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| | [Actually 6/13/2012]: The May Report: 6/13/2012: In the last few years, as part of my complicated relationship with Advanced Equities, Inc., I have asked them to confirm or deny rumors, be they in Reuters or on CNN or just from people calling or emailing. Whenever they have had issues with the veracity of the rumor, they've made that quite clear. Therefore, I take their silence in response to the rumor that Dwight Badger is going to resign as soon as this week at the insistence of the board to be an assent that this likely to happen; Let's be honest, this company is out of steam, but I still have questions: Why Dwight and not Keith?; How will they muster the $4.5MM to pay the FINRA fines for John Galinsky, the really bad boy broker (don't get me started) who was one of their top producers?; Who on the current board is pushing for Dwight's resignation?; Is this tied to his DUI?; How did we end up at this point after all these years?; Any time a respected member of the Chicago tech community like Lon Chow or Bret Maxwell sees me asking about Advanced Equities, they make a hasty exit; I attended the Dearborn Street, aka Chicago Trib Lit Fest, fka the Printer's Row book fair and they've reduced the size by cutting one block off, plus sales were about the same as last year, one guy told me he paid $1,500 for his tables and thinks he made his money back; I had a good conversation with Michael Williams and Richard Cahan, authors of The Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed its River and the Land Beyond http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-Panoramas-Chicago-Changed/dp/0978545001 and of Edgar Miller and the Hand-Made Home: Chicago's Forgotten Renaissance Man, http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Miller-Hand-Made-Home-Renaissance/dp/0978545052; little things like Sherri, the tattooed lady (second BA) who told me that Shimer College, its 150 students and 8 FT professors moved 1.5 years ago to 35th and State on the IIT campus --and they still work the math in Euclid!; What book is popular among single women between 21 and 29? Fifty Shades of Grey, http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485; I ran into Justin Breitfelder who recognized me, but I drew a blank; he's a former SPSS guy who left in 2005, and now makes more money with Breitfelder GSP, www.breitfeldergsp.com, which develops interactive media and content on business issues to position firms for long-term growth; but I must mention two live wire, full of life 12 year old fraternal twins Amelia and Mika who go to Palos South Junior High, and Denise, their mother, confirmed that Malcolm Gladwell was right in Outliers: The Story of Success http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922 when she told me that she kept the girls back a year (they were July babies) and she's never heard of Malcolm Gladwell; plus Amelia is taking voice lessons and I'm no judge of talent but she sounds good to me; Cece who wheeled me around a bit is an intern at Culloton Strategies, http://www.cullotonstrategies.com/client.php, with an impressive client list including the Chicago Cubs, Children's Memorial Hospital, Navistar and Rivers Casino and here's one near and dear to me, Fresenius Medical Care; Brad Jonas of Powell's, 58, has been in the book biz for 35 years now; Who among the Who's Who of Who Cares will show at Snow's party tonight?
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The May Report: 6/13/2012: In the last few years, as part of my complicated relationship with Advanced Equities, Inc., I have asked them to confirm or deny rumors, be they in Reuters or on CNN or just from people calling or emailing. Whenever they have had issues with the veracity of the rumor, they've made that quite clear. Therefore, I take their silence in response to the rumor that Dwight Badger is going to resign as soon as this week at the insistence of the board to be an assent that this likely to happen; Let's be honest, this company is out of steam, but I still have questions: Why Dwight and not Keith?; How will they muster the $4.5MM to pay the FINRA fines for John Galinsky, the really bad boy broker (don't get me started) who was one of their top producers?; Who on the current board is pushing for Dwight's resignation?; Is this tied to his DUI?; How did we end up at this point after all these years?; Any time a respected member of the Chicago tech community like Lon Chow or Bret Maxwell sees me asking about Advanced Equities, they make a hasty exit; I attended the Dearborn Street, aka Chicago Trib Lit Fest, fka the Printer's Row book fair and they've reduced the size by cutting one block off, plus sales were about the same as last year, one guy told me he paid $1,500 for his tables and thinks he made his money back; I had a good conversation with Michael Williams and Richard Cahan, authors of The Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed its River and the Land Beyond http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-Panoramas-Chicago-Changed/dp/0978545001 and of Edgar Miller and the Hand-Made Home: Chicago's Forgotten Renaissance Man, http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Miller-Hand-Made-Home-Renaissance/dp/0978545052; little things like Sherri, the tattooed lady (second BA) who told me that Shimer College, its 150 students and 8 FT professors moved 1.5 years ago to 35th and State on the IIT campus --and they still work the math in Euclid!; What book is popular among single women between 21 and 29? Fifty Shades of Grey, http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Shades-Grey-Book-Trilogy/dp/0345803485; I ran into Justin Breitfelder who recognized me, but I drew a blank; he's a former SPSS guy who left in 2005, and now makes more money with Breitfelder GSP, www.breitfeldergsp.com, which develops interactive media and content on business issues to position firms for long-term growth; but I must mention two live wire, full of life 12 year old fraternal twins Amelia and Mika who go to Palos South Junior High, and Denise, their mother, confirmed that Malcolm Gladwell was right in Outliers: The Story of Success http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922 when she told me that she kept the girls back a year (they were July babies) and she's never heard of Malcolm Gladwell; plus Amelia is taking voice lessons and I'm no judge of talent but she sounds good to me; Cece who wheeled me around a bit is an intern at Culloton Strategies, http://www.cullotonstrategies.com/client.php, with an impressive client list including the Chicago Cubs, Children's Memorial Hospital, Navistar and Rivers Casino and here's one near and dear to me, Fresenius Medical Care; Brad Jonas of Powell's, 58, has been in the book biz for 35 years now; Who among the Who's Who of Who Cares will show at Snow's party tonight?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- CNN: Report: CEO of Advanced Equities likely to resign soon
-- Tom Johnson: FYI – we have almost $20,000 on the line for two contests which are nearing deadlines within the near future
-- The Chicago Transit Authority will get $1.88 million for the 250,000 passes, or $7.53 per pass from Groupon, but it's not exactly 50% off, remember that Eric Lefkofsky contributed $60K to Rahm's inauguration?
