At the outset, Gores cold-called businesses to see if they had any divisions they were looking to offload.
æt ðɪ ˈaʊtsɛt, ɡˈoːɹz kˈoʊldkˈɔːld bˈɪznəsᵻz tə sˈiː ɪf ðeɪ hˌæd ˌɛni dᵻvˈɪʒənz ðeɪ wɜː lˈʊkɪŋ tʊ ˈɔfloʊd.