A note on financials...
Start-ups that don't have any financial history also need to create financial projections by calculating start-up costs and using the same information that you would find in an established company's financial statements.
A start-up can project its future sales and use financial ratios compiled from other companies in the same industry or base its numbers on the financial statements of public companies. These numbers are especially important for start-ups that are seeking outside capital through traditional lending sources or from private equity investors.
The workshop showed the use of BizMiner for start-up costs.
To view company financials - the sources listed for Company Ratios can also find financials.
Industry Financial Ratios
- Bizminer
Offers industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more.
- IBISWorld Industry ResearchIndustry Research in over 700 reports by NAIC. In-depth Industry analysis, external, internal and economic, supply chain management. Contains some international reports for UK, Australia, China, and Global.
Company Financial Ratios
- Mergent Online
A financial analysis database of over 25,000 publicly traded US and international companies over 30 years. Major industry reports. Search and compare companies by long term debt, profitability ratios, and many more. Create custom financial comparison charts. A century of annual reports.
- Factiva
Covers news and business information, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources providing current news.
- Hoover's Company RecordsSearch this source in ProQuest's Market Research Collection. Either search within the publication OR browse by company. Overview will provide Key financials and each report provide company financials.
Note: " Hoover's has a full-time, in-house editorial and research team
dedicated wholly to investigating, pinpointing, authenticating, and analyzing data to provide the most
comprehensive, up-to-date information available on companies, industries, and executives."
