"Studies have shown that,
historically, women entrepreneurs have more difficulty raising capital from traditional sources
than men," says Timothy Hogan, CEO of Commonwealth Capital Advisors, an investment banking advisory
firm.

Statistics show that while women start new businesses twice as often as men, they
receive only 2 percent of America's venture capital. Women own 36 percent of the nation's
businesses but receive only 22 percent of small-business loans.

Some businesses are
working to create services that will help the growing number of female-owned businesses raise the
capital they need to succeed. For example, Commonwealth Capital Advisors has created its Financial
Architect software, which makes capital-raising tools, like private placement or limited public
securities offerings, for business owners who would normally struggle to access traditional forms
of financing.

"Women entrepreneurs and business owners no longer have to rely on the 'old
boys' network for capital obtained from traditional financial institutions, such as venture
capitalist and investment banks," says Hogan. "With a direct offering of securities, they avoid the
need to be 'qualified' by traditional sources of venture capital."

The Financial Architect
software helps to quickly and inexpensively produce a "Marketable Deal Structure" and the required
securities-offering document. Management teams can raise capital from friends, family and
professional contacts, as well as accredited investors and smaller financial institutions.

Women should raise ample seed capital to launch a larger development or
expansion-capital-raising effort successfully. According to Hogan, "this process has become far
more affordable because these entrepreneurs can complete the required documents with the use of
Financial Architect, for legal counsel review, at a fraction of the traditional costs."

To
learn how you can raise capital with this new patent-pending system and download a

complementary copy of the abridged edition e-Book entitled "The Secrets of Wall Street -;
Raising Capital for Start-up and Early Stage Companies," visit www.CommonwealthCapital.com
and enter promotional code 1492.