Nick Glassman

Founded in 1939, Scotia Capital, Inc. is a full-service financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is a subsidiary of the Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) Their global operations are divided into two primary business units: (1) global corporate and investment banking and (2) global capital markets.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.

Home Franchise Concepts LLC operates as home service franchisor. Its brands include Budget Blinds, Tailored Living, and Concrete Craft. The company was founded by Chad Hallock, Todd Jackson, Brent Hallock, Tony Forbes, John Kostro, Dan Lightner, and David Lewis in 1992 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

3 Day Blinds Corp. manufactures and installs window treatments and coverings. Its products include wood blinds, faux woods, mini blinds, honeycomb, roman shades, and roller shades. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Bally International AG designs and manufactures footwear and other related products. It offers shoes, handbags, clothing and accessories for men, women and children. The company is headquartered in Caslano, Switzerland.

Bally Schuhfabriken AG designs, manufactures and markets shoes as well as luxury bags for both men and women. The firm's products include accessories such as briefcases, handbags, neckwear, scarves and apparel. The firm operates stores and online shopping platforms under the brand name BALLY. It has offices in Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine. The company was founded in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally and is located in Caslano, Switzerland.

Part of Bally Schuhfabriken AG, Bally North America, Inc. operates shoe stores. The company is based in New York, NY.

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. engages in discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs for metabolic diseases using the proprietary technology and the knowledge of processes and pathways within the liver that are useful for liver-selective drug targeting and treatment of metabolic diseases. Metabasis was incorporated in April 1997 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

MSNBC Cable LLC provides news services. Its news programs include breaking news, opinion programs, and news features. The company's programs include Hardball with Chris Matthews, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and Headliners & Legends. The firm was founded in 1996 and is located in Secaucus, NJ.

Founded in 2008, Odeon Capital Group LLC is an independent full-service broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides advice and execution on fundamental value and catalyst-driven situations through sales and trading, research, investment banking and asset management services. Odeon Capital Group provides services related to fixed-income securities including corporate securities, ABS, RMBS, Auction Rate securities and other structured products. The firm serves institutional clients. Odeon Capital Group is a member of FINRA, the SIPC and the MSRB. Odeon Capital Group has expertise in both traditional and esoteric assets. The firm has placed both large and small volume transactions in every asset class. They seek to maximize value for their clients through in-depth analyses of sectors, asset classes and individual securities that are hard to value or trade. The firm's Structured Products and Corporate Groups focus on institutional sales, trading and analytics of secondary structured products, esoteric assets and special situations.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.

Recycling Enterprises, Inc. provides highways, street, and bridge construction services. The private company is based in Towanda, KS, and has subsidiaries in the United States.

TechnoServe, Inc. provides business and market based solutions that can break the cycle of poverty in developing countries. It focuses on developing entrepreneurs, building businesses and industries and improving the business environment. The company was founded by Edward P. Bullard in 1968 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Basho Technologies, Inc. develops non structured query language (NoSQL) database technology. It offers Riak, an open-source distributed database used to power scalable, data-intensive web, mobile, and e-commerce applications; and Riak CS, an open source storage software built on top of Riak that can be used to build public or private clouds, or as storage to power applications and services. The company was founded by Earl P. Galleher, Jeffrey M. Hoffman and Antony P. Falco in January 2008 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

KMF Audio, Inc. designs stereo microphones. Its microphones are used in recording of music, speech, and ambiences. The company was founded by Kent M. Fuqua and Daniel T. Atkinson and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

TipCity, Inc. operates an online, mobile, and social media platform that matches diners with restaurant deals. The private company is based in San Diego, CA.