Brightscape - The Independent Investment Advisory Franchise.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Eric J. Weiss, President
info@brightscape.com
Brightscape Investment Centers, Inc.
9130 So. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1602
Pinecrest, FL 33156
Phone: (888) 888-0967
http://www.brightscape.com

Brightscape Launches Innovative Financial Services Franchise and Signs Up First Franchisee

Miami, FL -- November 18, 2003 -- Brightscape Investment Centers, Inc. today signed its first franchisee in Dallas, TX, one month after introducing this new concept. It consists of an upscale, turnkey financial services business that can be operated from a home office and requires no experience in the investment industry. For a mere $10-15,000 initial investment, Brightscape franchisees receive the use of proprietary software and back-office support to create personalized investment solutions for those millions of Americans whose portfolios are not substantive enough to interest the professional investment community.

Unlike other franchising concepts, Brightscape offers a system whereby franchisees are able to outsource core operational tasks to the franchisor. As a result, they operate with lower fixed costs and can focus on investors with portfolios less than $250,000, a population currently neglected by most financial services firms. According to the Investment Company Institute in their report, Equity Ownership in the U.S. 2002, approximately 50 million equity investors, with median equity holdings of $25-30,000, “did not rely on advice from a professional advisor in 2002.”

“We have gotten great interest in our franchise from across the country and currently have 10-15 applicants in the final stages of documentation,” says Eric Weiss, president of the Company. “Because of its turnkey and systematic approach a Brightscape franchise will appeal to people without a financial background as well as to financial professionals, working at national or regional brokerage houses, who desire to strike out on their own and take home a bigger percentage of what they produce.” Weiss notes that franchisees have the option of getting trained to pass the Series 65 (investment advisor) exam and act as a full-fledged investment advisor, or just focus on finding clients, whom the main office provides with personalized investment plans. With both options, franchisees receive extensive training in sales, financial management of their company and the investment industry.

One facet of the Brightscape system is the Company’s proprietary software Advice Manager, cited in January of 2003 as a “Best Technology of 2002” for financial advisors by MorningstarAdvisor.com. This software, for which the Company invested over $1 million to develop, decreases preparation and completion time of customized investment plans for clients. Brightscape has filed a patent application covering some of the software’s functionality (U.S. patent application 09/736,064).

Brightscape Investment Centers, Inc.’s co-founders, Eric J. Weiss and R. Dirk Peters, have over 25 years of financial and investment experience with Citibank and J. P. Morgan Chase. Previously, the Company advised international pension funds on asset allocation. As a Registered Investment Advisor the Company today offers investment advisory and consulting services to individual investors and 401(k) plan sponsors, respectively.

The company is rolling out the Brightscape franchise nationwide. More information on the company and how the franchise works is available at http://www.brightscape.com.

Phone: (888) 888-0967

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