1. COMPANY INFORMATION General

2. What is a “company”? an inclusive term for any type of business organization sole proprietorship (formed by an individual) partnership (general, limited) corporation (Subchapter C or S )

3. Companies in the U.S. 16 mil. (broadly defined) 2 mil. are incorporated between 15 -30,000 public

4. Organizational resources for TX startups Texas Secretary of State http://www.sos.state.tx.us Texas Department of Economic Development http://www.tded.state.tx.us Travis County Clerk http://www.co.travis.tx.us

5. Useful Texas resources Texas Road Map to Starting a Business (Tx Dept. of Econom Devel.) How to Register Your Business Name in Texas (available from County Clerk) Starting and Operating a Business in Texas, 1997 (Jenkins, Michael) How to Incorporate and Start a Business in Texas: A Simple 9-Part Program, 1997 (Dicks, J.W., Adams Publ.)

6. Types of company information name address (telephone, fax, e-mail, web address) affiliations company management industry products

7. Company name and address types of resources available: company directories, phone directories (white and yellow pages), Internet, online, and CD- Rom directories: general, specialized (industrial, regional, selective)

8. Sample print directories – general D & B Million Dollar Directory Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors, and Editors Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies

9. Sample print directories – specialized Thomas Register Hoover’s Guide to the Top TX Companies http//:www.hoovers.com Standard Directory of Advertisers

10. Company Affiliations division: an organizational device, a section of company which performs a distinct function or operation affiliate: generic meaning, also company controlled by another firm that does not own majority of the controlled form’s stock joint venture: contractual agreement between two or more companies to work together

11. Sample resources Directory of Corporate Affiliations America’s Corporate Families

12. Company management Who runs the company? titles: president, chief executive officer (CEO), board of directors, chairman of the board, etc. managers vs. elected officers (directors)

13. Sample resources general directories (e.g., S&P) who’s who directories

14. Company industry and products Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code number (11 industry divisions) New classification system (NAICS) introduced in 1997. Sample Resources: –Brands and Their Companies –Thomas Register