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To: Alex Glavinos who wrote (2467)	6/25/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: Kurt Goebel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10081

Little more: Markman did say that the resellers were local, regional and national and even some would be in the malls (chuckle). Actually someone asked him directly if they would be in the malls. He also said that the resellers were retail and corporate, so clearly some would be targeting businesses as well. They were very happy and proud about the 35 million in equity investments. They said they already had enough money for their business plan for 98, but that the 35 million would allow them to deliver their vision. Markman spent some time on the Portico name, stating that using the service put one in a relationship with the personality and It was important to not name the service with a simple name. Portico also invoked the concept of a porch before or gateway and that this was important concept for the service. A gateway to information. People were losing money not getting the info they needed and this service would get it to them and allow them to deal with it using the contact database, calendar, fax, email, voice mail,... He said you enter it once and make all your calls from it. He said this came in handy while in Japan recently. He could call into Portico and then call others through his contact database. Someone sort of asked if they were shopping the company around and Markman said that they were not at this time, but of course anything can happen in the future. He said the potential was just too great to sell!