 | | June 4, 2008
The May Report: 06/04/2008: Bulletin: Motorola to bring in HP exec to head cell phones; Chicago makes the Olympic cut
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The 2008 Whiteboard Challenge is coming! Don't miss it!
Come for the excitement!
Come for the thrill of the competition!
Come to find out about some of the most innovative ideas in Chicago!
Join the Chicago innovation community as we celebrate the best and brightest new ideas that will shape our future. Cheer on 13 carefully selected presenters as they compete for a $5000 cash prize purse!
The presenting finalists will have 5 minutes and a whiteboard to describe their innovative concept in front of a panel of Chicago's most experienced judges and an audience of 200+. No powerpoints, no props, no kidding.
As a participant, you'll be a part of the process as your vote, over your mobile phone, will account for a portion of the total overall score.
The Whiteboard Challenge is the most exciting innovation event in Chicago and you don't want to miss out.
Register at: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tsfgh
Details:
Tuesday June 17, 2008
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Thorne Auditorium
Northwestern University Chicago Campus
Arthur Rubloff Building
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Dave Smith dsmith@earlymarketpartners.com
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MEET THE ANGELS: PERSPECTIVES FROM BEYOND CHICAGO
Presented by the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center at DePaul University
Thursday, June 12, 2008
8:00am - 12:00pm
Union League Club of Chicago, Crystal Room
65 W Jackson Blvd.
$60 Registration Fee until 6/9; $75 thereafter
Register at http://cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2008/06/meet_the_angels_3.php.
At this program, start-up and early-stage firms will have the unique opportunity to network with angel investors from various parts of the country, and hear stories of their past deals. A panel of angel investors will discuss the criteria that were used to make some of their investments, what went right and wrong in due diligence, how relationships with their portfolio firms have evolved, and factors that contributed to the success and/or failure of their deals. In addition to the panel discussion, there will be roundtable discussions hosted by the angels where entrepreneurs can ask questions and gain further insight into how that particular investor (or his/her network) makes investment decisions.
Panelists
Lauren Flanagan
Lauren is the Chairman & CEO of SCIO Corp., a company that provides strategic advisory services to emerging companies in the IT, BioTech and CleanTech sectors. Additionally, SCIO Corp. assists companies in obtaining appropriate financing and invests in select clients. Lauren is also a co-founder and Managing Director of Phenomenelle Angels Fund I, LP, an early-stage fund targeted at high growth companies in the Midwest that use proprietary technology to create new markets or to disrupt existing markets, and has a preference for women and minority-led firms. She previously founded WebWare Corporation, a leader in Digital Asset Management where she raised over $20 million in equity capital for the company. During her 15 years of senior management experience prior to WebWare, she co-founded 4 technology companies and consulted for many high technology leaders including Apple, Atari, HP, IBM, Microsoft, NeXT, Texas Instruments and Xerox.
Aziz Virani
Mr. Virani recently retired from Accenture after more than 23 years working with the firm. During his time at Accenture, he held a number of operating roles in North America and globally. Mr. Virani was the global managing partner responsible for Accenture's systems integration and outsourcing practice in the Financial Services and Resources operating units. Prior to that, he was the client group managing partner for the Accenture's Financial Service practice on the US west coast. In addition to management roles, Mr. Virani consulted with numerous Financial Services clients in North America and Europe. Currently, he works with CEOs and management teams of early stage companies where he has investments, developing their corporate strategy, sales strategy, market positioning and fundraising.
Rick Galdi
Mr. Galdi is the President of Great Lakes Angels in Rochester, Michigan, and is a seasoned executive with over 22 years experience of running many successful enterprises including StarShowz Corp., which he co-founded in 1986 and still operates today. StarShowz is a media production company that accommodates internet content needs, and innovates media-rich family-oriented entertainment products. He applies a unique set of skills that combine a deep background in all facets of creative media production with the disciplines of accounting and finance. His work has earned numerous awards and accolades from top executives, print and TV media, and his peers. Additionally, Mr. Galdi is a Principal Member of Windfall Projectz LLC, and Investor/Board Member of Saleztrack LLC.
