Guide for Kickstart Weekend: B2B
Create/Find Lists of Businesses
- Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
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Click on US Businesses, then the Advanced Search tab. - Mergent Online
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Click on the Advanced Search tab. US and international public companies only. - Nexis Uni
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Click on Business, then Company Dossier. Click on the Create a Company List link. - Business Insights: Global
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Click on the Company tab, then Company Finder. - Portland Business Journal
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Find company rankings in Book of Lists. PSU faculty/staff/students please log in with your PSU (ODIN) ID to view username/password. Visitors please contact the Reference Desk.
Other Methods:
- Industry reports such as those from IBISWorld usually list top players.
- Industry associations sometimes make their membership directory public.
- Chamber of Commerce may have a local business directory.
- Trade Shows may have an exhibitors list by product category, such as MJBizCon.
- News, esp. trade journals that may have buyer's guides.
- Think like a consumer and do a google search for products and services.
Find Suppliers
- THOMAS.NETDirectory of suppliers and products.
- IQS DirectoryA directory of manufacturers and suppliers serving major segments of the OEM industrial manufacturing marketplace across the United States and Canada.
- Alibaba.comFind manufacturers, suppliers, and importers/exporters.
- Kompass.com"Global B2B directory."
- McRAE's BLUE BOOKIndustrial directory for North America.