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SC 13G, 1999-12-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  SCHEDULE 13G


             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                 Spyglass, Inc.
                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                    852192103
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                November 30, 1999
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

 [ ]  Rule 13d-1(b)
 [ ]  Rule 13d-1(c)
 [ ]  Rule 13d-1(d)


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 852192103                                           Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1)         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

           Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
           13-3174112
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2)         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP          (a)  [ ]

                                                                     (b)  [ ]
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3)         SEC USE ONLY

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4)         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           New York
           NUMBER                    5)    SOLE VOTING POWER
           OF                              40,000
           SHARES                 ----------------------------------------------
           BENEFICIALLY              6)    SHARED VOTING POWER
           OWNED BY                        None
           EACH                   ----------------------------------------------
           REPORTING                 7)    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
           PERSON                          None
           WITH                   ----------------------------------------------
                                     8)    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                           1,007,850
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9)         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           1,007,850
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10)        CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

                                                                  [ ]
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11)        PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

           5.4%
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12)        TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

           BD
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                                  Schedule 13G

Item 1(a).        Name of Issuer:

Spyglass, Inc.

Item 1(b).        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

1240 East Diehl Road
Fourth Floor d
Napperville, Illinois  60563

Item 2(a).        Name of Person Filing:

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC

Item 2(b).        Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

1775 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY  10019

Item 2(c).        Citizenship:

New York

Item 2(d).        Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e).        CUSIP Number:

852192103

Item 3.           If this statement is filed pursuant  toss.ss.240.13d-1(b),  or
                  240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

                  (a) [X]  Broker or Dealer  Registered  Under Section 15 of the
                           Act (15 U.S.C. 78o)

                  (b) [ ]  Bank as  defined  in  section  3(a)(6) of the Act (15
                           U.S.C. 78c)

                  (c) [ ]  Insurance  Company as defined in section  3(a)(19) of
                           the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

                  (d) [ ]  Investment  Company registered under section 8 of the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

                  (e) [ ]  Investment    Adviser   in   accordance    with   ss.
                           240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

                  (f) [ ]  Employee  benefit plan or  endowment  fund in
                           accordance with ss. 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

                  (g) [ ] Parent  Holding  Company or control  person in
                           accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

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                  (h) [ ]  Savings  Association as defined in ss.3(b) of
                           the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

                  (i) [ ]  Church plan that is excluded  from the  definition of
                           an  investment   company  under  ss.3(c)(15)  of  the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

                  (j) [ ]  Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(J)

Item 4.           Ownership.

                  (a)      Amount beneficially owned:  1,007,850

                  (b)      Percent of class:  6.1%

                  (c)      Number of shares as to which such person has:

                           (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: None

                           (ii)   Shared  power to vote or to  direct  the vote:
                                  None

                           (iii)  Sole   power  to  dispose  or  to  direct  the
                                  disposition of: None

                           (iv)   Shared  power  to  dispose  or to  direct  the
                                  disposition of: 1,007,850

The shares  reported  include  1,004,850  shares held in customer  accounts over
which  members  and/or  employees  of the  Reporting  Person have  discretionary
authority  to dispose  of or direct the  disposition  of the  shares,  and 3,000
shares held in accounts owned by the partners of the Reporting  Person and their
families.

Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not applicable

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

         The owners of the accounts (including the Profit-Sharing Plan) in which
the shares  reported on this  Schedule are held have the right to receive or the
power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of,
such securities.

Item 7.  Identification  and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
         Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable


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Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable

Item 10. Certification.

         By  signing  below I  certify  that,  to the best of my  knowledge  and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of
business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of
changing or  influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities and were
not acquired in connection  with or as a participant in any  transaction  having
such purposes or effect.

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                                    SIGNATURE


             After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best  knowledge and belief of
the  undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in
this Statement is true, complete and correct.


                                                       December 10, 1999
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                                                              Date


                                                       /s/ Walter Weadock
                                                       ------------------------
                                                            Signature


                                                       Walter Weadock, Member
                                                       ------------------------
                                                            Name/Title

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