![I don't always hang out at the Stock Exchange, but when I do, it's in the private club for Members Only!](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Founders-Roundtable-at-NYSE-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-10-30-image005-768x512.jpg)
I don’t always hang out at the Stock Exchange, but when I do, it’s in the private club for Members Only!
![The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange. This agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New York under a buttonwood (sycamore) tree. A tree like that has been kept outside the NYSE building ever since (and is still there)!](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Founders-Roundtable-at-NYSE-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-10-30-image001-654x980.jpg)
The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange. This agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New York under a buttonwood (sycamore) tree. A tree like that has been kept outside the NYSE building ever since (and is still there)!
![A stylized Buttonwood Tree (a.k.a. Sycamore), decor at Founders Roundtable at NYSE (photo by Aaron Sylvan)](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Founders-Roundtable-at-NYSE-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-10-30-image002-768x512.jpg)
A stylized Buttonwood Tree (a.k.a. Sycamore), decor at Founders Roundtable at NYSE (photo by Aaron Sylvan)
![Joseph Lipton describing his new diamond-backed currency at Founders Roundtable at NYSE (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-10-30](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Founders-Roundtable-at-NYSE-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-10-30-image004-768x512.jpg)
Joseph Lipton describing his new diamond-backed currency at Founders Roundtable at NYSE (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-10-30