-- Andrew Papier: www.BigMarker.com up for moxie Award
-- Tim Kelley: the story of www.bebevu.com
-- Allan Cox: Gladness
-- Jason Jacobsohn: Juggling a lot of balls
-- Wednesday, June 13: Groupon CFO to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference at 4:00 PM
-- Monday, June 18, 2012; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce: Join 62 Members at "Mobile Commerce"
-- Tuesday, June 19: MITEF - Mixer - Come one and all!
-- Second Round of FFF Presenting Companies Selected! - Look Who's Going Into the Feeding Tank...
-- Anna Vaverka: Chicago Tech Week - Meeting with Local startup, edo
-- For once, Phil Tadros sends an interesting article, and let me add a few observations: 1. Equity in exchange for development work has been a model for many firms, and Adarsh Arora at Lisle Technology Partners did it for years with somewhat mixed results, I believe; 2. There are also consultants who work on a contingency basis, and rather than a fixed fee, flat or hourly, they take a percentage of the results. 3. If my memory is right, back in late 1999 when I was talking to divine interVentures about being acquired, my then "buddy" Tom Thornton who was in the Partner Development Group talked to me about how the "groove point" as he put it, would be between $800K and $1.2MM, the midpoint of which just happens to be $1.0MM, just $100K less than what they say in this article; 4. Again, this is pulling from conversations literally 20 years ago with Wally Cornett, but Wally said that an idea would typically be valued at $500K; 4. All of this raises the question of what all these internet start-ups getting $1MM from Lightbank and other VCs are valued at; 5. Let's say that the $1MM buys 20-33% equity which means that the pre-money valuation is between $2MM and $4MM; 6. I raised this issue at the ACG Technology panel on 5/18/12, and I think it was Eric Lunt who also raised the issue in the form of a challenge on 5/2/12 at 1871, and that is "What about Series B?" We have tons of $1MM Series A activity, which is really seed capital, but will the trapeze bar extend to the next level of funding from Chicago VCs? Or will those guppy firms, those gazelles, have to go to the coasts for the next round of funding and what strings will be attached? Kevin Willer and others have argued that more and more coastal VCs are willing to fund Chicago firms and will KEEP THEM HERE.
-- Next Week [sic: This] @ VentureSHOT
-- I went over Bill Snow's invite list for tonight's party at Bar Louie in River North, and I have a general observation. Dalka calls it the 1999 crowd, but I'll call them one time entrepreneurs or "at one time" an entrepreneur, so let's dispense with the myth that once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur view of the world. Jerry Mitchell has done something of a disservice by propagating the idea of a serial entrepreneur. There are some true serial entrepreneurs. Howard Tullman is one. But more often than not, when a company is sold, goes public, when an entrepreneur is replaced, the next step is generally take some time off, catch one's breath, become an EIR, become an investor, get a salaried job, start another much less ambitious project (e.g. Genevieve Thiers). Of Bill Snow's friends, let's take five or six people to make the example: Ari Kaplan, Jory Rozner Strosberg, Leslie Beller, Ken Wruk, Darcy Evon, Neil Kane, and Mark Achler. Whether an entrepreneur fails or wildly succeeds, if that person goes off and takes a regular salaried job, or a consulting position, then that person is not an entrepreneur in that capacity. The idea of an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) is in my view bogus since the person is sitting around waiting for someone to hand him or her a CEO job for a fledgling firm
Doing a deeper dive into Bill Snow's list of friends, here are some interesting items that caught my eye:
Doesn't Katherine Gehl
Chairman at Gehl Foods, Inc. have a job in the Obama administration?
I thought Jory Rozner Strosberg
Works at DynamicRedhead Diet and Fitness Coaching was in real estate.
Barry Moltz
Works at Shafran Moltz Group
What is Nick Farina Sr.
Wilbur Wright College doing?
Todd Stump never told me what his business was when I met him at FFF and VentureSHOT
Do you think Al Wasserberger
Chicago, Illinois will really have the guts to show up, especially with Bob Geras there?
Pigtail Dick -- Who's that?
William Napp
Crash Test Dummy at The Rocket Science and Brain Surgery Institute for Geniuses -- Who's this guy?
Aaron Rudberg
Zürich, Switzerland -- Aaron, what's your connection to Zürich, Switzerland?
Ari Kaplan
Manager of Statistical Analysis at Chicago Cubs
Richard Mulvihill
Interactive Designer at RPA Advertising -- is this the Hexistor Dick Mulvihill?
Leslie Beller
Manager, Career Services, Pathways to College and Career at Chicago Public Schools
Ken Wruk
Northern Illinois University
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CNN: Report: CEO of Advanced Equities likely to resign soon
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Report: CEO of Advanced Equities likely to resign soon
By Katie Fehrenbacher June 11, 2012: 11:27 AM ET
(gigaom.com) -- Advanced Equities, an investment and brokerage firm that has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for cleantech firms in recent years, could see its CEO and co-founder resign as early as this week, according to a report in DowJones VentureWire. Dwight Badger, who co-founded the firm in 1999, will reportedly resign at the request of the board of directors, and an announcement could be made as early as this week about his departure.
Advanced Equities has raised funds for firms like Fisker Automotive and Bloom Energy, which are also backed by venture firms like Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates. Advanced Equities targets investments from high net worth individuals, and the funds often times have gone to support later stage companies trying to scale up manufacturing.
But last month a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel found that Badger and co-founder Keith Daubenspeck were liable for breach of contract and failure to pay commissions to a former broker, reports DowJones VentureWire. In addition, Advanced Equities is also being investigated for fundraising connected to a private offering. Both of these incidents are part of the reason for the likely resignation, according to the report.
In February an investor in Fisker Automotive, Daniel Wray, filed a lawsuit against Fisker and Advanced Equities alleging that he “suffered significant money damages at the hands of Fisker and Advanced Equities,” because of a “corporate securities bait-and-switch,” a breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud in connection to sales of Fisker securities. I’m not sure the status of that suit, but will update this when I know more.
