JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS

International, Inc.

Presents"JVP"

"Because it is there."
George Leigh Mallory (1886-1924),
when asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest

Joint - adj. - united in action or interest; dovetailed. There are few enterprises in life accomplished alone. One has the vision; another, the capital. One has the manufacturing capacity; another, the distribution network. Even the purest of entrepreneurs cannot succeed without investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, and distributors. For every need, there is a fulfillment. Fortunes are made when one meets the other. That, in a nutshell, is the charter of Joint Venture Partners.

The totally vertically integrated company has become virtually a thing of the past. Few corporations have the in-house capability, let alone the resources, to conceive, develop, manufacture, distribute, and service all of their products. Indeed, even in those rare corporations in which such capability exists, few practice it anymore if only because of the need, brought about by the intensity of competition and the rapidity of change, to get products to the market far more rapidly.

The difficulty lies, of course, in the search. The one with the vision must find the one with the capital; the one with the manufacturing capacity must find the one with the distribution network. Few are expert in the search, let alone the timing. Joint Venture Partners is a repository of timely opportunities, whether yours is a problem (that bright idea) in search of a solution (the needed funds) or a solution (investment money) in search of a problem (investment opportunity).

Let JVP "join" you to the domestic or the international partner(s) that's right for you.

"Nought venture nought have."
John Heywood (c.1497-c.1580), Proverbs

Venture - n. - a risky or dangerous undertaking. Just as there is no adventure in life without venture, so also there is no reward without risk. When Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, were successful in scaling Mount Everest in 1953, their reward was a singular place in history. When H. Ross Perot invested his entire life savings in an unproved concept, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), his reward was a multi-billion dollar net worth. Really good ideas are often risky ideas, yet the greatest component of risk is usually the unknown. Joint Venture Partners exists to balance risk with reward, to minimize the unknown.

Billions of dollars are being invested annually in U.S.-based ventures for one simple reason: they're are good investments. Investors from all over the world have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States, and these investments are growing by tens of billions of dollars each year. The business relationships and partnerships being created are synergistic; all parties benefit and all countries benefit, a situation often described as "win-win". JVP creates win-win business relationships and partnerships for win-win ventures. We've put together joint ventures ranging from real estate to technology transfers to international strategic alliances to domestic or offshore debt and/or equity financing.

"Nothing venture, nothing win."
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), Iolanthe, act II

Partners - pl. n. - sharers, participators, partakers, associates with others in the same enterprise, sharing with them its profits and risks. Think for a moment about the world around you. From matrimony to manufacturing, from investments to involvement's, partnering has become the name of the game. Any partnership is based on expectations, and their fulfillment (profitability) involves an element of risk. Failed partnerships, whether personal or corporate, usually derive from one or more participants' losing sight of the "same enterprise" focus. Selfish interests, like politics, make strange bedfellows.

No matter how well defined your business plan, and no matter how thoroughly you may have characterized the partner you are seeking, finding that partner can come perilously close to seeking the proverbial "needle in a haystack." One can be just as blinded by a balance sheet as one can by beauty. The difficulty of finding a compatible business partner is exacerbated by the fact that all such ventures tend to "exaggerate the positive and eliminate the negative," both in their speech and in their pro-forma.

And therein lies our raison d'être. We are experts in locating, rating, and representing potential partners. We know how to get beyond the hype and into the heart of a matter. Because your best interests are our best interests, we have no incentive to introduce potential incompatibles. We dig below the surface so you can rise above it.

In other words, we're part and parcel of the relationships we create.

"For he that naught n'assaieth, naught n'acheveth."
Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343 - 1400), Troilus and Criseyde, book V

International - adj. - between or among nations. In just one generation, the world of business enterprise has been transformed from one characterized by insularity to one of international and multinational focus. Entire economies have become dependent on exports or imports, and balance-of-trade statistics have become the mathematics of the 1990s and beyond. Whether viewed as favorable or unfavorable is a moot point; the reality is that the expansion of business has resulted in the shrinking of the globe. To remain insular is to become noncompetitive.

"And so each venture is a new beginning . . ."
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), East Coker

Jay Dee Shiverdaker (1939- ),
President and CEO, Joint Venture Partners International, Inc.

JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS International, Inc. ("JVP") is a privately owned U.S.-based investment banking and corporate finance advisory firm providing small and mid-size private and public companies with merger, acquisition, divestiture, capital placement, corporate development and corporate finance services. In addition, JVP offers commercial real estate and management consulting services. We focus on developing successful relationships between U.S. companies, investors and compatible domestic and foreign entities. Our objective is to achieve long-term appreciation for all parties. We maximize domestic and foreign business opportunities and management consulting services through our Corporate Development Group and real estate services through our Commercial Real Estate Services associates.

Our network of professional associates worldwide provides a wide range of services for investors and businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Our principals and associates have broad, direct, domestic and international business experience in various industries and disciplines.

As a result, JVP has the entrepreneurial approach to business that is necessary in today's competitive domestic and international market place. We are highly qualified to work with domestic and international companies and investors to achieve their business goals. We are particularly interested in assisting established businesses meet the challenges encountered due to reengineering requirements, at critical growth stages, and during international expansion. Therefore, companies and investors may benefit from participating in one or more of our organizational management programs by enlisting one or more of our services.

