Internet Research Resources (Prospect Research)

Internet Research Resources

presentation by David Lamb, posted on
David Lamb's Prospect Research Page
http://www.lambresearch.com/index.html

What You Can Usually Find
* Indications of wealth
-- Stockholdings of public company insiders
-- Salaries of top public company employees
-- Real estate values
-- Salary surveys
* Affiliations
-- Professional directories

What you can sometimes find
* Inheritances
* Affiliations
-- Nonprofit
-- Corporate
-- Family
* Donations
* Biographical
-- Age
-- Business history
-- Who's Who
*Assets other than stock or real estate
-- Boats
-- Airplanes
-- Art
* Proceeds of private company sale

What you can never find
* Bank account balances
* Non-insider stockholdings
* Private investments
* Whatever the prospect wants to keep private

If you know where the prospect works
* Check for a Hoovers profile for:
-- Company data
-- Proxy statement if any to find equity and salary
-- Links to the company web site
* Go to the company web site if found for:
-- Company data
-- Press releases
-- Executive bios
-- SEC filings if any
* Go to Marketwatch to update latest trades since proxy, if applicable



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