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Doing Business in Washington

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Find information and requirements for planning, starting, running, and closing a business in Washington State.

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Do you need a license, business name, information about reporting revenue, paying taxes? It's all here!

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Small Business Reference Center

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Access articles with up-to-date information on starting a company, operations management and sales, or growing or rescuing a business.

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ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry

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Read trade and industry-focused information in journal articles, market reports, industry reports, and news.

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Business Insights: Global

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Review company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and company & industry news from periodicals.

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DemographicsNow

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Access a variety of ready-to-use and customizable demographic data reports for entrepreneurs, students, or anyone who needs to identify cultural patterns or sociological trends in Demographics Now.

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First Research Industry Profiles via ProQuest

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Review industry intelligence tools that can be consumed very quickly to better understand a prospect’s or client’s business issues. Published by Hoover's Inc.

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ReferenceUSA

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Find U.S. white pages and yellow pages, as well as demographic details and heat maps for U.S. and Canadian businesses.

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Get the most out of Reference USA by visiting their Learning Center. *Please note: you may set up a ReferenceUSA personal account to save your searches, and be confronted with a web page warning you that it is unsafe. Don't worry; it is safe to proceed in this instance.

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Gale Business Collection

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Research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete.

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Results include summaries and full text from business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports.

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Legal Information Reference Center

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Use tools and instructions to independently address a wide-range of legal issues including business law, financial planning, family law, property & real estate, and rights & disputes.

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VancouverBusinessResource.org

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Peruse this one-stop business resource developed by the city of Vancouver, in collaboration with local partners.

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