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                                  Exhibit 10.2

                          WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

     This Website Development Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into this
9th day of December, 1999, by and between ARI Network Services, Inc. ("ARI") and
Gordon J. Bridge ("Consultant").

1.   PERFORMANCE BY CONSULTANT. Consultant agrees to act as an independent
     contractor for the specific project of developing a World Wide web site to
     be installed on ARI's web space located at www.arinet.com. ARI has
     established a separate contract with an Internet service provider (the
     "ISP"). ARI hereby authorizes Consultant to access this account and
     authorizes the ISP to provide Consultant with "write permission" for ARI's
     web page directory, cgi-bin directory, and any other directories or
     programs which need to be accessed for this project.

2.   PAYMENT FOR SERVICES. ARI agrees to pay Consultant by issuing twelve
     thousand five hundred (12,500) shares of ARI common stock (the "ARI
     Shares") for the services provided hereunder. The issuance shall occur and
     be effective December 16, 1999, provided ARI shall have received
     assurances, satisfactory to it, that the issuance of ARI common stock as
     contemplated hereby would not require shareholder approval, and would not
     constitute a corporate governance violation, under the rules of the
      National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. applicable to ARI. If
     such condition is not satisfied by January 31, 2000, the parties shall meet
     to agree upon other compensation at the earliest possible time. Both ARI
     and Consultant agree that the value of the services provided hereunder is
     Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000).

Consultant is aware that the ARI Shares have not been registered (nor is
registration contemplated) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and, accordingly, that federal and state securities laws require the
such ARI shares must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently
registered under the Act or unless exemptions from such registration are
available. Consultant is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 under the Act which
permit limited resales of shares issued in private transactions subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions. Consultant agrees that any certificate for
the ARI Shares may bear a legend restricting the transfer thereof consistent
with the foregoing. The form of such legend may be substantially as follows:

              THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED
              FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
              ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
              OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
              WITHOUT AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE ACT, OR AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL
              REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS
              NOT REQUIRED.

     ARI and its transfer agent need not register a transfer of ARI Shares,
     unless the conditions specified in the foregoing legend are satisfied.

     In addition, Consultant shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
     out-of-pocket expenses not exceeding an allotment of $500 per month
     incurred in the performance of the services provided hereunder. Consultant
     shall obtain the written approval of ARI before incurring expenses in a
     month in excess of this allotment.

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3.   ADDITIONAL SERVICES. Any revisions, additions or redesign client wishes
     Consultant to perform not specified in this document shall be considered
     "additional" and will require a separate agreement and payment.

4.   RIGHTS IN DATA AND WORKS.

     a.  Ownership. Consultant agrees that ARI is the exclusive owner of all
         right, title and interest in the finished assembled work of the web
         site produced and designed by Consultant. This ownership is to include
         rights to the design, any photos or graphics supplied, source code,
         work-up files, and computer programs specifically designed for this
         particular web site. Furthermore, Consultant agrees to assign and does
         hereby assign to ARI, is successors and /or assigns, all intellectual
         property rights in and to the finished assembled work of the web site.

     b.  Proprietary Rights. In no way limiting to Section 4.a above, Consultant
         agrees that all copyrights and other proprietary rights, including, but
         not limited to, all patents, trademarks, moral rights, trade secrets
         rights with respect to any work including any inventions, discoveries,
         concepts, ideas or information conceived by Consultant with respect to
         the web site ("Proprietary Rights") that are paid for by ARI or
         designed or developed by Consultant in connection with this Agreement,
         are owned by ARI and Consultant hereby irrevocably assigns to ARI all
         right, title and interest in such copyrights and other Proprietary
         Rights.

5.   INDEMNIFICATION. ARI agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold
     Consultant harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs
     and claims, including reasonable attorney's fees, ("Liabilities") asserted
     against Consultant, its officers and employees, that may arise or result
     from any service provided or performed or agreed to be performed or any
     product sold by ARI, its agents, employees or assigns. ARI agrees to
     defend, indemnify and hold harmless Consultant against any Liabilities
     arising out of any injury to person or property caused by any products or
     services sold or otherwise distributed in connection with Consultant's
     service, any material supplied by ARI infringing on the proprietary rights
     of a third party, copyright infringement, and any defective product which
     ARI has sold in the web site.

6.   LAWS AFFECTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. ARI agrees that ARI is solely
     responsible for complying with such laws, taxes, and tariffs, and will hold
     harmless, protect, and defend Consultant and its subcontractors from any
     claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff arising from ARI's use of Internet
     electronic commerce.

7.   CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE. "Confidential Information" means ARI's
     information not generally known by non-ARI personnel, used by ARI which is
     proprietary to ARI or the disclosure of which would be detrimental to ARI.
     Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to; (1) ARI's
     computer software, including documentation, (2) ARI's internal personnel,
     financial, marketing and other business information and manner and method
     of conducting business, (3) ARI's strategic, operations and other business
     plans and forecasts, and (4) confidential information provided by or
     regarding ARI's employees, customers, potential customers, suppliers,
     subcontractors, vendors, and other contractors.

Consultant, its employees and subcontractors agree that, except as directed by
ARI, it will not at any time during or after the term of this Agreement disclose
any Confidential Information whatsoever.

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8.   ASSIGNMENT. Consultant shall not assign or subcontract the whole or any
     part of this Agreement without ARI's prior written consent. Any subcontract
     made by Consultant with the consent of ARI shall incorporate by reference
     all terms of this Agreement. Consultant agrees to guarantee the performance
     of any subcontractor used in performance of the services provided
     hereunder.

