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PRESS RELEASE

Lucy Marcus speaks on Building Businesses in Uncertain Times

Contact: Janice Cartwright
jcartwright@guidancecow.com
Date: February 26, 2002

On Tuesday Apri1 9, 2002, the Guidance Corporation will host a Business Luncheon at the Down Town Association, 60 Pine Street, New York, New York. Lucy P. Marcus, founder and CEO of both Marcus Venture Consulting and HighTech Women, will be the guest speaker.

An advisor to organizations all over the world, Ms. Marcus will speak on the subject of "Building Businesses in Uncertain Times", As the CEO of Marcus Venture Consulting (www.marcusventures.com), Ms. Marcus consults to venture capital and private equity funds, as well as those investing in private equity funds, advising them on the creation and implementation of strong foundations for their funding efforts. In March 2000, she founded HighTech Women (www.hightech-women.com), an on and off line mentoring and meeting place for women in technology-related businesses. Born from a single e-mail, the forum now boasts over 2,500 members worldwide.

Ms. Marcus' success has not gone unnoticed. Selected by the World Economic Forum as one of their Global Leaders for Tomorrow, she was earmarked as a 'face to watch' by Management Today Magazine in their list of Britain's 50 Most Powerful Women, and profiled as an "Straight Talking Outspoken Maverick" in the Financial Times, and is frequently quoted in the press, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and CNBC.

A captivating and astute speaker on global economic trends and best practices for investment, private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and technology in the U.S., Europe, Israel, Ms. Marcus has spoken at a wide variety of prestigious summits including the World Economic Forum' s European Economic Summit. An expert on business and finance, and both the new and the old economy, she has been recognized as being successfully at the forefront of predicting market trends and conditions for several years running. Ms. Marcus helps to identify and tackle the most important questions that need to be answered in the ever-changing economic landscape, working closely with key players to assess the business landscape and find the answer to "What market am I in? How will I win?", always getting to the root of an issue, understanding it and finding ways to deal with it.

The Guidance Corporation is pleased to sponsor this event with Ms. Marcus as its keynote speaker. Guidance was founded on a dedication to professionalism, ethics, enthusiasm, diversity, and honesty. It has had a proud tradition since 1988 of providing staffing services at all levels, from administrative through executive, whether temporary, consulting or permanent. The company conducts targeted searches on a nationwide basis to find the perfect personnel for any industry , including banking, hospitality, medical, technical, accounting, marketing, fashion or publishing. Guidance has other offices in Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; and Tampa, Florida.