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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Ben Ezra Weinstein (BNEZ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Angel D who wrote (3044)	10/2/1998 4:23:00 AM
From: Ellen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9391

Whoa there Angel... Things did get a bit heated on this thread today, but I hope it can become calmer now. To try to answer your question, I'll start with the principals here. Jack Ben Ezra: * co-founder and the CEO * served as an investment banker for 6 years with Dean Witter * 1984 worked for Davis Skaggs and Company * left Davis when it was acquired by Shearson * worked for a year for a San Francisco-based venture capitalist * formed San Francisco Discount Brokers, a discount retail brokerage firm * formed, with 2 other principals, Arawak Venture Group, a small venture capital company * retired in 1989 * founded the first Jewish day school in Albuquerque in 25 years * designed a national campaign for United Jewish Appeal's Operation Exodus which raised over $2 million * a graduate of the University of California at Davis Michael Weinstein: * co-founder and chief operating officer * honor graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the McGeorge School of Law of the Univ. of the Pacific * served as Assistant General Counsel in the White House Office of Administration under President Reagan * also served as Attorney Advisor for telecommunications and computer systems in the White House Office of Management and Budget * practiced corporate, commercial and criminal law for international law firms based in New York and Washington DC * was hired by H. Ross Perot, as general counsel for Perot Systems Corp. during its litigation with General Motors * founded his own company, Find Dad, Inc., one of the first private companies to collect delinquent child support payments. It is said that became one of the largest private companies to do so. Dr. Harold "Hal" Clark, former President of IngramMicro, directs the company's marketing. He is a special advisor to the Board of Directors and also advises the company on software content, packaging and technical support. There is good general info on the products in the thread header and more can be seen at their web site, benez.com The Company has signed joint marketing agreements with both FRG (Financial Resource Group) and the parent group of Inc. Magazine. All copies of Personal Market Analyst (PMA) will be marketed under the Inc. banner (under the Inc. logo) and special editions of PMA will be co-marketed with Inc. Magazine to targeted market groups - such as the deal with Lockheed Georgia Employee Federal Credit Union ("LGEFCU"). On Tuesday, a distribution contract with IngramMicro was announced: biz.yahoo.com Right now, we're expecting news soon on either additional distribution deals and/or sales figures. Well, this is a start anyway. Hope this helps.

To: Angel D who wrote (3044)	10/2/1998 9:38:00 AM
From: Matthew Bender	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9391

Angel D, First of all, I've been on this thread a long time and I've always liked the fact that its participants have generally accepted newcomers with open arms and helpful advice. I believe that this is in large part due to the new participants' normally respectful dispositions and general willingness to contribute research and information as they find it. Then you come along with what was a politely worded yet somewhat unreasonable request for a single participant, lakers17, to bring you up to speed on the company. You claim that you don't have time to read through 2300+ posts. Who does? But is this really the forum upon which you make your investment decisions? Certainly you can learn a lot here, but relying on this or any other thread as a primary source for DD is risky at best. Have you considered doing some research? Reading press releases? Calling the company? Reading the web site? Using the product? How about reading the (admittedly outdated) "header" at the beginning of this thread? These are the processes that myself and most of the people on this thread have gone through to make our investment decisions as informed as possible. If you want to sink money into a stock -- especially a penny -- based on a friend's recommendation or a message thread or an IM from a thread member (no offense, lakers), that's your decision. But I think it's improper of you to expect others to supply your research for you. OK, so you ask for a little help. And lakers17 helped you out by sending you a personal message, sparing thread regulars from a post that simply rehashes stuff we've seen a hundred times. And somehow you criticize him for going out of his way to help you, just because he didn't post the response to the thread? You should be on your knees in appreciation! You even go so far as to become basically threatening (I am The Angel D. I am the meanest SOB you have ever seen)! And you then have the gall to as other people for more of the same? Unreal. You evidently have some sort of "image" to uphold and you're gonna do things your way, I guess. But I feel that you'll be more likely to learn what you want to learn about this stock -- DD or no DD -- if you were a little more respectful and appreciative towards the people who can help you make money. MXB