This article in 2008 in Forbes described Advanced Equities as “a late-stage venture funding outfit” “foisting junky startups on investors–much to the benefit of the Sand Hill Road crowd.”
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Tom Johnson: FYI – we have almost $20,000 on the line for two contests which are nearing deadlines within the near future
RE: The May Report: 6/9/2012: Restaurant.com gets $8MM according to SEC filings and Adam Calica of Built in Chicago, but Adam, you got only 243 views and the header is far too long so just open the report and read it.....
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Ron –
FYI – we have almost $20,000 on the line for two contests which are nearing deadlines within the near future. Tech businesses have played a big role in the winner’s circle in the past!
Attention Chicago Small Business Owners! This Friday at midnight is the deadline to enter the “TV-Time” for Small Business Owners. Win free slots on Television via CAN-TV and share in $8,500 in cash prizes. Also less than 30 days left to enter the Chicago Business Plan Competition. Full details and instant entry at www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
Thanks
Thomas Johnson – Business Development, Asst. City Treasurer
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The Chicago Transit Authority will get $1.88 million for the 250,000 passes, or $7.53 per pass from Groupon, but it's not exactly 50% off, remember that Eric Lefkofsky contributed $60K to Rahm's inauguration?
Groupon to sell CTA 3-day bus passes
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June 13 2012, 6:34 AM CDT
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting: Daily deals website Groupon will offer 3-day Chicago CTA bus fare passes for $9, a $3 discount for consumers, in its first partnership with a transit agency. The Chicago Transit Authority will get $1.88 million for the 250,000 passes, or $7.53 per pass.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-groupon-to-sell-cta-3day-bus-passes-20120613,0,4089422.story
Visit chicagotribune.com at http://www.chicagotribune.com
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Andrew Papier: www.BigMarker.com up for moxie Award
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Hi Ron,
Loved the newest May report and meeting you at the Built in Chicago event on Thursday. Thank you so much for the plug as well. Please let me know if there's anything I or Zhu-Song can do for you. Thanks again and have a wonderful day.
Sincerely,
Andrew Papier
Media Coordinator| BigMarker.com
Moxie Award Finalist for "Best Bootstrapped Startup"
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Tim Kelley: the story of www.bebevu.com
Subject: RE: Tim, following up on ITA, what's the story on bebevu? Size, $, funding, r...
Date: 6/11/2012 3:22:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tim.kelley@thebabycd.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Ron,
Again, it was nice to see you at the ITA event. BeBeVu is a service technology that allows new moms to receive their full motion video ultrasound at home via the cloud from their prescribed ultrasound visit. We have been filing patents and working on this project for a couple of years and have recently installed this new service at key OB/GYN practices in Chicagoland and the Dallas area. I want to be careful on details regarding forecasted revenues, however, we expect to be North of 3MM for the next year.
The impetus for the Baby CD and now BeBeVu has been my background in radiology recording and distribution. My radiology company Nautilus Medical (www.NautilusMedical.com) produces DICOM distribution software. This software allows for the dissemination of CT, MR, XA, Mammo, etc. to patients and referring physicians via CDs, DVDs, Flash Drives and most recently Peer-2-Peer transfer. The software is currently in major institutions such as Northwestern, Hackensack, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, UPENN Medical Center, and recently Cleveland Clinic among others. Our expertise in radiology recording led us to looking at delivering educational content along with images to patients while using hospitals and clinics as our professional points of distribution. Thus, the Baby CD was born (no pun intended) to help with the thirst of moms seeking ‘good’ educational materials- and practices seeking a high tech platform to give to young moms material they can approve of. Our content providers include the best in class such as – Harvard Common Press( Joy of Pregnancy, Nursing Mother’s Companion, etc.), March of Dimes, Discovery, Laugh & Learn, Abbott, Sanofi Pasteur, and foundations supporting Preeclampsia, Lupus and Midwives. The Baby CD has been distributed nationwide in over 350 practices in all 50 states.
The natural next step was to look at a seamless manner in which to deliver the ultrasound directly to the new mom along with her educational material at the point of care. Most people don’t realize that there was a soft mandate many years ago that limited practices from giving moms ‘full motion’ or video ultrasounds. This was due to liability issues arising from moms having the pathology within the image set. AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine) and ACOG (American College of Gynecology and Obstetrics)both suggested to OB practices to longer give moms this enjoyable gift. Thermal still prints became the substitute for videos leaving moms wanting the videos. This occurred even though the medical community knew the benefits of moms receiving these videos which build the mother fetal connection. This connection leads to longer terms and healthier outcomes. From this soft mandate the industry of ‘boutique ultrasounds’ was born (Again, no pun intended!). This has grown to be an industry up to .5BN in sales nationwide. Just type2D, 3D or 4D ultrasound store into Google to see the results. We knew we could deliver something that doctors approved of at the point of care, that gave this gift back to moms- along with great education. There is an ethical code in radiology called ALARA(As Low As Reasonably Achievable). Regardless of the procedure, patients going to expose the baby to more ultrasounds is questionable. The FDA has a formal statement about this as well- The FDA said "Ultrasound is a form of energy, and even at low levels, laboratory studies have shown it can produce physical effects in tissue, such as jarring vibrations and a rise in temperature, prenatal ultrasounds can't be considered completely innocuous." The FDA is very clear on the fact that these procedures should only be done under the prescribed direction of a doctor. We don’t interfere with the prescribed process, but become a system in which to provide the mom what she wants, and give the practice a great service. We mitigate the liability issue through a patent pending conversion process that takes the diagnostic quality ultrasound and down converts the file into MP4 video file that is not suitable for diagnostic review. Moms may then download their full motion ultrasound on BeBeVu.com and use tools for sharing on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. These ultrasound stores typically charge $200-$400 a visit. Some states such as Connecticut have outlawed this business with more states to follow.
