Development Research

People

2009-10-15T05:01:25Z

10-K Wizard
Biography & Genealogy Master Index; through Gale, connect with library password
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (for users who are logged on to the Stanford network)
Biography Resource Center; (vendor description page)
Biography Resource Center (for users who are logged on to the Stanford network)
CEO Wealth Meter
Forbes List index, includes wealthy individuals
Hollywood prospect research page from USC
Insider Trading from MSN Money; default search is set for MSFT; simply enter another company's ticker symbol to find inside trades.
Insider Trading from NASDAQ; enter last name first
Lawyers from Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Search, State Bar of California
California Professional Licenses; California's Department of Consumer Affairs license lookup page; check to see if someone is licensed in their field such as accountants, architects, nurses, psychologists, medical board, etc.
NASD broker search; securities dealers website that contains brokers' work history and, sometimes, degree info. The link takes you to their disclaimer page, which you must accept to perform a search.
National Obituary Archive;describes itself as "the world's largest repository of obituaries and death records with more than 55 million individual entries on file."
Obituary Archive; look up obituaries by name, date and other criteria.
Patent search from Google
Patent search - quick & simple search from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); easy to use, but the advanced USPTO search page below with give you more refined results.
Patent search from USPTO; somewhat daunting advanced search page from US Patent and Trademark Office; be prepared to type things like: in/brin-sergey to find the name of an inventor
Phone book white pagesmeta-search; Langenberg is a sort of "meta-search engine," tapping into a number of databases for finding phone numbers of individuals and businesses.
Phone number reverse directory; when you have a phone number or street address and want to find a name.
Physicians and medical specialists (licensed); covers California only; maintained by state Medical Board.
Physicians from AMA;short educational and professional background on American Medical Association members; more abbreviated listings on non-AMA members.
Physician Salary Survey
SEC EDGAR; search filings of companies which report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The forms that are of interest to development research are the one which detail an individual's stake in the company. Those forms include the annual proxy statement (DEF-14A, etc.), or the company's initial prospectus (403-B) and registration (S-1). These forms generally list the stock holdings of top management, directors and those who own 10% or more of the company. Certain individuals at those firms also file Forms 3, 4 & 5 which detail their stock ownership and trades. It's important to note that not everyone at a publicly listed company is required to post their stock holdings. Also, by definition, stock ownership information is simply not available for those at privately held firms.
SEC Full-Text Search; covers the last four years only.
Social Security Death Index
Tax Assessor Database; good source for finding what a real estate parcel is worth. Repository of conversion factors for converting the assessed home value into estimated market value; also source for online tax assessor pages and phone numbers of tax assessor offices.
Women in Philanthropy; resource originally developed by the late Ann Castle; provides an online resources page.
Zillow; home valuation using comparables and other factors. Opinions differ on the accuracy of Zillow's home prices. It appears to be fairly accurate for properties in the San Francisco Bay Area and other busy real estate markets. Zillow's ability to give you "Bird's Eye View" of homes in Southern California area is a real boon.
ZoomInfo; "search engine for discovering people, companies and relationships." Claims to have summaries of 27+ million people and 2.3+ million companies. Why is this better than just doing a Google search and finding someone's company bio? Well, a ZoomInfo search includes older as well as newer archived bios, and since the database only contains biographical material, the results are very focused and not cluttered with irrelevant stuff.

International

2009-09-18T01:12:29Z

First, in our FAQ section, see

"How do I research prospects outside the U.S." for some helpful tips.

And here are some other resources:

Asian Prospecting; pdf document by Krista Slade and Natasha Vasiliou, from 2004 APRA conference held in Toronto.
Hometrack; UK property value estimations
Houseprices; search all the houses sold in England and Wales since 2000
Zoopla; UK’s version of Zillow.com, claims to be UK’s leading property market resource.
Property values in Canada
ChinaBig
Corporate Information
Currency converters: XE: Universal Currency Converter and Oanda FXConverter
Europages
Far Eastern Economic Review
Forbes 2006 China's 400 Richest
Global Edge
Hong Kong's "List of Charitable Institutions and Trusts"; long listing of charities in Hong Kong (in both English and Chinese), as of 11/30/2006.
Philanthropy in Asia; good source of information on foundations in Hong Kong.
Goldsea 100 List of America's 100 Top Asian Entrepreneurs
Taiwan Yearbook 2006, with Who's Who in Taiwan
Translation tools: Google Translation tools; Babelfish Translator
Researcha; information on companies in the U.K., Ireland.

