Business

Directory of Business business

General Business Directories:

**Yahoo’s Business Directory
**ComFind
**BigBook

More Directories:

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Infospace
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Business Phone Numbers
Business E-Mail Addresses
Business Street addresses

International Directories:

EUROPAGES – European business directory

Individual Business Topics

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

Communication
Telephone Companies and Info On Companies

Company Reports and Info On Companies:

Hoover’s On-Line more than 10,000 companies with info
Annual Reports annual reports available on over 3200 companies- requests for others may be made There is no charge for our service to the requestor. Companies pay the postage, and $82.60 per year to be in the service. For more info – Hank Grinde hank@prars.com 1-860-974-2223
Small Business Information

Computers

Hardware
Microsoft

Software and Internet
Microsoft
Internet 

Consultants

Consultants
Aquent Talent Finder
a search engine that helps people find the websites of independent consultants. Independent consultants can also promote themselves for free by submitting their site, or by creating a free site using Aquent TalentFinder’s website creation tool.

Consumer Info

DirectQuest – Directory of Consumer Protection and Complaints 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Cutter’s Business and the Environment

EMPLOYMENT

FRANCHISES

FINANCE/INVESTING/BANKING

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Bid Cast -federal contracts
BidNet is the nations largest source for state and local government bids 800-677-1997

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
OSHA regulations re: Nursing Homes

HOME-BASED BUSINESSES

INCORPORATION
Name Searches – ABI 1-800-808-4636
Name Protect.com

INVENTIONS/PATENTS/TRADEMARKS
US Patent & Trademark Office searchable database
Brown Pinnisi & Michaels Trademark Information
Thomson & Thomson – Trademark/patent copywrite info
Trademark Searches Allows you to search over 26 years of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office patent descriptions as well as the last 17 years of images
The 3M inventor’s page.
Government site on Copyrights 
LegalInformation Institute – Trademark Law – a good resource for links
MyCorporation.com – trademark info
Brown and Michael’s – Information on Trademarks

INSURANCE
Life Insurance Wiz Quotes.comLife insurance company that offers free online quotes for auto, health, homeowners, whole and term life insurance. Also provides a list of insurance resources and glossary terms.
Life Insurance Advisor a nationwide network of life insurance experts providing custom quotes from the major life insurance companies.

MAGAZINES and PUBLICATIONS
Inc Online

MANAGEMENT Resources & Problem Solving for Managers
CIRAS

PATENTS
see Inventions above

RATING/REFERENCE/ REFERRAL/ COMPLAINTS
DirectQuest Internet Directory – see “Complaints” for internet problems
Better Business Bureau

REAL ESTATE & REAL ESTATE FINANCING
MortgagemagEverything about the Mortgage Industry & lots of real estate info too
Real Estate Sites

RESOURCES & INFORMATION SERVICES
Business Resource Center
Small Business Information
Direct-Quest Commercial Resource Guide Denver Colorado Area resource/reference Directory

TRADEMARKS
( see Inventions, patents, trademarks above)

VENTURE CAPITAL
Accel Partners– obtaining venture capital
National Venture Capital Association