After developing this software we knew this was a better way. We needed a large scale cloud system to build our network of loyal practices as well as new ones for delivery of this highly desirable service. We approached Redpoint Technologies (SPR Companies) CEO, Robert Figliulo to get his input. We looked to a company like Redpoint for their experience and capabilities to scale quickly with our business. Rob agreed that Redpoint should become a partner in the business, and since that time they built the cloud web application that is in service now at BeBeVu.com. Since the official launch we have signed more than 200 practices with installs rolling out weekly. The doctors and practices love the service with all of the products we provide to streamline their processes and lower their cost, while providing their patients with higher satisfaction and ultimately better outcomes. They especially like the fact that all cost is deferred to the patient for a small fee with no cost to the practice. In the near future, just as with the Baby CD, we will be layering a sponsorship program into the revenue stream from retailers and CPGs. This gives those companies a great opportunity to build a relationship within the mom network while having support from the medical professionals. It is a win-win-win environment.
Please let me know if there is anything else I may provide for you.
Sincerely,
Timothy L. Kelley
President/CEO
1300 S Grove Ave.
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From: RONALDMAY@aol.com [mailto:RONALDMAY@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 6:03 PM
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Subject: Re: Tim, following up on ITA, what's the story on bebevu? Size, $, funding, r...
Tim,
Friday sounds good.
Ron
In a message dated 6/6/2012 6:01:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tim.kelley@thebabycd.com writes:
Ron,
Thanks for reaching out. I will be out of town through tomorrow. Could we connect on Friday?
Sincerely,
Timothy L. Kelley
President/CEO
1300 S Grove Ave.
Suite 200
Barrington, IL 60010
877.820.BABY
847.852.1812
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Allan Cox: Gladness
Gladness!
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Hi Ron,
Nice to be back in touch.
Tomorrow is launch day for my 9th book,
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Jason Jacobsohn: Juggling a lot of balls
Subject: Re: Jason, do you have a new job, or multiple jobs? See below. What became of FI?
Date: 6/13/2012 6:30:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jason@jacobsohn.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Hi Ron,
I am involved in multiple projects right now. I am still running the Founder Institute in Chicago. I am involved with Investor Pitch Clinic on a project by project basis. My main role right now is a Business Advisor with the Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative. Not sure what National Association of Charter School Authorizes is. I am not involved with that organization.
Let me know if you have other questions,
Jason
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Subject: Jason, do you have a new job, or multiple jobs? See below. What became of FI?
Jason Jacobsohn
Pitch Coach at Investor Pitch Clinic
Vice President at National Association of Charter School Authorizers
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Wednesday, June 13: Groupon CFO to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference at 4:00 PM
Subject: Groupon CFO to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Date: 6/10/2012 2:41:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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Groupon to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference
William Blair Growth Stock Conference 2012
CHICAGO -- (www.twitter.com/techaccesstv) --Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRPN) today announced that Jason Child, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the William Blair Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 4:00 PM (CDT) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available at http://wsw.com/webcast/blair44/grpn/. The recorded webcast will be available within 24 hours at http://investor.groupon.com/events.cfm. Please contact William Blair for additional details regarding the conference.
About Groupon:
Groupon, launched in November 2008 in Chicago, features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy in 48 countries around the world. Groupon uses collective buying power to offer huge discounts and provide a win-win for business and consumers, delivering more than 1,000 daily deals globally. To subscribe for the best deals in your city, visit http://www.groupon.com. To learn how to become a featured business, visit http://www.grouponworks.com.
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Monday, June 18, 2012; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce: Join 62 Members at "Mobile Commerce"
Subject: Monday: Join 62 Members at "Mobile Commerce"
Date: 6/12/2012 7:19:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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Monday
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Monday, June 18, 2012
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Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
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62 Members attending, including:
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"Founder of the Chicago Web 2.0 and Social Media Marketing Group: http://www.chicago-social-marketing.com/..."
Jacob Radkiewicz
Rey Villar
Mitch Posada
"VP Biz Dev / Digital for Cafe Media LLC - we started out as a Latino Lifestyle Magazine..."
Eli Gratz
Kathleen Virginia Page
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Come join us for our final blow out before we take a summer break. Last month's event was a phenomenal success and all present were just thrilled to partake in the experience. The Networking Mixer will be a combination of networking and some fun and games. We may even have a surprise guest or two.We'll keep you posted.
When: June 19th
Where: IBM Innovation Center 71 S. Wacker
Time: 5:30-8:00 pm
For details, visit http://www.mitefchicago.org
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Second Round of FFF Presenting Companies Selected! - Look Who's Going Into the Feeding Tank...
Subject: Second Round of FFF Presenting Companies Selected! - Look Who's Going Into the Feeding Tank...
Date: 6/11/2012 1:01:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: bob@fundingfeedingfrenzy.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Second Round of Presenting Companies Selected!
Look who's going into the Feeding Tank...
We are excited to share with you, our fellow Entrepreneurs, Business Owners and Investors, the new developments that are in store for you on June 20th at the Funding Feeding Frenzy.
In the mission to bring entrepreneurs and investors together, we’re proud to announce that we have selected the second round of Presenting Companies to showcase their business in front of the Investor Panels.
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DRIFT is a socially conscious, designer and manufacturer of premium optical eyewear based in Chicago, IL
Design. Source. Make. DRIFT manages the entire process from concept to distribution. Operating as a design and manufacturing house, DRIFT is one of the most dynamic and forward thinking brands in the optical industry.
Launched in March 2011, DRIFT is sold in 62 optical retailers in 5 countries.
MORE INFO www.drifteyewear.com
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PaletteApp is a new digital design tool developed to help designers, architects, contractors and manufacturers facilitate the design and sample ordering process.
By accessing a vast library with thousands of products and options, design palettes can be created in mere minutes. Simply Powerful.
MORE INFO www.paletteapp.com
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TigerTracks is a cloud-based equipment inspection record management network.
With TigerTracks, contractors can input inspections through a web-enabled smartphone or laptop. Once submitted, the record is neatly stored in the cloud to prove the owner has properly maintained the equipment, and the owner will be notified in advance of the next required inspection.
TigerTracks has been used in real-world field use, and the next iteration will be commercially available to EOT crane service contractors.
