Of prototypes and other things
There's a column in the Wall Street Journal called "Small Talk", which currently appears every Tuesday. Readers are encouraged to send their small-business questions to smalltalk@wsj.com . A question last month was about prototypes. Columnist Kelly Spors recommended Thomasnet.com/ , from the people who put out the Thomas Register. Click on Engineering & Consulting, then Prototypes. Also, the United Inventors Association makes recommendations. Another more general useful tool from WSJ is the Startup Journal , from the paper's Center for Entrepreneurship, with tabs for franchising, finance, running a business and more.