Register at http://cec.depaul.edu/calendar/2008/06/meet_the_angels_3.php.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Chicago makes the Olympics cut
-- Moto favors HP exec to head up cell unit: report
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
-- Jeff Willinger on Jared Goralnick's talk at Tech Cocktail conference
-- DePaul Coleman Center Awards
-- Larry Irwin, really nice guy
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The Scoop section:
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Chicago makes the Olympics cut
(Crain's) - Chicago's Olympics dreams are still alive.
That's the welcome - if expected - news from Athens, Greece, as the International Olympic Committee announced that Chicago is one of four finalists to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Windy City joins Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro on the short list of cities that have been found technically capable of hosting the 2016 games. All four cities have strong credentials, and the competition is likely to be close before a final decision is made in November 2009.
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Moto favors HP exec to head up cell unit: report
Reuters
June 4, 2008
Motorola is close to hiring a head for its soon-to-be-independent cellphone unit, with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Todd Bradley emerging as a favorite, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Bradley is one of two candidates still under consideration, the newspaper said. Talks are at a sensitive stage and could fall apart, it said, citing the people.
"I'm happy where I am, and I'm not planning to make any changes," the newspaper quoted Bradley as saying by phone on Tuesday night.
Motorola and HP did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Bradley could not immediately be reached.
Bradley has been with HP since 2005, and heads the company's personal systems group, which includes consumer PCs, mobile devices and TVs.
The other person on the shortlist is a telecommunications executive, the paper said. The identity of this person could not be established, it said.
Activist investor Carl Icahn has been lobbying for changes at Motorola , which has been suffering losses for more than a year.
The company, which invented the mobile phone, plans to spin off its cellphone unit next year.
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* Raally no time. I have to be in court at 11:45am. But at the MEF Monday night, one angel investor who had been approached by brokers at Advanced Equities told me that I saved him a lot of money by steering him clear of doing business with those guys and that is what makes this type of reporting worthwhile and a public service. So I plan to keep it up.
Some links that you might find of interest sent by gadfly in chief, Brian David Connolly.
-- FreeConomics Part II - or why your data is free but everywhere in chains - broadstuff
http://broadstuff.com/archives/999-FreeConomics-Part-II-or-why-your-data-is-free-but-everywhere-in-chains.html
-- Freeconomics Part I - or who is paying for your Free lunch?
http://broadstuff.com/index.php?serendipity[action]=search&serendipity[searchTerm]=chain
-- Bloggingheads: Are Blogs Bad for Us? | New York Times Video
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=98b4e5780bdd4c1675f34e3d811f1b3e2654ae83
-- http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ryucaps/Ryu_Melissa_Theuriau_13.jpg
http://www.fresh99.com/images/frenchnewsanchor/M-Theuriau-0154.jpg
Gee, how did that get in there? Compliments of Julian Pretto.
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Jeff Willinger on Jared Goralnick's talk at Tech Cocktail conference
Subject: article
Date: 6/2/2008 10:53:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: willingerj@gmail.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
I attended Jared Goralnick's breakout session at Tech Cocktail on tech shortcuts and productivity-getting the most out of your 8 hour work day. He started by saying purge some of your email accounts-he said having more than 2 can be counter productive. He mentioned www.mailinator.com and www.mailexpire.com as well as the 'inside' secret on your gmail account adding a plus sign-these are ways to avoid getting alot of spam if you are only supplying your email address for a special offer. I looked at all the options and they all appear to work, with adding a plus to your gmail account the easiest and best alternative.
He recommended www.jott.com and www.gotvoice.com also as time savers. Jared is a productivity evangelist according to his card. If you visit his two websites
www.awayfind.com
www.technotheory.com you will see his full bag of productivity and time saving tips. The audience was engaged throughout, as was I and plan on staying in touch with Jared.