Zip Code Maps and Finder

2009-09-01T17:03:57Z

The following free link is a great tool for locating wealthy zip codes... http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code-radius-finder.asp Enter zip code and radius in miles to find nearest surrounding zip codes, hyperlinked to provide relevant data about the communities, such as average home value and average income per household.

Salary calculators and lists

2009-08-21T19:11:54Z

American Lawyer magazine's 2006 AmLaw100 and AmLaw200 lists of average profits per partner at law firms. Keep in mind that these are average figures. In general, not all attorneys at a firm share in the profits. Associates at a firm are often on a salary-only basis, while senior partners could make far more than the average profits per partner. The full list requires a subscription or fee, but you can see a partial list with free registration. There are some older lists online, including this full AmLaw200 profits-per-partner list from 2000.
CEO compensation from Forbes
Salary Wizard; compensation calculator from salary.com
Siliconvalley.com compensation database; lists 2008 compensation for 145 chief executives heading Silicon Valley's largest companies based on revenue. The data was compiled from proxy filings made by May 30 and analyzed by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. Also included is 2007 data. Database is searchable by executive name and company name:
Sports salaries from USA TODAY; includes average incomes of baseball, football, basketball and hockey players incomes.

Silicon Valley executive salary survey

2009-08-21T19:10:06Z

Siliconvalley.com has a database which lists 2008 compensation for 145 chief executives heading Silicon Valley's largest companies based on revenue. The data was compiled from proxy filings made by May 30 and analyzed by Equilar, an executive compensation research firm. Also included is 2007 data. The database is searchable by executive name and company name:

Companies

2009-07-01T05:06:07Z

10-K Wizard
BizStats.com; great free tool for private company valuation. Select an industry, plug in a sales figure, and get a rough idea of what a company is worth.
California Business Registration database, from California Secretary of State's office
Financial Dictionary provides concise definitions of 8,000 terms from the world of banking and investing, providing users with thorough and reliable meanings to all the most common, and even uncommon, financial terms.
Financial glossary from Blackstone Group, with financial terms used in private equity.
Marketwatch from DowJones
Google Finance; provides short company profiles (some appear to be from Hoover's), as well as financials. Similar to Yahoo!Finance, but you don't need to first look up the stock symbol in order to get to the company profile.
Hedge fund resources
Historical Stock Pricing
Hoover's
IPO Resources
IPO Scoop is an IPO tracking website that offers a fee-based service, but also provides some free information. You can view listings of new and archived IPOs, with file dates, proposed ticker symbols, lead managers, proposed trade dates, pricing and other info.
Yahoo! Finance
ZoomInfo; millions of executive biographies extracted from the web; cached biographies from 2001 and earlier provide a way of seeing past employment, which may not be available from someone's current online bio.

IPO Scoop

2009-06-30T20:15:20Z

IPO Scoop is an IPO tracking website that offers a fee-based service, but also provides some free information. You can view listings of new and archived IPOs, with file dates, proposed ticker symbols, lead managers, proposed trade dates and pricing.

Other research sites

2009-04-21T05:47:10Z

APRA; International Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement.
CARA; California chapter of APRA.
Helen Brown Group; provides a very useful collection of rich lists by region.
Internet Prospector; began as a regular online posting to PRSPCT-L in 1994, then launched its own website in 1996.
NetSource@USC; great source for entertainment-industry links.
Northwestern University Research Bookmarks; prospect research bookmarks, maintained by Al Gabor.
Portico; web resources for advancement professionals.
PRSPCT-L is a listserv for prospect researchers, founded in 1993 by Joseph Boeke when he worked at UC Irvine, and later housed at Bucknell.
SupportingAdvancement.net Research Page; in-depth list of research resources.
Tax Assessor Database; links to online assessor office websites, as well as multipliers for estimating market value of real properties; maintained by Christina Pulawski.
University of Vermont Prospect Research and Reference Tools; cited as a "virtual Swiss army-knife site" by Case Currents.

