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Use these sources to find information on starting a new business:

• Center for Entrepreneurial Studies: A collection of videos of the first Entrepreneurial Industry Panels programs on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities in Energy, Education, Internet, Health Care, and Retail sectors.
• Journal databases, such as ABI Inform and Business Source Complete - find journal and news articles. For ABI, search under the subject "development stages enterprises"; for Business Source Complete, use subject "new business enterprises". 
• Jackson Library Catalog - Find books and journals using "new business enterprises" as the subject search term.

Use these databases to find information on new products and technologies:

• Gartner Research - find news analysis and research summaries on new trends and products in different industry sectors with the emphasis on technology. Select Markets, Topics, or Industries from the Research Fast Finder section on the Home page. Note the Emerging Trends and Technologies topic. 
• Plunkett Research Online - find industry trends in each report. Use "Associations/Organizations" section to browse the web sites of trade organizations for new products and services announcements. 
• Business Source Complete - in "Advanced Search," enter industry terms as a subject or keywords and select "Product Review" as a document type. For general search on emerging technologies, use subjects "technological innovations", "technological forecasting", and "new products". 
• ABI/INFORM Global - use subject terms "technological change, "innovations", and "product development". 

Access journals articles via the eJournals page.  Some notable titles include:

• Entrepreneur
• Fast Company
• MIT Sloan Management Review
• Twice - consumer electronics
• Red Herring - issues from Apr. 2003 to current are available in print only.

Use below databases to find a company that matches your specific criteria. To find companies developing new technologies, use keyword search in the companies' business descriptions to find the mentioning of technologies, services, and products of your interest.

• OneSource's US Business Browser - click on the Companies link to screen for companies. Use this database to find peer companies and competitors. 
• Capital IQ - use Company Intelligence section to screen for companies. Use this database to find competitors and peers. Good source for private companies.
• Hoover Online - use Advanced Search option to screen for companies. 

Check other Jackson Collections:

• Reference Collection: Corporation Directories on Table B: Find lists of top private companies.
• Career Corner: in Book of Lists, find lists of top private companies in California metropolitan areas and the Bay Area.

Use the below databases to create custom comparative reports on companies performance within custom companies groups.

• Capital IQ: Use Screening & Analytic > Comparable Company Analysis to create a side-by side performance report based on your selected criteria, such as financials, market data, etc., for your custom companies set. Database includes both public and private companies. 
• ORBIS: Use Peer Analyses to compare the performance of your subject company against a custom set of companies or use Peer Report to compare the performance of your subject company against a preselected group of companies withing the same industry sector.
• Thomson One Banker-Analytics: Create custom sets of companies based on your selected criteria or use the "Peer companies" group and create a side-by-side companies performance reports based on your selected criteria such as financials, market data, etc. Database includes both public and private companies. 
• Reuters Research on Demand: Find analysts research on companies and industries. 

Check the Jackson Reference Collection (Alphabetical Subject Section: Business Plans). Notable titles are:

• Business Plan in a Day: Get It Done Right, Get It Done Fast! • Catalog record
  
• Anatomy of a Business Plan : a step-by-step guide to building a business and securing your company’s future • Catalog record
  
• Bankable business plans • Catalog record
  

For more books, search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject term "business planning", "new business enterprises -- planning"

Sample business plans are available from a number of websites:

• Moor Corp Competition - sample plans from MBAs.
• Bplan.com
• Business.gov

Use these sources to check industry performance:

• S&P NetAdvantage - Select S&P industry survey for a particular industry or industry sector to learn about the current environment of an industry, trends, how the industry operates, key ratios, and how to analyze a company in the industry. 
• OneSource's US Business Browser - Click on the Industries link and drill your way to the market reports or analyst reports in the selected industry sector. 
• Capital IQ - Use Market Analysis to find key developments and latest transactions in the selected industry sector.
• Mintel - Use this database to find the latest market research reports in the selected industry sector. Search options include keyword search. 
• Thomson Investext (IE Browser only) - Use this database to find analyst reports in the selected industry sector. 
• Jupiter Research - Use this database for research in eCommerce. 
• InfoTech Trends - Use this database for information on trends and forecasts in IT industry. 
• D&B's Zapdata.com - Find free industry reports with quick market analysis. (requires free registration)

• Capital IQ - Use Analytics and Targeting to screen for investors that match your criteria.
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey - learn where VCs invest from a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the U.S.
• Venture Capital Database - from a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association. It lists recipients of funding from venture-capital firms for the past four quarters. See who got VC money, how much, from whom and for what, using any of several different search criteria.

For print industry guide and directories, check the Reference collection in Venture Capital section. Notable titles are:

• Venture Capital Handbook: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Venture Capital • Catalog record
• Galante's venture capital & private equity directory - an electronic version is also available at Jackson Library's CD-ROM Workstation (Stanford Users may obtain online access at the Information Desk of the Library ) • Catalog record

For more print sources, search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject term "venture capital".