Entrepreneurs Raise Capital From Individuals Rather Than Institutions With Inexpensive Software Tools -- Converting Business Plans into securities offering documents now simplified

CHICAGO (November 13, 2006) – JIAN, Inc., a developer of software planning tools for business owners, and Commonwealth Capital Advisors (CCA), an investment banking advisory firm, announced today that the companies have formed a strategic alliance. They will now offer each firm's software tools designed for raising capital for start-up and early-stage companies. JIAN's Biz Plan Builder® helps entrepreneurs develop a professional business plan quickly and efficiently.

Commonwealth Capital Advisors' patent-pending Financial Architect System™ teaches entrepreneurs and business owners how to raise substantial amounts of capital without the need to give up too much equity too soon in the process. JIAN's Biz Plan Builder® dovetails perfectly with CCA's Capitalization Planner™ and Private Placement Producer™ software template module. An entrepreneur can easily take the results from the Biz Plan Builder® program and convert their business plan into a securities offering document to legally solicit and sell securities.

"I read the quote on JIAN's web site, 'While the ninja is a master of the martial arts, the 'Jian' is a master of every art ...' I instantly felt we had found our corporate soul mate," stated Timothy Daniel Hogan, CEO of Commonwealth and author of the book, "The Secrets of Wall Street - Raising Capital for Start-Up and Early Stage Companies."

"When we learned that three of our Managing Directors have used JIAN Biz Plan Builder® to serve their clients with outstanding success in the past and then discovered PC WORLD rated Biz Plan Builder® its BEST BUY because it cuts through the complexity of developing a plan and helps you produce slick-looking results - 'Its exhaustive template walks you through every step from cover letter to appendix, with plenty of samples ... Biz Plan Builder® also offers a better collection of financial tables, ratios, and projections than any competition' - we gave Burke Franklin a call," states Charles D. Dreher, Commonwealth's Executive Vice President.

"JIAN's strength is our focus on the realities of our customers' situations and needs - rather than getting caught up too far in the technology of software. All JIAN software has been developed and used by hands-on business professionals with successful real-world business experience," stated Burke Franklin, CEO of JIAN (http://www.jian.com). "This gives each product its practical nature and emphasizes getting the job done (vs. just teaching how to do it). Commonwealth shares this strategy and is demonstrating this in particular with their new Financial Architect System™," he added.

To learn about all the software programs, obtain a complimentary copy of the book above in e-book format or to learn how to create and sell your own companies securities offering document, visit their web site at http://www.CommonwealthCapital.com/members/4750.

Contact: Charles Dreher
Executive Vice President
(312) 540-1938
cdreher@commonwealthcapital.com