At the Georgetown site, scroll down the page
to Section V to
find "Strategies for Researching Private Companies,"
(http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/americancorps/amcorp.htm)
but on the way, check other sections for resources
on both
public and private companies.
Work your way through "Steps in Researching
a U.S. Company,"
(http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/busguides/steps.html)
at Buffalo's Lockwood Library Web site.
Wendy Diamond, Business Librarian at CSU,
Chico, shares her
outline and slide presentation on private company
research
using non-electronic strategies at
http://www-new.csuchico.edu/~wd6/sla/privcos.htm
What are the advantages and disadvantages
of a company going
public? Do you understand the pros and
cons of reverse
mergers? Next month we'll find the answers
to these and
other questions as we further explore researching
private
companies.
U.S. CORPORATE INFORMATION - PRIVATELY HELD COMPANIES
This may be THE metasite for private company
info.
Most of the important corporate directories
seem to be here,
but be aware that many include both public
and private
companies. Companies also are grouped
by state and by
industrial sector. The annotations for
each link will help
you decide which will be most useful for your
purposes.
http://www.corporateinformation.com/uspriv.html
FORBES - THE 500 TOP PRIVATE COMPANIES
Top company lists are a good source of private
company data.
Forbes 500 and the other corporate sites below
may have been
featured in past issues, but are included here
as current
resources especially for private company research.
The Forbes Top 500 Private Companies are listed
by rank and
in alphabetical order. They can also
be searched by state
and by industry.
http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/private500/
INC.
500 - THE FASTEST GROWING (PRIVATE) COMPANIES IN AMERICA
Only private companies make this list.
Winners are chosen
by revenues of the previous five years.
Fifty companies
make up the 500 Hall of Fame, having qualified
at least five
times--a remarkable feat! Other lists
include The Inner
City 100 and Europe's 500. New lists
due in October.
http://www.inc.com
ROBMAGAZINE
- TOP 300 PRIVATE CANADIAN COMPANIES
ROBmagazine's ranking of Canada's Top 300 private
companies
is one of the several interesting lists you'll
find at this
site. Others are: Top 1000 Companies,
Top Employers,
Top CEOs, Top Exporters and more. Each
corporate link
on the list leads to a brief profile of the
company.
The ROB in ROBmagazine stands for Report on
Business. I
like its cheeky, lively style. Take the
"Are you having fun
yet?" quiz to see where you rate on the executive
fun scale.
Article titles include, "Between a Rock &
a Fun Place," and
"River Boast Gambler."
http://www.robmagazine.com/top1000/index.html
RED HERRING
MAGAZINE - PRIVATE COMPANIES
Red Herring, focusing on technology industries,
divides its
1999 100 Top Companies of the Electronic Economy
list into
two parts, Private and Public. They've
also chosen
Superstars and 10 to Watch--companies shaping
the future.
The readers were able to vote on their picks,
too.
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue67/news-feature-du99-home.html
Beverly Goodwin
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