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A New Star Emerges

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Seattle, WA –September 10, 2006 — Many new and resourceful companies have been spawned out of the energizing universe we call the Internet. Some have been merely fads and have seen short-lived fame, while others have evolved to revolutionize how businesses operate and prosper.

A new young star is emerging as a strong contender in the sphere of web-based software, corporate identity, and eCommerce development – Synapse Corporate Solutions (Synapse.CS) headquartered in Seattle Washington. (www.synapsecs.com)

Synapse.CS is the brainstorm of two young Washington-grown entrepreneurs, Mark Michael and Daniel Rust, both in their early twenties. In less than a year they have emerged to gain increasing notoriety in the business world, currently supporting over 38 Northwest businesses with the number growing each month.

Their web development and corporate branding has assisted many business in growing from one or two-person operations to requiring a full staff to handle the new business they have acquired. Many initially designed by Arestia Design Studios, Mark and Daniel’s corporate identity company that officially merged with Synapse.CS in July of this year.

Synapse, their premier web-based business software solution, is revolutionizing how businesses manage their websites, product offerings, customers, vendors, marketing, and overall business operations. SynapseWine, an industry customized variation of the Synapse software, specifically addresses the unique needs of the Winery and Wine Distribution Industries.

Earlier this month, they launched BuyersVine.com, a free service allowing wineries to creatively promote their wines and making it easy for consumers to locate the perfect wine using advanced Web 2.0 technologies. SynapseLife, another innovation of the duo is expected to be launched by forth quarter 2006. As you can see, Mark and Daniel have been busy indeed.

It is no wonder that many businesses operating across a variety of industries have taken advantage of what these young businessmen have to offer. The following is just a partial listing of industries they have supported and the corporate identities and eCommerce websites they have designed, many with a Synapse Software Solution backend supporting their overall business operations.

Wineries and Wine Distribution
Vinado.com (www.vinado.com);
BuyersVine.com (www.buyersvine.com);
and Kestrel Vintners (www.kestrelwines.com)

Travel Industry
Tropical Travel Net (www.tropicaltravel.net);
and OneTripOneCost (www.onetriponecost.com)

Power & Energy Consulting
Athena Institute and Smart+Green (www.athenacompany.com)

Financial Services
Asplund Financial Group (www.asplundfinancial.com);
and Intraspect Financial (www.intraspectfinancial.com)

Vehicle Parts & Service
All-Star Auto Glass (www.callallstar.com);
and Heath Diesel Power (www.heathdiesel.com)

Home & Condo Sales & Management
Seattle Rental Group (www.seattlerentalgroup.com);
and National Housing Solutions (ETA end of third quarter 2006)

Internet Community Projects
ZoeCity (ZoeCity)

Commercial Marine Sales & Service
Trans Marine Propulsion Systems (www.transmarine.org)

Military & Commercial Research & Development
Conquest Innovations (www.conquestinnovations.org)

Driver’s Education and Services
Dynasty Driving School (www.dynastydriving.com);
and DrivingStatus.com (ETA third quarter 2006)

Medical, Dental & Personal Care Services
Bella Tu Laser & Skin (www.bellatuskinandlaser.com);
Dr. Timothy Butson (www.drbutson.com);
and Seven Salon (www.7salon.com)

Publication Industry
Northwest Business Monthly Magazine (Synapse web-based software backend only)

General Product Sales
Gift Horse Basket Company (www.gifthorsebasketco.com)

The Possibilities are Unlimited! To find out more of what Synapse has to offer, visit their website at www.synapsecs.com, or call 206-441-4399.

For Further Study

All Cylinders Firing at Seattle’s Synapse - The Seattle Times Newspaper article published on the front page of the Business Technology section, May 22, 2006
(All cylinders firing at Seattle’s Synapse)

New Web Site Cheered by Wine Lovers – TriCity Herald Newspaper article published on the front page of the Business section July 29th, 2006
(New web site cheered by wine lovers)

Synapse Featured on NBC Local News – KNDU News Broadcast of August 14, 2006
(Richland graduates launch web sites)
Click on “Richland Graduates Launch Web sites” to view broadcast.

