HEADLIGHT.COM FORMS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH BIZTRO INC.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - March 3, 2000 - Headlight.com, the leading provider of online training for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced a strategic alliance with Biztro, a pioneer in eCommerce and eServices for small businesses, to provide a training site for Biztro's customers. Headlight.com's more than 1000 online training courses will be available to users on Biztro's newly launched Business Operations Platform. Headlight.com is among Biztro's key partners who provide operational goods and services from insurance, benefits, payroll, communications and other areas. This partnership follows Headlight.com's growing number of recent strategic partnerships, including alliances with Office.com, Concentric Networks and TrainingSuperSite.

"We're thrilled to be a part of the Internet's first Business Operations Platform, which Biztro has created as a paperless back-office solution," said Peter Mellen, co-founder and CEO of Headlight.com. "Headlight.com's extensive library of online training courses is a critical part of their solution adding to the quality services Biztro offers to small businesses."

Headlight.com offers the most comprehensive selection of online courses from all the leading publishers. The course library represents a wide variety of business-related topics including training for desktop applications (e.g. Word, Windows 2000), IT Professionals (e.g. Java, C++), software certification (e.g. Novell, Oracle) and general business skills, including everything from "how to write a business plan," to sophisticated financial management.

Learners can search Headlight.com's database by price, learning approach, bandwidth and publisher. This, combined with the creation of a unique user profile, allows Headlight.com to offer its "custom learning paths." Free skills assessments offered on the site generate specific course recommendations tailored to each learner's needs.

Learners can start and stop courses as often as needed, and then return to review the material as desired. In addition, Headlight.com offers free learner management services, enabling mangers to track the progress of their employees and assess the effectiveness of the training programs.

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The Biztro Business Operations Platform provides access to best-of-class goods and services in insurance, benefits, payroll, communications and other areas, integrated with Biztro administrative capabilities. These administrative capabilities consist of management applications, productivity tools and information sources that streamline and automate the work of the small business manager and enable employee self-service. The Biztro platform is delivered through the web sites of a rapidly expanding network of Biztro channel partners.
"Biztro is excited about integrating Headlight.com's online training solutions with the Biztro Business Operations Platform. Employee training is an essential element for businesses to stay competitive and maximize employee retention and satisfaction," said Navin Chaddha, Chairman and CEO of Biztro. "Biztro channel partners can now offer a best-of-class online training product to their small business customers in the fastest possible time-to-market."

About Biztro, Inc.
Biztro, Inc., headquarted in Santa Clara, Calif., was founded in March 1999 to address the fastest-growing segment of the B2B eCommerce and eServices marketplace: small business. Biztro is transforming the way small businesses run their operations by integrating leading service providers into its powerful Business Operations Platform, which dramatically increases small business buying power and improves back-office administration. Biztro distributes its Business Operations Platform through a network of channel partners. Biztro is funded by leading venture capital organizations including SOFTBANK Venture Capital and Marsh & McLennan Capital. For more information, visit http://www.biztro.com or contact Biztro Public Relations at pr@biztro.com.

About Headlight.com
Headlight.com is the leading source of online training for small and medium-sized businesses. The site provides simple, quick access to more than 1,000 online courses from a wide array of leading content providers such as SkillSoft, NETg and Ziff-Davis Education. The courses available through Headlight.com take less than half the time of traditional classroom courses at up to a 90 percent cost savings. Based in San Francisco and founded in June 1998, Headlight.com is privately held and is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. For more information, please visit Headlight.com at: www.headlight.com.
Business Operations Platform is a registered trademark of Biztro Inc. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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