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Business: Starting a Business

Tips

  1. Use Mergent Intellect or Reference Solutions to run lists of businesses in an area. Search by industry code (NAICS or SIC) and limit to a defined area.
  2. Reference Solutions lets you create a heat map of those businesses so that you can identify trends in where they have positioned themselves geographically.
  3. Don't know your NAICS or SIC code? Look up a potential competitor in Reference Solutions and view their profile which included the NAICS and SIC codes they have chosen for themselves.
  4. Gale Business: Entrepreneurship has sample business plans.

Analyze your Competitors

Understand your Customers

Understand your Industry

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  • Last Updated: Apr 24, 2025 4:27 PM
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