About Synapse Corporate Solutions
Synapse Corporate Solutions, LLC (Synapse.CS) is a business identity branding and web-based business software company located in the 4th and Blanchard Building in downtown Seattle. Originally incorporated in Eastern Washington, it moved its operations to Seattle in 2004, an area with a better business infrastructure for supporting their creative vision.

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SynapseLife.com Brings Consumers and the Web Together

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Seattle entrepreneurs set date for www.SynapseLife.com a free Web-based solution that puts the power of the Internet in your hands.

Seattle, WA –August 28, 2006 — After announcing anticipated fourth quarter launch of Synapse Corporate Solution’s new free online collaboration product, www.SynapseLife.com, they have been swamped with excited feedback form both the public and the press.

With launch of this new and exciting product, its creators Mark Michael and Daniel Rust will be providing the general public with a new and refreshing approach to the online collaboration model – Essentially putting the power of the Internet in the User’s hands.

You will find these two young entrepreneurs are not new to the web design and online software market. Synapse Corporate Solutions has been providing businesses with many of these powerful and dynamic collaboration tools for some time now. Much of the power they provide businesses in their innovative business applications - Synapse, www.SynapseWine.com, and www.BuyersVine.com - they will be making available to the public for free in SynapseLife, but with an inventive and entertaining twist.

SynapseLife.com will provide everyday users with a powerful set of Web 2.0 tools that will make it easy and fun to keep track of their favorite people and events with powerful contact management and calendar tools, dynamically broadcasting notices to friends and relatives, create “Do Lists” and shopping lists, keep track of budgets and expenses, list and maintain login passwords, monitor important news and events through RSS feeds, and in general manage their everyday lives - And All for Free.

“As we are constantly developing powerful tools for our business clients, we realized that many of these tools would make everyday life easier,” says Mark Michael. “It will be easy for anyone to use; they simply create a free account, enter their information, upload accepted file types, then have access to this information from virtually anywhere, using an internet-ready device.”

“We are incorporating the same level of security to SynapseLife that we use for our business customers,” says Daniel Rust. “This way Users can trust that their information is and will remain secure.” “When we develop and distribute SynapseLife’s API components on or around first quarter next year, other developers will be able to integrate our application into their own innovative designs, ensuring SynapseLife.com will be a lasting and dominate product in the Internet realm.”

The world is changing and with SynapseLife you can keep up with the change. Imagine being at mom’s house and needing information you have stored in your www.SynapseLife.com application. You grab your wireless PDA or Internet-ready phone, log into your SynapseLife account, and there it is at your fingertips. How much more dynamic and engaging can it be?

With the Synapse Team backing the product, you know it will evolve as the Internet technology evolves, providing increasingly more powerful, interactive and entertaining tools as time goes on. Although impressive today, it will inevitably be more impressive tomorrow!

Don’t Get Left Behind! Visit www.SynapseLife.com when it launches in October 2006 and start living a more vibrant life.

www.SynapseLife.com
A Free Product of Synapse Corporate Solutions, LLC (SynapseCS)

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About Mark Michael and Daniel Rust, Owners of SynapseCS, and the Synapse Team

“When Mark and Daniel started Synapse,” says Annette Michaels, Marks mother and owner of www.TropicalTravel.net and www.OneTripOneCost.com, “they were unique with qualities of a cross between young rock n’roll stars and Bill Gates.” “They had the energy and rhythm of youth, while radiating an aura of trust, confidence, and good business sense.”

“The Synapse Team has successfully built and launched complex projects in record time,” says Rodney Rust, Daniel’s father and Synapse’s Technical Writer. “Their recent success, www.Vinado.com, a large online wine store with over 1000 unique wine products, was completed in record time without a glitch,” “Their three month development of the site far exceeded the nearest competitor’s proposal of 9 to 12 months, and the final product more than exceeded www.Vinado.com’s expectations.”

www.BuyersVine.com, a free online website dedicated to the winery industry and wine enthusiasts, has developed a life of its own since its launch at the end of July. According to Michael, www.BuyersVine.com has had over 10,000 consumers viewing wines, and over 60 wineries have listed wines on the site. Its success has even surpassed our highest expectations.