Wealth vs Location

2009-04-07T20:20:07Z

What It Takes to Be Rich Depends On Where You Live US News & World Report revealed what it takes to be “rich” in 40 of the largest metro areas in the United States. The magazine calculated the average incomes of the top 5 percent in each city and estimated what would constitute a "rich" income for a couple with no kids, and for a family of four, in each scenario: http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2008/10/09/what-it-takes-to-be-rich--where-you-live.html

News and alerts

2008-10-16T04:43:54Z

America's Newspapers from NewsBank. This link available free to Stanford users. Searches 812 news sources (San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, etc.) and includes some smaller papers not covered in other sources. Can also select to search Asian news sources.
Business Journals
Marketwatch from DowJones
Fast Company
Forbes
Fortune
Google News
Google News Archive Search
LexisNexis Academic; free to Stanford users. If you are a Stanford user connecting from off campus, connect through EZProxy
LexiNexis for Development Professionals
NewsDirectory.com
NewsLibrary.com
New York Times
Palo Alto Online
Red Herring
RefDesk.com
San Francisco Chronicle
San Jose Mercury News
Stanford databases (most are for Stanford users only, and if not connected to the Stanford network, you may need to use EZProxy to access)
Wall St Journal, pre-1985 (Stanford users only)

Yacht and Boat Prices: Rough Guide

2008-10-03T19:10:38Z

Boat and Yacht Prices: Rough Guide
(created by Christopher Butler, Stanford University Office of Development Research)

Length (Feet)	Price Range (Low –High)	Price Range (Average Range)	Price Range** (Top)
*Under 30’	$19K-$90K	$35K-$60K	$100K+
31’-35’	$45K-$250K	$75K-$125K	$250K+
36’-40’	$60K-$300K	$125K-200K	$330K+
41’-45’	$250K-$550K	$350K-$450K	$700K+
46’-50’	$290K-$750K	$400K-$600K	$1M+
50’-60’	$650K-$3M	$1.5M-$2.5M	$4M+
60’-70’	$1M-$4M	$1.5M-$2.5M	$5.9M+
70’-80’	$1M-$5M	$2.5M-$3.5M	$6M+
80’-100’	$3M-$10M	$4M-$7M	$14M+
100’-200’	$8M-$24M	$10M-$18M	$26M+
200’+	-289’Perini Navi 2006 for sale for $162M (Name: “Maltese Falcon”) -282’ Alpha Marine 2005 for $137M
NOTES: According to various yachting resources, a “small” boat is typically under 30 feet in length. In addition to Length, a yacht's price is dependent on Year, Make/Model, and Type (Sail, Motor Yacht, Super Yacht, Passenger, Commercial, Power, High Performance, etc). Sailboats are generally cheaper than Motor Yachts, but this is not always the case. **Above prices are based on yachts currently on the market (market value as of 10/2/09). To find prices on various yachts http://www.yachtworld.com/or http://www.boatquest.com

Online profiles

2008-08-19T23:44:33Z

PeekYou is a people search that currently claims to have 143,839,270 profiles online. You can search by name, by work or by school attended. While it can't really make up its mind if it's a social interaction site or a business profile search, PeekYou does have a number of useful features. One is "Possible Relatives," with a list of those sharing the same last name and present or past location. PeekYou has a lot in common with other people-search sites with a business bent, including LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, and Spoke. Similar sites that are more geared towards social interaction are of course MySpace and Facebook.

Relationship Mappers

2008-06-05T17:15:54Z

It's sometimes easier to see relationships with a visual tool. TheyRule.net was one of the first, but several good (and free) ones have surfaced. Here are a few such websites: Muckety takes a few seconds for Java to load, but it's worth it. The link above is to the Stanford Muckety map, but you can enter other organizations or individuals, or click on a name within the map to see relationships past and present. In Muckety, if you end up clicking on a lot of the boxes and it expands way too much, you can "center" or clean it up by alt-clicking on a box. Mousing over a line will provide details of the relationship (director, trustee, family ties, etc). NNDB Mapper tracks the activities of noteworthy individuals, and lists birth information, political affiliation, family, high school and college education, board memberships as well as career history information. At the bottom of each profile is a link to a relationship map.

How do I research property values in Canada?

2008-04-03T21:57:36Z

REALTORS® comparable home values
Use this site to get an idea of comparable home values by city. The drawback is that it includes only properties that are up for sale, and you can't search by street address. The website "is an advertising vehicle provided by REALTORS® across Canada to help market properties." The web site itself is not an MLS® system.

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