MORE INFO www.tigertrackssafety.com
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The Funding Feeding Frenzy is almost here, have you registered yet?
We don't want to see you miss out on this extraordinary event where some of the most interesting and exciting entrepreneurial companies will be showcasing their businesses in an attempt to take their companies to the highest levels of success! REGISTER NOW
Cheers,
The Funding Feeding Frenzy Team
www.FundingFeedingFrenzy.com
Chicago’s High Energy Entrepreneur Center
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Located on Wells St. / River North neighborhood.
Only 1 Block from the Chicago Brown Line Stop.
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Anna Vaverka: Chicago Tech Week - Meeting with Local startup, edo
Chicago Tech Week - Meeting with Local startup, edo
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Hi Ron,
I represent edo, a local tech start-up aiming to revive the daily deal market with its card-linked offers platform. They will be showcasing their technology this month at Chicago Tech Week (June 22-26), and I wanted to reach out to inquire your plans for attending the conference and to see if you’d be interested in meeting with company.
While the daily deal industry holds promise, its model is fundamentally broken and daily deals are failing to demonstrate ROI such as revenue and customer loyalty. edo is looking to change this and push the daily deal market forward by helping merchants deliver offers that are targeted and simple to redeem. Unlike the traditional daily deal model, edo has developed a technology that enables merchants to get the right offer to the right consumer to drive acquisition, frequency and loyalty by using data that really matters – purchasing history.
I’d also like to invite you to attend their panel at Chicago Tech Week, titled: “Are Daily Deals Dead or Will We See a Monumental Shift.” Taking place on June 26, the panel is bringing together key market leaders from Discover and Qdoba and more to discuss the current state and structure of the deals and incentives market, and how transactional data is creating new opportunities for advertisers and merchants.
· WHEN: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. CT
· WHERE: 2 - Second Stage, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago
· For more info, visit: http://schedule.techweek.com/event/4431704d95c9e6379d0bc9b4f67dc066
If you are interested in meeting with edo or its panel partners, or attending the panel session, please let me know and I’ll gladly coordinate next steps.
Thank you,
Anna
Anna Vaverka
Senior Associate | The Bateman Group
P: (718) 355-8962 | M: (415) 279-0458
E: avaverka@bateman-group.com
Web: www.bateman-group.com | Blog: www.batemanbanter.com
About edo
edo is transforming shopping and saving by delivering the simplest solution to personalized offers that are automatically available on consumers’ credit, debit cards & mobile devices. Through its card-linked offer platform, edo brings unique insight and clarity into consumer spending behavior — helping marketers and merchants increase loyalty and target new customers with instantly redeemable offers tailored to their customers’ eating & shopping habits. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. with additional offices in Chicago and New York City. For more information, visit www.edointeractive.com.
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For once, Phil Tadros sends an interesting article, and let me add a few observations: 1. Equity in exchange for development work has been a model for many firms, and Adarsh Arora at Lisle Technology Partners did it for years with somewhat mixed results, I believe; 2. There are also consultants who work on a contingency basis, and rather than a fixed fee, flat or hourly, they take a percentage of the results. 3. If my memory is right, back in late 1999 when I was talking to divine interVentures about being acquired, my then "buddy" Tom Thornton who was in the Partner Development Group talked to me about how the "groove point" as he put it, would be between $800K and $1.2MM, the midpoint of which just happens to be $1.0MM, just $100K less than what they say in this article; 4. Again, this is pulling from conversations literally 20 years ago with Wally Cornett, but Wally said that an idea would typically be valued at $500K; 4. All of this raises the question of what all these internet start-ups getting $1MM from Lightbank and other VCs are valued at; 5. Let's say that the $1MM buys 20-33% equity which means that the pre-money valuation is between $2MM and $4MM; 6. I raised this issue at the ACG Technology panel on 5/18/12, and I think it was Eric Lunt who also raised the issue in the form of a challenge on 5/2/12 at 1871, and that is "What about Series B?" We have tons of $1MM Series A activity, which is really seed capital, but will the trapeze bar extend to the next level of funding from Chicago VCs? Or will those guppy firms, those gazelles, have to go to the coasts for the next round of funding and what strings will be attached? Kevin Willer and others have argued that more and more coastal VCs are willing to fund Chicago firms and will KEEP THEM HERE.
The hardest part: valuing that stake
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The hardest part: valuing that stake
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Jacob Daneman, publisher and editor in chief of TheSnackpot.com, samples some of his snacks.
Photo by: Erik Unger
At the Bonnaroo music festival last June, Jacob Daneman asked his friend Phil Tadros if he would help him start a website focusing on humorous reviews of snacks.
Mr. Tadros, CEO of Doejo LLC, a digital and business development agency in Lakeview, agreed. At yearend, the duo signed an agreement giving Doejo a 20 percent stake in Mr. Daneman's company, Snackpot LLC, in exchange for the agency building the site (TheSnackpot.com), which launched in May.
Mr. Daneman didn't get an estimate from Mr. Tadros of what Doejo's work on the site would have cost on a fee-for-service basis, but he thinks the firm's work and Mr. Tadros' ideas and connections are more valuable than the equity he gave up in return.
“My main goal is to make it happen. I'm not concerned with losing percentage points to Phil. Maybe five years from now that will be the issue,” says Mr. Daneman, 30. Although the site is not yet generating revenue, he hopes TheSnackpot.com eventually will make money from advertising and affiliate sales.
Mr. Tadros, 32, says Doejo's work on the site was worth between $50,000 and $100,000. Given the 20 percent of equity the firm got, TheSnackpot.com someday would need to be worth at least $250,000 for Doejo to recoup its time investment. “Sometimes you just believe in a person, and hopefully something will happen,” Mr. Tadros says of the deal.
Any exchange of equity in a business for professional services turns on how much the equity is worth. But determining that value, and therefore what percentage of the business should be swapped for the services, can be tricky, particularly in the case of early-stage companies.
“No matter what formula you use, it always seems to come to $1.1 million,” jokes Michelle Sexton Dorvil, executive director of the University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.
