There more than 750 million URLs for websites in the US and
around 200 million that are “active.” There are certain sites because of their
breadth, content or unique perspective that can help entrepreneurs and
executives alike in understanding the business environment, changing behaviors
of different segments of the population, the economic environment, and the
political environment. C-Level Partners put together a selection of sites that
they have found to be useful to business leaders of all kinds.
We divided these sites into categories but clearly there is
overlap among the websites. Based on the collective wisdom of C-Level Partners
and its advisory group of more than 60 C-Level Executives, these are the sites
that are used time after time by those queried.
Much of the information is free while there are premium services
or subscription services. Even if there is a fee for premium services, signing
up for the blogs or free newsletters will help the executive get and stay
ahead. A word of caution: A website is only as good as the information that it
provides for an intended purpose.
General Business
www.businessweek.com
Originally
called Businessweek and now called Bloomberg Businessweek, this magazine
provides information and opinions on what is happening
in the business world. It focuses on issues shaping markets, technology and
politics, and provides options on developments which affect the business world.
www.ceo.com CEO.com
is a resource for executives seeking out the latest in business news and
leadership strategy. Our editors probe the web and handpick the most relevant
content for the site that will help you become a more effective business
leader.
www.cfo.com Targeting
corporate financial executives this site offers information on Accounting &
Tax, Banking & Capital Markets, Risk & Compliance, Strategy and
Technology. Their content includes articles on current topics, white papers and
links to other relevant content.
www.cio.com For this site’s
content the “i” means “Information” so much of the content is related to
technology topics. When visiting the site in January 2017 I noticed a piece on
European privacy regulation which, having lived in London for 14 years, can be
a minefield. Given the current state of flux in these regulations, a firm with
activities linked to Europe would be well-served to remain compliant. Of
course, there were many technology related items on this site which has
extensive content.
www.forbes.com Published
bi-weekly, Forbes features original articles on finance, industry, investing
and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as
technology, communications, science and law.
www.fortune.com Fortune
Magazine competes with Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek in the national business magazine category and
distinguishes itself with long, in-depth feature articles.[2] The magazine is best known for the Fortune 500, a ranking
of companies by revenue that it has published annually since 1955.
Economic/Financial/Political/Technical
www.ft.com The Financial
Times is the cornerstone of international business news, analysis, market data and company
information. It provides perspective on global business issues and provides
clarity in a complex business world. Also, as it is UK based, the points of
view presented are less US-centric than many other publications in this list.
www.money.cnn.com Purportedly
the largest business website, CNN Money provides information on business,
markets, technology, media, luxury, personal finance and a section on small
business.
www.theeconomist.com
The
commentary makes it a requisite for any business professional. You need to stay
up to date on all news to cultivate partnerships and understand the new
realities of both the political and economic climate to be successful whether
you are an entrepreneur or a corporate executive. Like the FT mentioned above,
The Economist is UK-based and the point of view is less US-centric and thus
useful for US executives to better understand communications with overseas
partners or customers.
www.reuters.com Reuters.com brings you the latest news from around the world, covering breaking
news in business, politics, entertainment, technology, video and pictures.
www.research.stlouisfed.org. The St Louis Fed offers an outstanding range of
publications and data on economic, financial and policy issues. Their FRED
service is the data service and they make available an Excel Add-in that allows
you to download historical data including thousands of series covering the
entire world.
www.gartner.com, www.forrester.com, www.idc.com We lump all these together and you
can add others as well. These sites provide market research, analysis and
advisory services on a range of technology and Information Technology that is
critical for the Chief Information Officer, Marketer and even other executives
to understand.