9.   STATUS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. Consultant and ARI are contractors
     independent of one another and neither party's employees will be considered
     employees of the other party for any purpose. This Agreement does not
     create a joint venture or partnership, and neither party has the authority
     to bind the other to any third party. Any personnel supplied by consultant
     hereunder are not ARI's employees or agents and Consultant assumes full
     responsibility for their acts. Consultant shall be solely responsible for
     the payment of compensation of the personnel hired by Consultant and such
     personnel shall be informed that they are not entitled to any of ARI's
     benefits. Consultant is responsible for the payment of all worker's
     compensation disability benefits and unemployment insurance and for
     withholding and paying employment taxes for such personnel.

10.  CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
     accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin without regard to its
     conflicts of laws or principles thereof.

11.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
     ARI and Consultant. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective
     unless in writing and signed by parties.

Accepted and agreed to:

ARI Network Services, Inc.                 Gordon J. Bridge

/s/ Brian E. Dearing                       /s/ Gordon J. Bridge
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Signature                       Signature

 President, Chairman & CEO                  12/9/99
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14

                                December 15, 1999

Mr. Kenneth J. Wessels
503 Harrington Road
Wayzata, MN  55391

                           Re:      Revised Employment Terms

Dear Ken:

As we have discussed, your employment agreement with the Company dated March 31,
1998 will expire on December 31, 1999. This letter is to summarize the terms we
have agreed to for the period beginning January 1, 2000.

BASIC TERMS

Effective January 1, 2000, you will no longer be on the Dain Rauscher Executive
Committee. Your title will become Chairman, Dain Rauscher Wessels, and you will
revert to "employment at will" status. I understand that you will likely decide
to terminate your employment at some point during the year. We agree that either
of us will give 30 days advance written notice of your intended termination
date.

SALARY

Beginning January 1, 2000, your base salary will be paid at an annualized rate
of $150,000 per year.

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

So long as you are employed at least through March 31, 2000 and your employment
is not terminated for Cause (as defined below), you will be eligible for an
incentive bonus to be determined as follows:

        -     If your employment terminates between March 31 and June 30, 2000,
              your bonus will be equal to a pro rata portion of the Annualized
              Calculation (as defined below) less a 10% haircut.
        -     If your employment terminates on or after July 1, 2000, your bonus
              will be equal to a pro rata portion of the Annualized Calculation.

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Mr. Kenneth J. Wessels
December 15, 1999
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If you are terminated for Cause, you will not be eligible to receive a bonus.
"Cause" is defined as engaging in willful misconduct (including dishonesty or
disloyalty to the Company) that is materially injurious to the business,
reputation, regulatory status or customer or employee relations of the Company,
Dain Rauscher Wessels or any other Company division or affiliate.

The "Annualized Calculation" will be determined based on annual DRW net revenues
for 2000, and will range from $300,000 at the threshold to $1 million at
exceeds, with a target of $600,000, according to the following schedule:

<TABLE>
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                           THRESHOLD        TARGET            EXCEEDS
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<S>                        <C>              <C>               <C>
DRW Net Revenues           $170 million     $210 million      $250 million
Annualized Calculation     $300,000         $600,000          $1,000,000
</TABLE>

Your bonus for 2000 will be paid in February 2001, at the same time the Company
pays other incentive bonuses for the year.

STOCK OPTIONS AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Beginning January 1, 2000, you will no longer be eligible to receive stock
options or to participate in the deferred compensation plans.

BENEFITS

So long as you are employed by the Company, you will remain eligible for other
Company benefit programs, including the Retirement Plan, and the various health
and welfare programs.

PERQUISITES

So long as you are employed by the Company, you will continue to be provided
with an office, secretarial support and a Company car, and your Minneapolis Club
and any country club dues will continue to be paid. After termination of
employment, you will be required to either return or purchase the Company car.
Any unused portion of your Company-paid car allocation remaining as of your
termination date will be forfeited. Upon termination, please contact Kim
Schipper in the Corporate Services Department to work out the details with
respect to your car.

BOARD SERVICE

You agree that you will fulfill your current term as a director of Dain Rauscher
and, if nominated by the Board, will stand for re-election by the stockholders
to an additional one-year term at the Annual meeting to be held in the spring of
2000.

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Mr. Kenneth J. Wessels
December 15, 1999
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SURVIVING PROVISIONS OF MARCH 31, 1999 AGREEMENT

Notwithstanding anything contained herein or elsewhere to the contrary, and as a
significant inducement to the Company to provide you with the compensation and
benefits outlined in this letter, you agree that the provisions of Sections 5
and 6 of your employment agreement with the Company dated March 31, 1998 will
continue to apply as though that agreement had been extended. You further agree
that beginning January 1, 2000, all references in such Sections to "the term of
this Agreement", "the period of Executive's employment with the Company
hereunder" and similar phrases, shall be interpreted to extend through the
period of your employment hereunder.

Ken, I am deeply appreciative of your leadership through the acquisition and
integration of the Dain Rauscher and Wessels organizations. I have also valued
your participation on the Executive Committee and look forward to your continued
involvement with the Company as Chairman of DRW and as a director. Please let me
know if you have any questions or if there is anything we need to discuss
further. If these terms are satisfactory to you, please so indicate by signing
the enclosed copy of this agreement and returning it to me.

Sincerely,

Irving Weiser

ACCEPTED AND AGREED THIS _____ DAY OF DECEMBER, 1999:

_____________________________,
Kenneth J. Wessels

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