Mr. Tadros scoffs at the idea of placing valuations on such businesses altogether. “There's never a real formula for anything. What are you valuing? You're valuing something made up,” he says.
Doejo has formed more than 20 equity partnerships with everyone from app developers to a painter, Mr. Tadros says. The amount of equity he has received ranges from single digits to 30 percent in some cases.
Ms. Dorvil, 46, says it's more common to see deals that give a service provider between 5 and 15 percent of a venture. She struck a deal to give up to 15 percent of her business, Curbside Foodies, to an app developer and a user experience developer in exchange for them realizing her concept for a mobile technology for the local food-truck market. Ms. Dorvil plans to launch it this summer in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Ms. Dorvil estimates that her venture is worth the aforementioned $1.1 million and could increase 25 percent once a prototype of her app is completed, but her developers disregarded her valuation. “In their minds, it was just an idea, and without them, there was no tangible product and it wasn't worth anything,” she says. Instead, they negotiated for the percentage that they regarded as the industry standard for technology development.
Although Ms. Dorvil calculates that the value of that equity is worth far more than she estimates the developers' work would cost if she paid them cash for it, she still feels she's getting a good deal. “These guys are . . . going to take us to market,” she says. “Although they're discounting the potential of the application, I can't do it without them.”
Read more: http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/article/20120609/ISSUE02/306099993/the-hardest-part-valuing-that-stake#ixzz1xd9DZzz6
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Hello VentureSHOT Community Members!
Join Us for some Extraordinary Entrepreneur Events next week!
Guide to Funding Business Capital with IRAs/401(k)s Funds: Webinar
Monday, June 11, 2012, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now.
Do you want more funding sources for your business?
Did you know there’s a cash pool out there of up to $4.2 trillion* that has the potential for investment in private entities?
Join Mike Vavruska of Equity Trust Company, as well as Equity Trust client Bob Bock of VentureSHOT & RJB Investments for a free webinar June 11, 2012, as they explain how you can tap into this little-known money source for bigger and better investments.
Get Details and Register Here
Creating "Power" Business Plans to Get Funding and Grow Your Business
Monday June 11 2012, 6pm to 9pm
VentureSHOT Headquarters
744 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Thanks to Lean Start-up Methods & "Ready, FIRE, Aim" strategies, when a company first launches, you may NOT need a 20 to 40 page Business Plan, just to get going.
Once you start asking for REAL MONEY though, the need for a great Business Plan often changes.
VC's, Angel Investor Groups, Strategic Partners, and even Major Customer or Distribution Channels will probably all have questions that will only be answerable after in depth thought and analysis of the strategy and direction for the Company...ala the Business Plan stuff!
Join VentureSHOT for help and guidance on creating a "Killer Business Plan" that helps you grow your business and find funding...
Without causing you to go crazy or waste massive amounts of time in the process.
Get Details and Register Here
Presentation Coaching for Funding - How to Raise More Money from Angels & VCs!
Saturday, June 16 2012, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
VentureSHOT Headquarters
744 N Wells Street, Chicago, IL
Do you need help building a "Killer Funding Presentation"?
Are you seeking funding from Angels, VC's and other Private Money Sources?
Would you like to practice your presentation with individual coaching pointers for your business?
Need to know the power tips that make the difference between being funded and being passed over for funding?
Only 5 Presenting companies will have the chance to do "Full Presentations" with customized coaching at this powerful event...8 mins each for presentations. With 10 to 15 mins of coaching & feedback per company. (Total of about 20 to 25 mins per presenting company.)
Companies must be approved to present by VentureSHOT Team. Powerpoint slides with a solid presentation required.
There also may be a couple of 3 min "mini-presentations" available, if you sign up too late for a "Full Presentation" or are earlier in the funding process. NO Guarantee on "mini-Presentation" availability!! No Powerpoint slides required for the 3 min. presentation but MUST be registered to present and approved by VSHOT Team.
Presenting Company - $49 ONLY 5 Full Presentation time slots (8 min + 15 min Coaching) available
Get More Details and Register Here
Email david@FundingFeedingFrenzy.com or
call David Culver @ 312-953-9919 for more Information.
Also plan on attending other outstanding VentureSHOT Events!
Chicago’s High Energy Entrepreneur Center
744 N. Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Located on Wells St. / River North neighborhood.
Only 1 Block from the Chicago Brown Line Stop.
What are some of the great things that happen at VentureSHOT?
VentureSHOTTM Ultra Collaborative Entrepreneurial Group Sessions
“Meet the Money” Angel Investor and Venture Capital Events
Coaching for Funding Presentations and other strategic presentations
Participation in many valuable Mastermind Sessions including:
- Founder / CEO “Top Challenges”
- Funding Challenges and Solutions
- Revenue Growth Strategies
- Strategic Marketing and Brand Development
- Developing a Powerful Company Culture
Access to “Flex-Space” or Private Offices in a fun, highly collaborative and entrepreneur friendly working environment
Experience the awesome collaboration opportunities at Chicago’s newest Entrepreneur Center & Business Incubator!
Cheers!
The VentureSHOT Team
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I went over Bill Snow's invite list for tonight's party at Bar Louie in River North, and I have a general observation. Dalka calls it the 1999 crowd, but I'll call them one time entrepreneurs or "at one time" an entrepreneur, so let's dispense with the myth that once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur view of the world. Jerry Mitchell has done something of a disservice by propagating the idea of a serial entrepreneur. There are some true serial entrepreneurs. Howard Tullman is one. But more often than not, when a company is sold, goes public, when an entrepreneur is replaced, the next step is generally take some time off, catch one's breath, become an EIR, become an investor, get a salaried job, start another much less ambitious project (e.g. Genevieve Thiers). Of Bill Snow's friends, let's take five or six people to make the example: Ari Kaplan, Jory Rozner Strosberg, Leslie Beller, Ken Wruk, Darcy Evon, Neil Kane, and Mark Achler. Whether an entrepreneur fails or wildly succeeds, if that person goes off and takes a regular salaried job, or a consulting position, then that person is not an entrepreneur in that capacity. The idea of an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) is in my view bogus since the person is sitting around waiting for someone to hand him or her a CEO job for a fledgling firm
Doing a deeper dive into Bill Snow's list of friends, here are some interesting items that caught my eye:
Doesn't Katherine Gehl
Chairman at Gehl Foods, Inc. have a job in the Obama administration?