Investment/New
Technology
www.yahoofinance.com
Yahoo Finance provides one of the most complete sites for business, finance and
stock market news including quotes on stocks, options, and portfolio
management.
www.investors.com One
of my favorite sites with news and information that moves the markets and a
complete tool for analyzing stocks and financial markets. It has a new America
section which focuses on technology trends and companies that will change the
economy.
www.motleyfool.com
This is Dave and Tom Gardner’s site which became famous for its investment
insight, and analysis of stocks. You can also find out which stocks and
industries will make the most changes to our economy during the coming years.
www.marketwatch.com
MarketWatch
operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis,
and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, a
property of News Corp.
www.seekingalpha.com
Seeking
Alpha is a crowd-sourced content service for financial markets. Articles and
research cover a broad range of stocks, asset classes, ETFs and investment
strategies.
Leadership/Management
www.bain.com Bain is a top
management consulting firm that advises companies on strategy, marketing,
organization, operations, IT and just about every aspect of business. They have
a tab called Insights which is their
blog that can help executives find new ideas that generate results.
www.mckinsey.com In
the same vein as Bain, McKinsey and Company is a global management consulting
firm that serves leading businesses, governments, non-government organizations
and non-profits and helps them realize their performance goals. Their blog
provides stories about people and research which might be useful to find and
implement new ideas.
www.strategy-business.com
Business strategy news
articles for CEOs, corporate executives, and decision makers who influence international business management.
Their prime focus is to
highlight the complex choices that leaders face — in strategy, marketing,
operations, human capital, governance and other domains — and the impact of
their decisions.
www.enpinstitute.com
Executive Next Practices Institute is a research, collaboration, and thought
leader forum composed of several thousand C-Level executives from Fortune 5000
companies, including those from C-Level Partners. Their focus is on first look
innovations, beyond the current best practices.
www.cebglobal.com CEB (formerly known as the Corporate Executive Board) is a
best practice insight company with several subspecialties in HR, IT/Operations,
Marketing and other functional areas. It develops its programs in partnership
with leading organizations around the globe and shares solutions to drive
corporate performance and to effectively manage talent, customers and operations.
www.hbr.org Harvard
Business Review is one of the cornerstone magazines for new ideas and classic
advice on strategy, innovation, leadership, technology and marketing from the
world’s best management and business thinkers.
www.linkedin.com
Everyone should be on LinkedIn, the largest professional database. You can find
people, new opportunities, and through groups engage in dialogs on trends,
technology, marketing, business, economics and almost everything else. By
participating in posting articles or sharing information you will also
encourage others to find you and that can lead to business deals. Everyone
likely knows that Microsoft bought LinkedIn in 2016.
www.edgar-online.com
EDGAR Online is a leader in helping
professionals uncover intelligence from financial disclosures. EDGAR Online
offers distribution of company data and public filings for equities, mutual
funds and other publicly traded assets. Check out the 10k filings of publicly
traded companies to get a good understanding of the business climate and
insight into their business strategy.
www.marshallgoldsmith.com Marshall
Goldsmith is a leadership coach with some of the key corporate, public and
non-profit leaders of the world. His books include What Got You Here Won’t
Get Your There are insightful and offer many useful suggestions for
motivating and energizing your teams. Also, his subscription service provides
weekly 3- to 5-minute videos which offer useful suggestions for better handling
challenging, or even very obvious, situations.
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
www.cbinsights.com
This venture and start-up website contains a private company financing and
angel investment database. It also provides excellent infographics on
technology trends and shares eco-systems of market categories.
www.slideshare.net
Authors, writers, and companies share their information through presentations,
infographics, and documents. Owned by LinkedIn, you can now link your
presentations to your LinkedIn account.
www.techcrunch.com. TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated obsessively to profiling
startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.