Synapse Corporate Solutions has developed products for a broad range of industries, the winery, wine distribution, automotive, financial, education, and personal care, to name a few. Testimonials to the capabilities of this company are numerous and many can be viewed on their primary website, www.synapsecs.com . With this type of success, imagine what they can contribute to the online community with www.SynapseLife.com!

With their dedication, focus and energy, we will be hearing a lot about Synapse and their products in the future. Unquestionably a Company Worth Watching!
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For Further Study

Synapse Family of Websites:
SynapseLife (www.synapselife.com )
Synapse Corporate Solutions (www.synapsecs.com )
SynapseWine (www.synapsewine.com)
BuyersVine.com (www.buyersvine.com )

News and Media
All Cylinders Firing at Seattle’s Synapse - The Seattle Times Newspaper article published on the front page of the Business Technology section, May 22, 2006
(All cylinders firing at Seattle’s Synapse)

New Web Site Cheered by Wine Lovers – TriCity Herald Newspaper article published on the front page of the Business section July 29th, 2006
(New web site cheered by wine lovers)

Synapse Featured on NBC Local News – KNDU News Broadcast of August 14, 2006
(Richard graduates launch web sites)
Click on “Richland Graduates Launch Web sites” to view broadcast.

About Synapse Corporate Solutions
Synapse Corporate Solutions, LLC (Synapse.CS) is a business identity branding and web-based business software company located in the 4th and Blanchard Building in downtown Seattle. From the beginning it has operated without any outside funding.

Synapse.CS currently supports over 42 businesses in over 12 distinct industries. To date it has refrained from official modes of advertising, and has acquired their current customers by word-of-mouth from satisfied customers. Synapse has and continues to earmark all available cash reserves for further development and research.

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Online Wine Search Tool Gains Momentum

Friday, August 11th, 2006

“Drag and Drop,” your way to your favorite wine.

Seattle, WA –August 11, 2006 — The wine industry and web 2.0 technologies converge at BuyersVine.com. Co-founders Mark A. Michael and Daniel L. Rust announced late last week the launch of their dynamic wine web search tool called BuyersVine.com. Since the beta launch, BuyersVine.com has received over 5,000 unique visitors and over 50 wineries have created accounts. This technology enables wineries to describe their wines and for consumers to interactively search by dynamically, “dragging and dropping,” their specific interests and BuyersVine.com finds the relevant results.

BuyersVine.com is a technology developed by Synapse Corporate Solutions, a Seattle-based identity and Web-based software company. Both Michael (24) and Rust (23) own and operate Synapse Corporate Solutions. Over the past year, they have worked with several wine related companies and more specifically a wine industry solution built by Synapse called SynapseWine.

“This is the first time consumers, and wineries can find each other based on tastes, regions, price and so on,” explains Mr. Michael. “Our strategic plan for BuyersVine.com is to allow the wine community in the form of blogs, e-commerce sites ie: Vinado.com, and wineries to link their wines in a way consumers can find what they are looking for.”

BuyersVine.com makes it fun for consumers to shop for wine. They can experiment with their selections, communicate the results of their searches to themselves or others, and generally enjoy the wine selection process. With its direct-from-winery product update, they will be presented with the latest offerings of the nation’s most unique and drinkable wines, many that will be offered nowhere else.

“We found that though wineries had web sites; they (wineries) could not effectively promote their wines to a larger audience,” said Mr. Rust. “For the first time, the wine industry has access to a direct-to-consumer tool to supplement their (wineries) existing e-commerce sites. Wineries that do not have e-commerce capabilities will definitely want to bring their wines to the marketplace and now they (wineries) have a way to market.”

The BuyersVine.com web site features tools for consumers to: save their preferred searches through RSS Feeds, results for searches are based on relevancy, and simple search criteria; make BuyersVine.com a unique tool for consumers looking for their preferred wine. Consumers can search by categories such as: color, type, taste/character, foods, price, region and even more “fun,” categories such wines that go with a certain: sport, day of the week, month, holiday, profession, interaction ie: girlfriend’s house, affair, boss, wedding, etc.

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