Career Research Guide

This guide lists library resources commonly used by GSB students and alumni when job hunting and exploring career opportunities.

Research Companies: Financials & Profiles

PitchBook This link opens in a new window
If you're not on the "Stanford" WiFi network, you must use the VPN. See PitchBook access.

Research companies, deals, funds, and investors across the private investment lifecycle worldwide. Great for venture capital (VC) and startup research.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.
Help: PitchBook accounts | Pitchbook mobile app access | Video tutorials
CB Insights This link opens in a new window
Tracks venture capital (VC) backed private companies and their investors, as well as private company M&A and IPO activities worldwide. "Expert Intelligence Reports" are not available to academic institutions.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.
Help: CB Insights accounts| CB Insights search help
Tracxn This link opens in a new window
Global startup company profiles, financials, news, and PE/VC & M&A data.

For: Current Stanford GSB faculty, staff, and full-time students (MBA, MSx, PhD).
Help: Tracxn accounts

The following are popular resources to create company lists and get in-depth company financials and reports.

D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new window
Web platform with current information about millions of public and private companies worldwide. Includes financials, SWOT reports, IT strategy, some industry and analyst reports, and more. See also available D&B historical datasets.

Stanford GSB Alumni: Access D&B Hoovers
Help: D&B Hoovers search help
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
Data on public and private companies, financial statements, M&A deals, and executives and boards worldwide. By S&P Global.
Note: If you're looking for analyst reports, use LSEG Workspace instead. Learn more.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students for academic use only.
Help: Capital IQ access & Excel Plug-in instructions | Capital IQ search help

PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Private U.S. company data, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed companies and startups.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.
Help: PrivCo access instructions

Orbis This link opens in a new window
Global public and private company profiles. Best for a small number of company or industry look-ups. Because of its broad coverage, Orbis tends to include fewer variables than regional products. By Bureau van Dijk.
For large-scale data, use Orbis Historical.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.
Help: Orbis access instructions.
EMIS Intelligence This link opens in a new window
Global and emerging market information and market reports for countries or regions worldwide.

For: Current Stanford faculty, staff, and students.

Business News Website Subscriptions
Quick links to popular online newspapers and magazines at Stanford.
Includes the WSJ, FT, Washington Post, and the Economist.
Search Business News & Trade Articles
One great way to learn about an industry, market, or product, is to scour news and industry media outlets for information.

These FAQs will provide more details about how to create a target lists of companies.

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