venturepac
Marc Sokol
Donation of $2,000 to Presidential elections 2008
Marc Sokol
JKB Capital Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$2,000 2031 N MOHAWK ST
Chicago IL marc sokol
Donation of $250 to Presidential elections 2008
marc sokol
investor
jk&b capital Updated
Q1/2004
DNC
$250 2031 N MOHAWK ST
chicago IL
Mark Koulogeorge
Venture Capitalist
MK Capital Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$2,300 22 BRIDLEWOOD RD
Northbrook IL
Jeanette Agarnoff
Chief Investment Officer
Driehaus Capital Mgmt Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$3,300 25 E ERIE ST
Chicago IL
Michael Cole
Partner
Madison Dearborn Updated
Q1/2008
Hillary Clinton
$2,325 557 W ARLINGTON PL
Chicago IL
Krista Rivers
Senior VP
Ariel Capital Updated
Q3/2007
Barack Obama
$3,300 2446 W BRADLEY PL
Chicago IL
Carole Brown
Investment Banker
Lehman Brothers Updated
Q4/2007
Barack Obama
$3,300 270 E PEARSON ST
Chicago IL
Arthur Kessler
Business Owner
Kessler Warsharer Ventures Updated
Q1/2008
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 2517 N BOSWORTH AVE
Chicago IL
Very interesting:
Blair Hull [You do recall that Blair Hull had a role in getting Barack elected a U.S. Senator.Actually Blair made many contributions at many levels in politics. I will have more of that next week.]
Private Investor
Matlock Capital Updated
Q1/2008
Hillary Clinton
$4,600 141 W JACKSON BLVD
Chicago IL
James Perry
Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$2,300 2465 N BURLING ST
Chicago IL
$11,170 was given by people who identified their last name as "Benton" and first name as "Charles".
$100 from 1 person to Republicans
$11,070 from 1 person to Democrats
Charles Benton
Chief Executive Officer
Public Media, Inc. Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$3,800 581 INGLESIDE PARK
Evanston IL Charles Benton
Donation of $1,000 to Friends Of Dick Durbin
Committee
Charles Benton
President
Public Media, Inc. Updated
Q2/2007
$1,000
Evanston IL Donation to Friends Of Dick Durbin Committee
Charles Benton
Foundation Execut
Benton Foundation Updated
Q1/2008
$500
Evanston IL Donation to Udall For Us All
Charles Benton
Donation of $250 to Donna Edwards For Congress Charles Benton
Chairman
Benton Foundation Updated
Q2/2007
$250
Evanston IL Donation to Donna Edwards For Congress
Charles Benton
Donation of $5,000 to Presidential elections 2008
Charles Benton
Philanthropist
Self Updated
Q1/2004
DNC
$5,000 581 INGLESIDE PARK
Evanston IL Charles Benton
Donation of $1,250 to Presidential elections 2008
Charles Benton
Media Executive
Public Media Inc Updated
Q1/2004
Howard Dean
$1,250 581 INGLESIDE PARK
Evanston IL Charles Benton
Donation of $1,000 to Presidential elections 2008
Charles Benton
Executive
Films, Inc. Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$1,000 581 INGLESIDE PARK
Evanston IL Charles Benton
Donation of $100 to Presidential elections 2008
Donation of $20 to Presidential elections 2008
Charles Benton
Philanthropist
Self Updated
Q1/2004
DNC
$20
Laura Pearl No records
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Ellen Rudnick
Exec Director Polsky Center Clin
Univ of Chicago, GSB Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$500 1316 WOODLAND CT W
Riverwoods IL
Ellen A Ms Rudnick
Donation of $500 to First Midwest Bancorp, Inc
Government Affairs Fund Ellen A Ms Rudnick
Director
Fmbi Board Of Directors Updated
Q2/2007
$500
Riverwoods IL Donation to First Midwest Bancorp, Inc Government Affairs Fund
Dwight Badger No records
Waverly Deutsch No records
Gary Lucido No records
Ted Greene No records
Jason Jacobsohn No records
Mike Nikolich No records
Keith Daubenspeck No records
Adarsh Arora No records
Dennis Serio No records
Barry Moltz No records
Leslie Beller No records
Bob Okabe No records
Deepak Jain No records
Larry Roches No records
Robert Lepkowski No records
Robert Geras No records
Robert Rosenberg
Director of Marketing
U of C Updated
Q1/2007
Barack Obama
$500 5021 S WOODLAWN AVE
Chicago IL
Marc Swerdlow [Is this Erica's husband?]
