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MD Buyline Dallas, TX | |
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MD Buyline provides a comprehensive database of information on thousands of healthcare products, assisting hospitals throughout
the budgetary planning and equipment procurement process. Custom analyses of medical equipment and IT quotes help the company's
3,200-plus member hospitals assess the best equipment to buy for their facilities' needs, evaluating medical equipment from both a
performance and financial perspective. More powerfully, MD Buyline gathers equipment and vendor ratings from its hospital subscribers
and other users in the field. Members even submit price quotes they’ve received for new equipment, allowing MD Buyline to produce an
incredibly valuable database of medical equipment "street prices" and provide hospitals the ability to negotiate pricing from a
data-based view of the market. www.mdbuyline.com MofE Profile Larry Malcolmson, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence; Benchmark - Industry Benchmarks Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Community: Primary Research -- Manual; User-Generated --Closed Data Pools Distribution Model: Direct Sales -- Captive | ||
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Leadership Directories Inc. New York, NY | |
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The online version of the full database is called Leadership Online, and represents an excellent example of how the power of the web
can be harnessed to make data more powerful and useful. A well-designed and highly intuitive user interface permits users not only to
quickly find specific information, but to look at individuals in context of the organizations to which they belong. Even more
impressively, Leadership Online now boasts a visualization tool called Leadership Networks that allows users to visually explore
connections between individuals in different organizations and how they relate to each other based on schools attended, former
employers, etc. www.leadershipdirectories.com MofE Profile David Hurvitz, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Buy/Sell -- Opportunity Finder; Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Community: Primary Research -- Manual Distribution Model: Direct Sales -- Captive | ||
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Blue Book Services/ Produce Reporter Company Carol Stream, IL | |
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Blue Book Services has been providing credit and marketing information to the fresh fruit and
vegetable industry since 1901. Rather than merely moving existing content online, Blue Book took advantage of web delivery to
substantially enhance its product, not the least of which was creating functionality to allow its
customers to report credit experiences online, information that flows out to other subscribers on a
real-time basis. www.bluebookprco.com MofE Profile Jim Carr, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Model: Evaluate: Credit & Risk Analysis Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Community: Closed Data Pool Distribution Model: Web-based Direct Response | ||
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Snooth Inc. New York, NY | |
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Snooth, which the company freely admits is a made-up word, is a comprehensive database
of wine. The company indicates the database contains information on hundreds of thousands
of wines along with several million professional and user-generated reviews. Snooth can be used two ways. The most common use is
as a wine research and recommendation database. Users can enter names of specific wines, wine regions or even the type of food
they would like to pair with a wine. Snooth returns a list of relevant wines, often with some combination of reviews from users
and wine professionals. Wine listings also include user ratings. Wine aficionados can also create a free account on Snooth that
allows them to build their own personal wine database by layering their tasting notes on top of the system’s existing basic
information on each wine. These notes can be public or private. The Snooth system will also allow users to inventory their own
wine cellars. www.snooth.com MofE Profile Philip James, Founder ICG Classification: Applications Model: Central Catalog Business Model: Advertising Content Model: Licensed Aggregation; User-generated Content: Survey Distribution Model: Web-based Direct Response | ||
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Onvia Inc. Seattle, WA | |
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The Onvia Government product is a remarkable example of a data publisher closing the
information loop in its market. Onvia starts by gathering unstructured data on government
procurement opportunities from the web using automated tools. It supplements this with data
gathered manually from a number of different sources. The result: an impressive database of
over 4.5 million current and historical procurement opportunities, with an average of 3,500 new
selling opportunities added daily. www.onvia.com MofE Profile Mike Pickett, President and CEO Business Model: Subscription Supported: Pure Subscription | ||
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Demandbase Inc. San Francisco, CA | |
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Demandbase has built an interesting new approach to helping companies prospect more intelligently. The company has aggregated
information on over 5 million business contacts with sales over $5 million. Data is sourced from reputable data publishers.
www.demandbase.com MofE Profile Chris Golec, Founder and CEO Business Model: Subscription Supported: By the Slice | ||
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SupplyFrame Pasadena, CA | |
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SupplyFrame provides a free search engine for finding clear information about millions of electronic components. With a simple search by product name, description, or part number, users can quickly find the latest manufacturer datasheet to check product features and compatibility, as well as access deeper technical content. SupplyFrame also shows a list of alternate components with equivalent specifications and links to stocking distributors' e-stores.
www.supplyframe.com MofE Profile Steve Flagg, CEO Business Model: Advertising & Transaction Supported: Free Listings with Paid Enhancements | ||