Check out its companion site, www.crunchbase.com, which provide an excellent database on
innovative companies, their funding, and the people behind them.
www.ted.com TED Talks are inspiring
and revealing. While the site talks about new ideas and trends, it is more than
a site for entrepreneurs as it has a strong community. Information from these
talks is beneficial to both entrepreneurs and successful corporate business
people. Check out www.mashable.com as well, as these two
are nice complements to each other.
www.fastcompany.com
Fast Company provides a breath of fresh air as it inspires new innovative and
creative thought leaders who are inventing the future of business. While aimed
at the younger generation and start-ups, Fast Company provides good information
on leadership and management that is applicable to the corporate executive as
well giving them an edge in business.
http://www.eofire.com This is a platform and podcast
for entrepreneurs and marketers. Founder, John Lee Dumas, interviews inspiring
Entrepreneurs.
www.quora.com Leaders
and entrepreneurs in the tech industry share their information and answer
questions from the reader base.
www.entrepreneur.com This site
provides the latest in news and advice for the startup entrepreneur. And the
information is also useful for those in the corporate world who delve into
innovation.
www.inc.com Find out the latest in tips, news, management,
leadership and other resources for entrepreneurs from one of the most reputable
magazines in the industry.
Marketing
www.chiefmarketer.com
Chief Marketer serves marketing professionals at consumer and
business-to-business brands, as well as their agencies, with rich, detailed
information on measurable marketing strategies, tactics and techniques. Marketing executives discuss marketing and technology challenges,
how to understand the relationships, and how to determine which tools are most
effective, and the role of data and content.
www.hoovers.com Hoovers
has one of the largest databases for use by business people, sales people,
marketers and others and which provides in-depth information on more than 85
million companies. You can use this for targeted mailing lists and depending on
the subscription you choose, you can get industry information and competitive
information as well.
www.advertisingage.com Advertising Age has been around
for a very long time and this website helps marketers understand advertising as
part of the overall marketing mix. Many marketers still are behind in digital
marketing knowledge and this site can help by sharing ideas on what others are
doing. As part of Advertising Age, www.btobonline.com provides specific information
for the B2B marketer including news, advice, trends and technology.
www.avention.com Avention
is the new name for OneSource, a database of companies that marketers can use
to find information on companies in their industry, competitors and even use it
as a lead source for direct marketing campaigns.
www.marketingtoday.com
Marketing Today is a combination marketing magazine and blog covering such
topics as general marketing, digital marketing, social media, advertising and
public relations.
www.marketo.com Marketo
is basically a marketing automation site and a good one at that. It provides
through its webinars, events and blogs a host of useful information that
marketers can use to generate sales and partners.
www.hubspot.com Hubspot
has a fantastic blog covering a range of sales and marketing topics,
including A/B testing, content marketing and e-mail marketing.
www.econsultancy.com Econsultancy shares the latest digital
marketing and ecommerce insight from a team of analysts and experts.
www.kissmetrics.com The
KISSmetrics blog aims to help you track, analyze and optimize your digital marketing.
Miscellaneous/
Specialty
www.apple.com/education/itunes-u The iTunes U app gives you
access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus
the world's largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your
iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
www.businessinsider.com
This site has spent the past few years providing free articles and reports on a
wide range of business, technology and policy issues. Quite recently they have
begun to charge fees for many of their reports, which are, in fact, well
researched. However, whether they’ll be considered value-for-money has yet to
be determined.
www.instantcheckmate.com
This is a relatively new yet interesting site which claims to have the ability
to find out background information on most people. You can use it to verify
people you want to hire or partner with.
www.lynda.com This site
contains over 2,000 video courses on a wide range of topics which are led by
industry recognized instructors. For an introduction to a new area of interest,
or to dig deeper on a topic than you already are, this site likely has courses
to meet your needs. This is available for a small registration fee and offers a
12-week free trial so you can assess whether this is right for you.
www.mashable.com Mashable is a global, multi-platform media and entertainment
company with a focus on the intersection of technology and culture. Check out
its YouTube channel as well.
www.wired.com Wired
probably needs no explanation. Everyone is connected in some way to something
or someone. The content is current, often leading edge material that typically
is reliable. If you are unfamiliar with it, check it out. Likely you’ll be
impressed and use it going forward.
If you are interested in becoming a StreetSavvy Business Executive, call me or Brian to find out how you can qualify for a complimentary 45 minute appraisal. My telephone is 949 4394503 and email is dfriedman@clevelpartners.net. Brian's email is bnewton@clevelpartners.net.
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