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                                    EXHIBIT 10.13
                                           
                                   PROMISSORY NOTE
                                           
                                                      Minneapolis, Minnesota
$50,000                                                       March 18, 1997

    FOR VALUE RECEIVED, IntraNet Solutions, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Maker"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to CIRCLE F VENTURES, LLC, an
Arizona limited liability company, or its successors and assigns (the "Payee"),
at Minneapolis, Minnesota or at such other place or places as may be designated
by Payee from time to time, the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) (the
"Principal Sum").

    The Principal Sum plus interest thereon from the date hereof at a fixed
rate of nine percent (9%) per annum shall be due and payable on January 15, 1998
by Maker to Payee in any coin or currency of the United States of America which,
at the time of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts. 

    All payments on account of this Note, when paid, shall be applied first to
the payment of all interest then due on the unpaid balance of this Note and the
balance, if any, shall be applied to reduction of the unpaid balance of the
Principal Sum.  This Note may be prepaid in full or in part at any time without
premium. 

    Maker agrees to pay on demand the costs of collection, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by Payee in collecting or
attempting to collect any amount under this Note after the failure of Maker to
make any payment required to be made under this Note within ten (10) days after
written notice from Payee to Maker that such payment is due or to enforce its
rights under this Note.  All such costs of collection shall bear interest,
payable on demand, from the date of payment thereof by Payee until paid in full
by Maker at the rate applicable to the principal amount of this Note.

    Maker waives presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, notice of
dishonor and non-payment of this Note, and expressly agrees that this Note, or
any payment hereunder, may be extended from time to time without in any way
affecting the liability of Maker.

    The payment of this Note is secured under the terms of a Security Agreement
of even date herewith, including any Event of Default specified therein, and is
subject to a Subordination Agreement in favor of Diversified Business Credit,
Inc.

    In the event Maker does not make when due any payment of the Principal Sum
or interest required to be made hereunder, Maker will pay, on demand, interest
on the amount of any overdue payment of the Principal Sum and interest for the
period following the due date, at a fixed rate of fifteen percent (15%).

    The terms, conditions and provisions of this Note shall be construed and
enforced according to the laws of the State of Minnesota. 



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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized officer of Maker has caused this
Note to be executed on the date first above written.

                                  INTRANET SOLUTIONS, INC. 


                                  By: /s/ Robert F. Olson
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                                  Its: Chief Executive Officer
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