Go find access to ReferenceUSA, Biz Miner, Capital IQ, D&B, Hoovers, InfoTrac, EBSCOhost, Factiva, ProQuest and do searches by NAICS code. Ideally you ought to

Go find access to ReferenceUSA, Biz Miner, Capital IQ, D&B, Hoovers, InfoTrac, EBSCOhost, Factiva, ProQuest and do searches by NAICS code. Ideally you ought to do this before launching your venture as part of due diligence on the opportunity. Best way in is through a university library. Ask a friend or shoot a question out to your network to see if you know anyone with access. A single license is prohibitively expensive and you really want an aggregate of databases because they each have their positives and negatives. I know MBA bashing is en vogue these days, but grad students have access to incredible database resources and rarely take advantage of them. The other day I read a $9,000 research report on a niche medical device industry segment and then pulled 5800 executive leads for my startup's first marketing effort. happy hunting