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PAVING A NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TSL’S CAPITAL RE FORMATION & CROWDFUNDING FORUM New York, NY May 17, 2012 HASHTAG FOR YOU TWEETERS: #TSLCCAC.
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PAVING A NEW PATH TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TSL’S CAPITAL REFORMATION & CROWDFUNDING FORUM New York, NY May 17, 2012 HASHTAG FOR YOU TWEETERS: #TSLCCAC
“It is time to lead. This doesn’t need to be the sunset on the American Era. We can make it the dawn of the next great century for America. The only way China ever catches us is because we let them.” ― DAVID WEILD, former Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market AND FREQUENT TSL SPEAKER
DEDICATION Today’s event is dedicated to our speakers who continue to enlighten us with their wisdom and inspire us with their deep commitment to rectifying America’s capital markets.
Support System Receptive Investor pool Small Cap Analysts Boutique Investment Bankers Supportive Small Cap Marketplace Institutional & Retail Sales force Market Makers willing to risk their own capital
MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $438M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $58M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $123M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $165M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $52M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $188M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $519M MKT. VALUE AT IPO: $226M • 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) • Laid the groundwork for the next evolution of technological innovation
PROGRAM TRADERS • PIPE FUNDS • SUPERSIZED BANKING CONGLOMERATES • LARGE CAPS WITH LIMITED GROWTH LEFT • MASSIVE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
THE CURRENT FLOW OF CAPITALCIRCLE OF “BIG” $$$$ $$ $$ $$$$$$
APRIL 5, 2012 THE DAY THE CAPITAL MARKETS WERE FOREVER ALTERED
Take Everything you know about Wall Street and throw it out the window
$$$$ PROGRAM TRADERS PIPES
The Private Markets The new black
CAPITAL REFORMATION Repaving The Path to Capital - brick by brick
The Rules Are Changing • The Crowdfund Act • The removal of the solicitation ban • Increased shareholder threshold from 500 to 2,000 • Raising the Regulation A Exemption Ceiling from $5M to $50M
“Every two days there is more information being created than between the dawn of civilization and 2003.“- Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Innovation in Mass Media Catalyst for Stock Market Growth NASDAQ +629% DJIA +517% DJIA +657%
Our Stock Markets Are TransformingPRIVATE COMPANY VS. PUBLIC COMPANY GROWTH IN 2011
INVESTING BEHAVIORS ARE SHIFTING The past 12 years The 1700s The 1920s The 1950s The 1980s The 1990s Tomorrow “I’m investing in Government bonds because I am patriotic and there are really no other options” “I’m buying any stock I can on 10% margin” “I only invest in mutual funds, Daddy-o” “I only invest in SURE THINGS and I only speak on BIG cell phones” “I’m trading dotcoms, baby!” “I just locked in a 300% return on ACDC and I have no idea what the company does!” “I am investing to help my community and the equity kicker may just send my kid to college!”
The Regulatory Environment is Transitioning Via Social Media outlets, “the crowd” was able to detect the fraud within 2 days No investor money was lost
THE GRIM HEADLINES “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
Friendly Legislation Next phase of mass communications A rapidly expanding, small-cap supportive, untarnished growth marketplace 20/20 Hindsight A hungry crowd eager for change
The Rising Private Markets • Collaborative Markets • Balanced Markets • Pure Growth Markets • Better Markets Dara Albright, Founder of NowStreet LLC and Co-founder of The SoHo Loft Http://nowstreetjournal.com dsa@nowstreetmedia.com @thenextstreet
Where to go for data Crowdfunding Industry Report: http://www.crowdsourcing.org/research Industry Organizations: • http://cfira.org • http://crowdfundingprofessional.org/