I thought Jory Rozner Strosberg
Works at DynamicRedhead Diet and Fitness Coaching was in real estate.
Barry Moltz
Works at Shafran Moltz Group
What is Nick Farina Sr.
Wilbur Wright College doing?
Todd Stump never told me what his business was when I met him at FFF and VentureSHOT
Do you think Al Wasserberger
Chicago, Illinois will really have the guts to show up, especially with Bob Geras there?
Pigtail Dick -- Who's that?
William Napp
Crash Test Dummy at The Rocket Science and Brain Surgery Institute for Geniuses -- Who's this guy?
Aaron Rudberg
Zürich, Switzerland -- Aaron, what's your connection to Zürich, Switzerland?
Ari Kaplan
Manager of Statistical Analysis at Chicago Cubs
Richard Mulvihill
Interactive Designer at RPA Advertising -- is this the Hexistor Dick Mulvihill?
Leslie Beller
Manager, Career Services, Pathways to College and Career at Chicago Public Schools
Ken Wruk
Northern Illinois University
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Friends
Liz Strauss
Bradley University
Friends
Raman Chadha
Works at DePaul University
Friends
Richard Landman
Director Recruiting/Retention at AgentHR
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Friends
Joshua Ginsberg
Founder / Art Guy at Chicago Art Leasing LLC
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Friends
Stephen Meade
University of Missouri - Kansas City
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Friends
Christopher S. Rollyson
Founder and Managing Director at CSRA Inc.
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Friends
David Naylor
Principal Architect at Grid Dynamics
Friends
Brad Spirrison
Managing Editor at Appolicious Inc.
Friends
Ron Kirschner
Beloit College
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Friends
Katherine Gehl
Chairman at Gehl Foods, Inc.
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Friends
Jennifer R Filipowski
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Friends
Jory Rozner Strosberg
Works at DynamicRedhead Diet and Fitness Coaching
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Shaye Mandle..
Dutch Dunne..
Jason Schram
DePaul University
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Jennifer Strilko Bellisario
Works at University of Illinois at Chicago
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Curtis Bray
University of Pittsburgh
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Sebastian Toma
DePaul University
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Dag Juhlin
Works at The Steve Dahl Show
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Peter Kurpiewski
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Patrick Duggan
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School
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Bryan Yankton
DePaul
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Kirk Dillard
DePaul University
Matthew McCall
Partner at New World Ventures
Leanne Murray Grage..
Mark Alan Powers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Jeff Heiple
M.Div. Theology
Cara Newman
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Glenn Pankau
Badger High
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M Grace Sielaff
Chicago, Illinois
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Tom Churchwell
Chicago, Illinois
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Julia Kline
National-Louis University
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Cavallino Calabria..
Joel Rubinfine..
Cisco Cotto
Part-time Talk Show Host at Moody Radio Chicago
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Robert Elmgren.
Jeff A Hix
Galesburg High School
Brian Krob
University of Illinois College of Law
Lizzila Quema.
Judith Barnes LaRue
Chicago, Illinois
Julia Fishel
Realtor at Suncoast Partners - Palm Harbor Real Estate
Justine Scarpa.
Sean Slocum.
Carol Corcoran Hansen
E. Michigan
Jessica Bernard
Reavis High School
Christopher McCauley
DePaul University
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Friend Request Sent
Barry Moltz
Works at Shafran Moltz Group
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Scot Kirk
Sherman Oaks, California
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Craig Rochester
Seattle, Washington
Dean Stump
Murray State University
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Sherry M Urbanski Cwirko
DePaul University
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Emil Paguia..
Anne Moulier
Brunel University
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Zoe Quan
Harvard
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Amy Jacobson
Host at Salem Communications
William Hal Hallihan
Partner at Hallihan IP Partners, LLC
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Lloyd Epstein
Senior Account Executive at MicroAge
Michelle Vazquez
Founder/Designer at Poppyposh wedding/event floral
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Ben Malec
Architect at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
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Ted Pankau..
Dave Rodman
Owner at Rodman Design
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Amity Shlaes
New York, New York
Bob Geras
Owner/ President at LaSalle Investments
Brett Pankau Sr..
Nikhilendra Yadav
Works at Genpact
Roger Baran
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lisa Shuman Stone
Chicago, Illinois
Pigtail Dick..
Eric Zorn
Columnist / Blogger / Bon Vivant at Chicago Tribune
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Tom Laporte
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Sima Dahl
President at Parlay Communications
Jeanne Zerndt Kemp
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dave Franckowiak..
Jerry R Mitchell
Roosevelt University
Lynne Baker
Vice President at National Association of Charter School Authorizers
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Doree Macak
River Forest High School
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Kirk Holbert
Owner cosmic-king llc at Cosmic-King Toys
Gary Weidner
Chicago, Illinois
Bruce Jernigan
Auburn University
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Joe Roth..
Arun Tankha
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Sarah Beck
Monterey, California
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Karen Tsao
San Francisco, California
Russell Pankau
Chicago, Illinois
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Albert Vazquez.
Shia Kapos
Crain Communications
Michael St John
Virginia Tech
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John Venice..
John Kass
Columnist at Chicago Tribune
Brandy Urbanovsky Kemp
Euro RSCG Worldwide
Brad Schwer
Indiana University
Donna M. Salvatore
Chicago, Illinois
Sally Duros
Chicago, Illinois
Mary Miller
Louisville, Kentucky
Nick Farina Sr.
Wilbur Wright College
Akira Hirai
Anaheim Hills, California
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James Parenti
Chicago, Illinois
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David Nealis
Hong Kong
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Cari Dinneen..
Aleli Estrada Scerba.
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See More.
Ruth Gudjonis
School of Hard Knocks, University of Life
Brett Pankau Sr..