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Jeff Willinger
312.622.2300
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DePaul Coleman Center Awards
http://cec.depaul.edu/news/2008_awards_gala_depaul_new_venture_challenge_winner_announced.php
The Coleman Entrepreneurship Center's 2008 Awards Gala and DePaul New Venture Challenge Finals took place Thursday, May 29 at the Union League Club of Chicago.
Congratulations to Commuter Advertising, winner of the 2008 DePaul New Venture Challenge! The team is led by Russell Gottesman (MBA), Katie Gottesman, and Scott McPherson. Commuter Advertising creates, manages, and sells relevant and entertaining advertising spots on trains and buses through partnerships with transit services. Commuter Advertising provides advertisers a new media to deliver marketing messages to targeted consumers at relevant locations along transit routes. In return for access to bus and train audio systems, Commuter Advertising shares revenue with budget-strapped transit agencies, relieving commuters of fare hikes and communities of tax increases.
DNVC FINALISTS
DQI USA
Goran Lukic, Candace Minjares (LAW), Marc Sallette
The mission of DQI USA is to provide the best metrics possible through which clients can assess how well buildings are designed, satisfying the requirements of governmental mandates and/or the requirements of private asset owners. The DQI is an online questionnaire that collects data from anyone with a vested interest in producing the best design possible for a building. These stakeholders respond to the DQI, and individual subjective perceptions are translated into objective measurable results via a proprietary algorithm tool.
Dynamic Engineered Industrial Products
John Baibak (MBA), Michael Kroha, Alan Wilson, Justin Wrzesinksi
Dynamic Engineered Industrial Products (DEIP) will provide replacement components for Mag-Drive pumps in the petroleum, chemical, and waste water industries. The highly engineered Mag-Drive pumps contain replaceable components that are required to be changed regularly. With growing environmental and safety regulations, this market segment is outpacing the conventional pump market. DEIP will provide a complete replacement solution that provides flexibility, value, and dependability to a market that is currently being underserved.
2008 Award Recipients
The Entrepreneurial Quest Awards
The Entrepreneurial Quest Awards are awarded to Coleman Entrepreneurship Center clients who have demonstrated extraordinary promise or performance in the launch, growth, or evolution of their ventures. Recipients of the 2008 Awards include:
Gaga's
sentiam
Tasty Catering
MarketPlace: Handwork of India
Dr. Harold P. Welsch Faculty Champion Award - Dr. Patrick J. Murphy
This award is presented to a faculty member whose passion and commitment to entrepreneurship have a lasting impacting on DePaul University students, faculty, and alumni.
Outstanding Entrepreneurial Student - Brian Fritton
This award is presented to a student whose entrepreneurial spirit, achievements, and advocacy are matched by a commitment to education and making a difference in society.
The Catalyst Award - Michael Hennessy, The Coleman Foundation
The Catalyst Award is presented to an organization or individual who has played a fundamental role in the success and growth of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center.
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Larry Irwin, really nice guy
From: Lindseykk@aol.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
Subject: larry irwin-fraud
Sent: Tue 6/3/2008 4:14 PM
i read your article about larry irwin and his efoora inc. connection.pretty ugly.
i belong to the ace club golf course in lafayette hills,pa. where larry irwin is a member also.he is not a very likable person .he makes inappropriate comments to the other members and staff; male & female, stares at you and works very hard to latch on to new members.i printed out the 2005 pennsylvania dept. of revenue tax evasion article. also went to the philadelphia board revision tax site to show that he purchased his luxurious home/life equities corp at 419 n. front st. for $102,080 in 12/04/2002.
this is not the lifestyle he portrays to be living at the club when bragging about his amazing life.
i so dislike people who are posers.any advice on how to deal with him when he makes annoying ,stupid comment's to me or my husband?
lindsey kramer
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