Small Business Sourcebook


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A guide to the information services and sources provided to 100 types of small business by associations, consultants, educational programs, franchisers, government agencies, reference works, statisticians, suppliers, trade shows, and venture capital firms.







Smart Steps to Smart Choices


Book Description

This is the book to read before you start your business. Smart Steps to Smart Choices helps readers determine if entrepreneurship is right for them. The book's self assessment 'workshops' help readers face the critical issues that can make or break their success. Seven entrepreneurs present their business ideas and work through their problems and questions along with the reader.




Reference Books Bulletin


Book Description

A compilation of evaluations appearing in Reference books bulletin (a section of the journal, Booklist)




Online Resources for Business


Book Description

Create a search strategy that will save you time and money——every time you go online! Whether you're doing market research or sizing up the competition, you won't want to venture online without this resource. This guide helps you find the information your company needs to stay competitive without wasting time and thousands of dollars. Online experts Glossbrenner and Rosenberg give you the bottom line on the business services—DIALOG, Lexis/Nexis, Dow Jones, and NewsNet; the consumer services—CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy; and the Internet. They tell you what type of information is available from each service and how much it'll cost you. You'll get all of the sophisticated search strategies, tools, and techniques the authors developed over more than two decades of performing, writing about, and lecturing on online business research. You'll find out how to:




The Cumulative Book Index


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A world list of books in the English language.




Print


Book Description

- Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, from 109 publications. - Electronic version with expanded coverage, and retrospective version available, see p. 5 and p. 31. - Pricing: Service Basis-Books.




Forthcoming Books


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The Information Broker's Handbook


Book Description

Turn the Net's info revolution into a do-it-yourself business. Having a passion for uncovering obscure Net data? Turn your passion into a rewarding career with the Third Edition of The Information Broker's Handbook, by Sue Rugge & Alfred Glossbrenner. The world's leading information broker, Rugge shares her research & business secrets alike-showing you how to get started brokering information, stay successful & grow as you do. It's all here-guidelines for setting prices, tips for drawing up contracts, billing do's & don'ts-plus the hands-on help you need to: market yourself as an expert information broker & build a roster of high-paying clients; get your hands on FREE or low-cost information you can re-package & sell; turn data from the Net, Web, libraries, public records, BBSs, SIGs, online databases & other sources into sought-after intelligence; exploit the latest connectivity hardware & software-from browsers & ISDN lines to high-speed modems & CD-ROMs.