Planning Resources
| Topic |
Description
and/or QuickLinks |
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Getting
Started: |
Tips and background information on business plans: |
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Tips Page |
Tips on
using this site and the Web for developing a business plan. (page in development) |
Planning Prep. |
Dunn
& Bradstreet- Marketing tips. Tips to help you create a business
planning roadmap |
Genl. planning
tools |
BRINT - most comprehensive bus ref site on the net. Sample business plans and templates. Money Hunter's
downloadable business plan template.
Software. Celebrus Consulting Group. Quicken- basics of writing
a marketing plan. |
On line
tutorials |
Breakeven analysis; Business ratios (gross & net
margin, etc.) |
| Plan Assistance |
Celebrus Consulting Group |
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Industry
Research: |
List of general industry resources: (see also Market Research, References, Databases and Searches). |
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General BioTech
Industry Info. |
Biotactics
- key Biotech sites and descriptions; BioTech WWW Server. |
Check out
a company |
Wall Street Research Net-  500,000 links for researching companies on line; Companies on line- Business background report, Supplier evaluation
Reports, Marketing Reports. Hoover's Online; check
out Legal judgements ($); search
public records; brief
business profiles and credit ratings($); order annual report; Annual Reports Online; Infoseek-
company capsules. Dunn & Bradstreet
($). |
Products
and services |
BioSupplyNet offers free searching in the CSH Lab
Manual Source Book database of 15,000 laboratory products and 1,600 suppliers. SciQuest- database of over 10,000 suppliers. The Internet Medical Products
Guide by MEDMarket- provides a product category index. PHARMA - status of drugs in development-
searchable database. Altavista's online Catalog- Pharms
products. |
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| Planning
| Industry | Market
Research | Reference | Databases
| Strategy/Tactics |
| Financing | Partnerships | International
| Govt. | Legal |  |
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Databases: |
BioTactics- List of online databases with
descriptions. |
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Market
Research: |
BioTactics- Secondary Market Research Reference Page.
Celebrus Consulting Group |
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References: |
BioTactics- List of online references and links |
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Searches: |
Yahoo
search- Biotechnology, Search the Web |
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Strategy/
Tactics: |
Links for developing Market Strategies and Tactics:
Celebrus Consulting Group |
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Advertising
/Promo/
Branding |
Celebrus Consulting Group provides promotional
and advertising planning and execution. search
for info on tradeshows. Brand you- tips and insights on branding from consumer
products. A few off the wall marketing examples from IdeaSite.
List of Advertising Agencies (medical). |
Marketing
Tactics Toolkit |
AdResouce-Promo on the Web; Tilburg University-
extensive # of links for marketing and marketing research, Smart Business Supersite - Very
difficult site to view, (at least on I.E.); however, contains an interesting array of
references on improving tactics such as advertising, copywriting, etc. List
of Companies with Promo items for sale on the web, Contact MVC to locate unique promo items, or for assistance
developing marketing tactics. |
Templates |
Press Releases; Market Plan; |
Direct Mail |
Direct Marketing Calculator- determine the
return on your direct mail program |
Website |
Measure success- positionagent- check how your site is doing on
the web. |
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Competitive |
See BioTactics in Action Newsletter: Competitive
Intellegence using the Web |
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| Planning
| Industry | Market
Research | Reference | Databases
| Strategy/Tactics |
| Financing | Partnerships | International
| Govt. | Legal | |
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Other Resources: |
Links - Govt,
Partners, Funding, Legal, International: |
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Financial/
Funding |
Recap
Signal's Company
valuations ($$$$); American Business Funding-more than 12,000
capital sources; Money Hunter- 13,000 sources of $ as well as
financing info.; SciWeb- list of VC links and info. FINDX, How VC works, Price Waterhouse VC survey; NaviCity VC Links. MVC- consulting on Funding. Grant funding:
GrantsWeb; opportunities. BIO's links to Grant Funding. Grant Database from Howard Hughes/AAAS. US
Govt. Grants- SBIR- Brief
overview, MVC grant funding assistance. SBA loans. NIH, NSF, USDA. NIST. Financing guide. Report: Federal funds for R&D- 1995,
1996, 1997 |
US
Government |
NIH, SEC, IRS, USPTO,
USDA, EPA,
FDA FedWorld - Fed sites online.; Bioline- govt. agency list. |
International |
Biotactics- List of International links; BioTactics- International travel links |
Legal Issues |
BioTactics -Page of
links for marketing/busdevel related legal issues.( e.g. Patents, Copyrights, Templates). |
Partnerships |
ReCap's Biotech Alliance Database- 3500 biotech company
alliances ($$$$) |
Valuation |
Royalty rate estimator |
