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Suggestions, advice, comments, personal experience, and discussion are invited and welcome.

Hoover's: Good Stuff
I spent some time on the phone, and a shared screen on my computer, with an agent of Hoover's, which is a Dun And Bradstreet company.

We discussed, and I was shown, how it works, what they can and cannot show me, cost, pricing, payment schemes, etc.

My immediate impression was: good stuff.

Bloomberg: Good Stuff
I spent some time on the phone with an agent from Bloomberg; also good stuff, though the price was something like 10x more than Hoover's.

LinkedIN: Big Maybe

LinkedIN does exist, but at the moment I'm not sure what, when, how, or even if, I could get anywhere near the same results.




Those are the only three business info services of which I am aware at this moment.

I'm thinking
Function Result(My_Time, My_Money, Their_Software, Their_Database, Unknown_Targets)

I searched for the words "Hoover" and "Bloomberg" here on CodeProject, Fascinating. Glanced over the first 10 or 20 results and didn't see this discussed; although I did see that we have more people here than I expected with Bloomberg Terminals. That surprised me quite a bit.

If you're one of those guys, tell me, from your own experience: Is Bloomberg going to deliver ten times better data than Hoover's ?

Plus, the bigger question: are there other companies whom I'm missing ?

These guys want (what I consider to be) significant money and a full year's commitment.

My recommendation will hold a lot of sway here, and I'm in totally unchartered waters with these guys. In that context, I need to make this choice with a lot of thought and a lot of sleep before we make the legal/financial step with either of these guys (or somebody else; ideas welcome).

While that's enough reason alone to be scared/careful/slow/cautious with this decision, even higher on the list is the fact that this is going to be a significantly contributing factor which affects my performance for the next year.

Anyone with personal experience is especially invited to chime in. Send me private messages here. Skype and the phone are available if you want.

With all that in mind, advice and opinions are welcome.

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