We are so grateful to the women, many speaking at today's conference, who continue to raise glass ceilings and inspire new generations. It is NowStreet’s sincere hope that events like this empower more women to launch businesses and embark on careers in finance. With women playing a more integral role in the nation’s economy, America will undoubtedly prosper once more.

1. Presents:
Women Transforming Our Financial
Markets Symposium
December 11, 2012, NYC
There has never been a more favorable climate for America’s women to
launch new businesses and maximize investment returns
HASHTAG: #NOWSTREETWOMEN

3. DEDICATION
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― ANNE FRANK, WRITER
“Today’s event is dedicated to a true inspiration whose impact on the world was not measured by the dollars she earned or by the
career milestones she passed. Rather, her success was defined by her steadfast resolve, her courage to question and her will
to seek answers. She possessed an extraordinary ability to find hope through adversity and seize strength in times of
uncertainty. During an age when women were subservient, she exuded independence. She proved that you didn’t need an
abundance of wealth, testosterone or even a youthful mind and body to put your dreams into action, as many of hers were
fulfilled in her later years. After being hampered in her youth, she went on to put herself through college in her sixties and
travel the world in her seventies.
This remarkable woman was my Grandma Annie (1917 – 2011). Although she never invented or funded a world-changing product,
she motivated me to work hard, value knowledge and persevere. Most importantly, she inspired me to follow my dreams –
no matter how far out of grasp they were. Had it not been for her admirable example of fortitude, we wouldn’t be gathered
here today and potentially forming that one magical connection culminating in the next earth-altering invention. So perhaps
in some grand universal plan, through the visionaries assembled in this room, Ann Rosenberg leaves her true mark on the
world.”
– Dara Albright, Event Producer

4. Markets have become
dysfunctional

5. “Men gamble, Women shop”
– Lisa Thompson, Research Analyst

6. Electronic Playground For High
Frequency Traders

7. $$$$
$$ $$
$$$$$$
THE CURRENT FLOW OF
CAPITAL
CIRCLE OF “BIG”

8. Traditional Sources of Small
Business Capital are no longer
viable options

9. Conventional Asset Classes are no
longer viable investment options
• DJIA 2011 performance: +5.5%
• Nasdaq 2011 performance: -1.8%
• S&P 2011 performance: FLAT
• S&P Average Annual Return 1990 – 1999: 19%
• S&P Average Annual Return 2000 – 2009: 1%
• Current yield on a 10 yr T-Note: 1.57%
• Savings account interest: 1% (high-end)
• Average yield on a junk bond: 6.95%
• 2011 Inflation Rate: 3.2%

10. Stupid rules that don’t allow these
guys to meet
Yield Starved Investors Hungry Entrepreneurs

12. MSFT HISTORIC CHART
Where the
investing
public had
the
opportunity
to invest
99% of Microsoft’s
appreciation was realized
AFTER it had gone public!

13. •All IPO’d well under $1B in market cap (average: $217M)
•Average raise at IPO: $37M
•Combined market cap today in excess three quarters of a trillion dollars
•Average 44,443% in investor appreciation
•Employ over 500,000 individuals (532,860 as of February 2012)
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $123M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $52M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $188M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $226M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $519M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $58M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $165M
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $438M

14. Flawed Market Structure Exacerbating the Great Wealth Divide

15. Facing a retirement crisis of
unimaginable proportions

17. Venture Markets
The new black

18. Where Growth Lives Today
PRIVATE COMPANY VS. PUBLIC COMPANY GROWTH IN 2011
-10%
90%
190%
290%
390%
490%
590%
PCM NASDAQ

19. The Social & Mobile Revolution
Fueling the Next Economic Expansion
DJIA +657%
DJIA +517%
NASDAQ
+629%

20. Days It Took To Reach 50M Users
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
13870
4645
1460 1325
88 21

21. • Like the important human eras that have come before,
such as the Stone Age that lasted 3.4 million years, the
Iron Age or the Industrial Age, the Internet Age will
transform society and the economy for hundreds of
years to come.
• With more than 2 billion Internet users globally (and
almost 1 billion on Facebook alone), the Internet is the
most disruptive technology in the history of the world.
-American Revolution 2.0, white paper by GSV Asset Management

22. “Every two days there is more
information being created
than between the dawn of
civilization and 2003.“- Google CEO Eric Schmidt

23. “Amount of global digital
information created and
shared – from documents to
pictures to tweets – grew 9X in
five years to nearly 2
zettabytes.“- IDC
1 zettabyte = a trillion gigabytes

24. The Democratization of Wall Street
Direct
Registration
Online IPOs
Dutch Auction IPOs
Online Angel
networks & Private
Company
Secondary
Exchanges
CROWDFUNDING

25. Investing is about to become a lot more
meaningful

26. Women continue to play a more
integral role in the nation’s economy

27. “Statistics Offer No Solace To Those in
Jobless Line”
– NY Times February 13, 1994
“New Data Suggest Slow Economic Growth”
– NY Times July 2, 1994
“More Hints Of Economic Slowdown”
- NY Times August 31, 1994
“Pessimism Takes Hold On Wall St.”
- NY Times September 22, 1994
DON’T BELIEVE THE GRIM HEADLINES

28. Historic Regulatory Reform
Women rising & creating a
new investing culture
that fosters economic growth
and social consciousness
Unprecedented
innovation
New Era of Mass Communications
Untarnished private growth markets
supporting smaller issuers

29. New Legislation
New Markets
New Opportunities
Dara Albright, Founder of NowStreet
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www.nowstreetjournal.com
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