Resources

BENCHMARKING

DEMOGRAPHICS/PSYCHOGRAPHICS
Fintel Scorecard
www.fintel.us/cms/desktopdefault.aspx
Compare your company to others in the industry based on 9 core ratios

NC Rural Databank
www.ncruralcenter.org/databank/
Statistical information on North Carolina's rural counties
Biz Stats
www.bizstats.com
Compare your company performance to others in the same industry

American Fact Finder
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Ongoing data collected by the Census Bureau

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Law & Tech. Resources for Legal Professionals
www.llrx.com/category/793
Articles on competitive intelligence

EconData
www.econdata.net
Regional Economic Data

Securities & Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
Search for required filings of publicly traded corporations

 NC Commerce Site Selectors' toolkit
www.nccommerce.com/en/BusinessServices/
Information for site selectors considering NC as a business location

FINANCING RESOURCES

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Capital Opportunities for Small Business
www.sbtdc.org/publications/cap_opps.asp
SBTDC's online publication for finding capital resources for NC businesses. This list is updated annually by the SBTDC.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development
www.cednc.org
A private, non-profit organization formed to identify, enable and promote high growth, high impact entrepreneurial companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and NC

North Carolina Funds

Click here for list

Kauffman Foundation

www.kauffman.org

Angel Capital Association

www.angelcapitalassociation.org

National Venture Capital Association

www.nvca.org

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was established by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kauffman Foundation is among the thirty largest foundations in the United States.

High Tech Funding by Gender Report