Executi
Waterton Associates, L.l.c. Updated
Q4/2007
$1,000
Highland Park IL Donation to National Multi Housing Council Political Action Committee
Jai Shekhawat
CEO
Fieldglass Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$1,500
3404 LAWRENCE DR
Naperville IL Jai Shekhawat
Donation of $250 to Presidential elections 2008
Jai Shekhawat
CEO
Fieldglass Updated
Q1/2004
John Kerry
$250 3404 LAWRENCE DRIVE
Naperville IL
David Ormesher
Marketing
closerlook inc. Updated
Q1/2008
Barack Obama
$2,800 1139 W FARWELL AVE
Chicago IL
David T Jr Ormesher
Donation of $2,300 to Friends Of Scott Harper David T Jr Ormesher
Ceo
Closerlook Updated
Q4/2007
$2,300
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Scott Harper
David T Jr Ormesher
Donation of $2,300 to Friends Of Scott Harper
David T Jr Ormesher
Ceo
Closerlook Updated
Q3/2007
$2,300
Chicago IL Donation to Friends Of Scott Harper
May again. And I will have much more for you on this topic. I have some real goodies. But I will keep it quiet for now.
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A site I learned about at SPS3: www.ronmayfacts.com
http://www.ronmayfacts.com/
* I did not know this site existed until Jason Jacobsohn mentioned it to me last night at SPS3. Thanks, Jason!
Ron May can hear a startup start or end from a mile away.
Ron May traded his manners for an infinite supply of tapes.
Ron May is jealous of tech PR agencies because they charge more than he can to spread news.
Ron May singlehandedly started the dot com boom, and the bust. The Ron giveth and the Ron taketh away.
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Ron May has allowed to live.
Ron May discovered a startup with a patent for "Infinite energy source for portable device and method of fabrication". He asked for a demo, installed the prototype in his tape recorder, and killed all of the inventors. America's energy crisis continues.
Ron May pioneered socially awkward networking.
Ron May is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, sandwiched between two business cards.
Ron's cane is actually the lower spinal column of Flip Flipowski
If you have 5 business cards and Ron May has 5 business cards, Ron May has more business cards than you.
Ron May sharpens the edges of business cards and uses them as ninja stars.
Ron's not really an obnoxious hack ahole....well, forget that, he actually is.
Ron's cane has a sword built into it, just in case he runs into Batman.
Ron May shot the sheriff. But he didn't shoot the deputy. He got the tape recorder shoved in his face instead. No one knows which is worse.
There is no 'ctrl' button on Ron May's computer. Ron May is always in control.
Ron May used to floss his teeth with tape from broken tape cassettes, but he stopped flossing his teeth so he could reassemble the cassettes and record more interviews.
Ron May was concieved at the exact moment the ENIAC became operational.
Ron May's tears can fund a million startups. Too bad he has never cried.
Ron May is indirectly responsible for the clearcutting of the Sahara Forest.
Ron still thinks FACTS are those funny looking machines that send paper to other funny looking machines.
You can hear the voices of a million dead startups if you listen to the static in Ron May's tape recorder really, really loudly.
Ron May collects business cards so he can burn them to power his cyborg body.
Ron May had his chin replaced with a compartment to hold a spare tape recorder.
Ron May refuses to die until Jesus gets business cards printed.
The May Report's primary backer is the business card industry.
Ron May doesn't know about current technology because he comes from the future.
Ron may doesn't sweat...its just condensation form all the massive knoweldge he is absorbing so quickly.
Rons tape recorder doesn't record sound, it sucks out your soul.
Ron May tape records his tape recorder at night in case it says anything interesting.
Ron May uses business cards to build houses in third world nations ... and then sets them on fire!
The smaller the issue the bigger the story.
Apple pays Ron May 99 cents every time he listens to a song.
Ron mays other business's are paper shredding and mulch.
Ron May's superiority doubles every 1.5 years.
Ron May doesn't have to talk into his tape recorder. He can project ideas from his mind.
Ron May doesn't wear shoes so you can't hear him coming.
Once Ron May attended a business card convention. There were no survivors.
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