Research Target Companies with City Business Chronicles: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

How will this help me?  The Business Journals and Books of Lists contain local and regional news from 40+ U.S. cities. The annual Books of Lists’ includes company rankings for large public and private firms, A+ employers, fastest growing firms, and leading firms in a variety of industries. These are helpful for exploring new and Read More …

Research Companies, Funds and Investors: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

How will this help me? PitchBook covers startups, VC and PE-backed companies, as well as mature private and public firms, investors, buyers, and funds. You can research and target firms by industry or vertical, as well as financing history. PitchBook’s lists are great for identifying both large and small competitors to firms – helpful for Read More …

Researching Foundations and Grantmakers with Foundation Directory: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

How will this help me?  Foundation Directory  helps answer the question “Who is giving money to non-profits, and how much?” It does this by providing information on U.S. grantmakers and their global philanthropic activities. Foundation Directory includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent and company-sponsored Read More …

Don’t Forget!: LinkedIn Learning (LiL) Subscription Ends February 28, 2026

February 28, 2026 is the last day you will have access to LiL at Emory. How do I keep from losing my LiL courses and certifications? Your learning history, which includes a list of courses completed, course certifications, and tracking for your current course viewing, will be lost if you do not do one of the following Read More …

This Day in Business History: Facebook Is Founded

Feb 4, 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook.  By December 2004, 1M people were using Facebook.  The social media network now has 1.49 billion daily active users on Facebook on average for September 2018.       Becoming Facebook : the 10 challenges that Read More …

Build Target Company Lists: Career and Professional Development Tips

How will this help me?  AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom company lists from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel to customize further as part of your job or internship search. For career focused target lists, it’s generally best Read More …

Working with Large Data Sets through Emory Libraries

Whether you’re working on a class project, conducting a market analysis, or exploring new research ideas, Emory Libraries has a variety of resources available for accessing datasets. Dewey Data This research platform provides access to third-party quantitative and geospatial data focused on finance, marketing, consumer demographics, behavioral economics, urban planning and real estate. Their datasets Read More …

This Day in Business History: Apple Macintosh Goes on Sale

Jan 24, 1984:  The Apple Macintosh computer first goes on sale, featuring a graphical user interface and a mouse.  Two days prior to the sale, Apple announced the new computer’s launch via a dramatic ad during Super Bowl XVIII.  In the first three months after the launch, Apple sold over 5,000 Macintosh computers. The One Device: The Secret Read More …

Business Research Database Blog Series: Richard K. Miller Market Research eBook Series (RKMA) 

The Emory community has access to a wealth of business research databases. This series highlights many of these great resources, including content and the best applications for classes and career prep. What You Will Find Richard K. Miller Market Research (RKMA) eBook Series contains industry data, market segmentation, company rankings, consumer trends, and more. New for Read More …