Exhibit 23.1
                         Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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We have issued our report dated April 11, 2000 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of American Enterprise.Com, Corp. and subsidiaries
appearing in the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 1999 which is incorporated by reference in this Form S-8
Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement of the aforementioned report.






Grant Thornton LLP


Tampa, Florida
April 11, 2000