Chuck Hester
Chief Connections Officer at Chuck Hester Enterprises
Roger Baran
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Jennifer Nowak Kohl
Northern Illinois University
Jerry Agar..
Bill Bailey
Dj Dolla Bill at Self Employed Entrepreneur
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Aaron Rudberg
Zürich, Switzerland
Kenn Goodman
Chicago, Illinois
Craig Rochester
Seattle, Washington
Kathleen Moore
Registered Nurse and CPR Instructor at St Ben's School
Albert Vazquez.
Trevor D'Souza
George Washington University
Jason Felger
Founder and Venture Partner at I2A Fund
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Russell Pankau
Chicago, Illinois
Jody Benson
Lead Occupational Therapist at HRA Alliance Rehab
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Bernard Filler
Northbrook, Illinois
Dave Franckowiak..
Sherry M Urbanski Cwirko
DePaul University
David Nealis
Suzhou, Jiangsu
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Carol Pankau..
Sebastian Toma
DePaul University
Ari Wegter
Copenhagen, Denmark
Donna M. Salvatore
Chicago, Illinois
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Lydia Moreno..
Stephen Eich..
Agnes Malin
Chicago, Illinois
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Tony Bagdy
Feeding America
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Bob Stutz
Managing Director, Investment Banking at Sikich LLP
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Ari Kaplan
Manager of Statistical Analysis at Chicago Cubs
Judith Barnes LaRue
Chicago, Illinois
Sina d'Crime
San Rafael, California
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Dan Glomski
Chicago, Illinois
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Warren Augenstein
University of Houston
Michael Lazerow
Works at Buddy Media, Inc. (http://www.buddymedia.com)
Becky Yerak
Business Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Andy Roo Mowery
President/CEO at Debnroo, inc.
Justine Scarpa.
Farid Emile Tannous
Founder, CEO at OverNear
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Amy Jacobson
Host at Salem Communications
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Mitch Sosnowski
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
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Friend Request Sent
Pek Pongpaet
Sunnyvale, California
Cathy Parsons Schmidt..
Scot Kirk
Sherman Oaks, California
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M Grace Sielaff
Chicago, Illinois
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Dan Lakin
Works at The Bass Playground
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Richard F Moreno
President at American Asset Protection
Al Yoshimura..
Louie Layton
Business Development at Continental Title
Sony Harsono.
John Grimley
Management Consultant at International Business Development
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Jeff Coney
Northwestern University
Shaye Mandle..
Jason Jacobsohn..
Mark Harris
DePaul University
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Tom Dillavou
Works at Trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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Amber Cordova
MIAD
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Emily Kolb Davis
Account Manager at Cultural Insurance Services International
Tim Kemp..
Allen Kutchins
Loyola University Chicago
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Lynne Baker
Vice President at National Association of Charter School Authorizers
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Monika Delle
University of Washington
Peter Kurpiewski
Illinois Institute of Technology
Svitlana Mefford
Chicago, Illinois
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Mark Achler
Chicago, Illinois
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Olga Shilina
Los Angeles, California
Richard Mulvihill
Interactive Designer at RPA Advertising
Julia Kline
National-Louis University
Suzanne Chidester
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bill Christie.
Alderman Joe Moreno
Chicago, Illinois
Eric R. Schmeisser
Maine South High School
Paul Pfeiffer
Lake Forest High School
Brent Mccann
DePaul University
Patrick Krook
Works at Show Your Auto LLC
Danny Welsh
Managing Member at Real Deal Commercial Investing
Todd Stump..
Jill Speed
Project Manager at Michael Fuller Architects
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Neil Kane
President at Illinois Partners
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Steve Lundin
Chief Hunter & Gatherer at BIGfrontier
Ray Quinn..
Amity Shlaes
New York, New York
Steve Vazquez
Northwestern University
Mary Miller
Louisville, Kentucky
Joel Rubinfine..
Brad Schwer
Indiana University
Kerry Kemp Griffin..
Bruce Jernigan
Auburn University
Patrick Duggan
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School
Kenneth Cutt
UIllinois
Anne Moulier
Brunel University
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Steve Imparl.
Joe Roth..
Bill Bogardus
Dale Carnegie Institute
Joe Walsh
Member of Congress at United States Congress
Dave Carlisle
Aurora, Illinois
Edward D. Gorkes
Senior Business Intermediary at The Gottesman Company
Friend Request Sent
Al Wasserberger
Chicago, Illinois
Kimberly Springer
London
Todd Altom
Harper College
Mary Laney..
Jason Schram
DePaul University
Chad Nawrocki
Maine South High School
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Pigtail Dick..
Lizzila Quema.
Leslie Beller
Manager, Career Services, Pathways to College and Career at Chicago Public Schools
Michael Volkin..
Kevin Lynch
Professor, Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University
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Arun Tankha
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Leanne Waters
Harrington College of Design
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Lisa Leone
Chicago, Illinois
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Dan Proft
Chicago, Illinois
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Gay Pollitt
Indiana University
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Brian Krob
University of Illinois College of Law
Jean Wright Medina..
Michael St John
Virginia Tech
Clay Brock..
Nick Hansen
Owner at Nicholas Joseph Custom Tailors
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Amritraj Peshin
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Charles G Bray
London, United Kingdom
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Anne Maxfield
Coach for Radio Hosts at Webtalk Radio.net
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Marty Pankau
Works at Responsys
Todd Bessey
First Vice President - Investments at Wintrust Wealth Management
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William Napp
Crash Test Dummy at The Rocket Science and Brain Surgery Institute for Geniuses
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Dave Alan Lewis
Photographer at Freelance Photographer
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Claudia Pankau Ericson
Fontana, Wisconsin
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Bret Johnson
Works at Northwestern University
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Darcy Evon
University of Michigan
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Kerry Sayers Doucet..
Kate Janssen Fiacchino
Pharmacy Intern at Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
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Ken Wruk
Northern Illinois University
Jack Pankau
Knox College
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Kirk Dillard
DePaul University
Margaret Tomlins.
Carol Corcoran Hansen
E. Michigan
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Steve Vazquez-guitar
Northwestern University
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