The market for JVP services is unlimited. There will always be U.S. companies and investors, with corporate matters to address and investments to manage. The demand is there - just waiting to be fulfilled.The prospect for JVP services is the CEO lacking good management and financial information. It's the executive who sees the cost of development, manufacturing, marketing or distribution as being too expensive. It's the CFO wanting to maximize ROI while minimizing costs. It's the guy on the ninth tee that heard about JVP from his golfing partner, the real estate investor who got better representation and management for his commercial real estate project. It's the high technology company in Silicon Valley, the Boston Route 128 area, Austin, Texas, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany or elsewhere who wants to be more competitive than its competitors. It's the disgruntled corporate executive, private business owner or investor who prefers the hands-on, personal involvement and cost effectiveness of JVP. It’s the CEO who wants to take his company "Public" but is concerned about dealing with the multitude of Wall Street Investment Bankers. And, it's the guy who knows he has turnaround problems but needs someone to tell him what they are and what can be done about them.

Its sometimes-called "peace of mind," which is something that most executives don’t get a whole lot of nowadays. And, if you understand that dichotomy, you understand the raison d’être for JVP.

Our Clients

In many respects, we wish this discussion could be about our clients. As they succeed, so do we. We know the only good reason to retain a firm such as JVP is so that you can achieve your personal and business goals and objectives. And, to be of service, our associates and we must add value to your activity or company. Furthermore, we operate within the competitive personal service industries, and serving your needs in a cost-effective manner is our primary objective. Commenting on our contributions to our clients' specific successes would probably be the best way to promote our achievements.

However, our client list and their specific engagements are, by agreement, confidential. Nonetheless, it is an impressive and growing list. Chances are that whenever you have a meal, drink a beverage, use a perfume or after shave lotion, make a telephone call, use your computer, surf the Internet, recover from a heart attack, stroke or trauma, buy or sell certain stocks or bonds, watch a motion picture or television program, play golf at a resort, live in an apartment house, work in a high rise building, you may be using products or services of some of our clients.

Whatever you’re needs, large or small, your business is important to us. We've never forgotten our humble origins or the formula for success that has allowed us to grow. Our objective is to meet or exceed your expectations every time and in the most cost-effective way possible.

The Concept of Minimalism

Success, like beauty, is not infrequently in the eyes of the beholder. For every person who applies the profitability yardstick as the measure of success, there's another who is equally impressed by the size of corporate headquarters, the number of employees, or the performance of the stock. Indeed, it could be argued that the measure of success will legitimately vary from person to person, if only because the nature and longevity of goals vary.

In evaluating competing alternatives, size alone may be the most misleading of indicators. American business is replete with examples of corporate failures, and the failure of a giant corporation is often far more economically and pervasively devastating than the failure of a small enterprise. By definition, the larger a corporation grows, the less nimble it becomes. Accordingly, while in good times the large corporation is more likely to be capable of creating market conditions, in bad times it is far less capable of reacting to market conditions. It's called inertia. A small P-T boat can turn around virtually within its own length; a large aircraft carrier requires five miles or more to accomplish the same maneuver.

Envision, if you will, a theoretical "zero overhead" corporation. It has virtually no employees, pays almost no unemployment insurance, occupies no chrome-and-glass tower, funds minimal fringe benefits, and coddles no fragile egos. But, it's there when you want it, seven days, twenty-four hours, and it's totally user-friendly. Think of it as the corporate equivalent to harnessing the power of the atom. Small is beautiful!

Telecommuting

The most creative and lowest cost business application solutions being created today originate in thousands of dens and rec. rooms all over the world. The Bill Gates', Mitch Kapors, Lawrence Ellisons, Steve Wosniaks and Steve Jobs' of today were computer nerds in their yesterdays. As their concepts took shape in their minds, they had the foresight to "network" with pals of similar interests and dissimilar skills, and out of this improbable melange arose the likes of Microsoft, Lotus, Oracle, and Apple Computer.Imagine, then, an organization made up of a small but select cadre of international consultants, lawyers, accountants, financial, marketing and securities professionals representing a broad array of disciplines and a vast amount of knowledge and experience. Either individual or team talents or both can be brought to bear on any client project. The manpower needed is just a phone call away, not down at the end of the hall or tied up in a meeting or on an airplane. Think of it as a well-organized, high-tech corporate P-T boat. What you need is what you get, and the promise is backed up by performance and contractual clauses that would satisfy even the most jaundiced of critics.JVP is the embodiment of this new mentality in the international investment banking, corporate finance and financial services world. It sees minimalism as the means to maximalist ends. Tele commuting, in this context, the virtual replacement of employees with selected contractual talent translates into lower cost, greater flexibility, and higher productivity. The uninitiated executive may, at first exposure, find the zero-overhead concept mind-boggling. If you're looking for big buildings, lengthy payrolls, and lavish company cars, you won't find them here. If, on the other hand, you're looking for high quality service, prompt response and turn around, the highest professional standards and an introduction to the domestic and to the international financial markets) read on!Our Web Site awaits you. Visit often, it grows and changes frequently.Most sincerely yours,

Jay Dee Shiverdaker

President & CEO