Top 15 Information Hub for Students and Business Owners

By: Precious Tochi John

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There are numerous websites out there offering information, valuable contents, papers, news and advice about the world of business, entrepreneurship and management. As a student or business owner with skimpy free time, how can you possibly keep up with everything you need to know?

Here are some of my favourite business sites, covering topics such as small business, merger & acquisition, venture capital, investing, strategic management, decision making: risk and uncertainty, entrepreneurship, sales and marketing, tech companies, trends in business, etc.


Research Gate

Management students can access over 30+ million publications and connect with about 2million business researchers. You can join for free, share papers, ask questions, answer questions, and find collaborators.

Website: www.researchgate.net

Management Study Guide (MSG)

Management Study Guide is a complete tutorial for management students, where students can learn the basics of management, concepts & skills rapidly.

Website: www.managementstudyguide.com

Business Dictionary

This is an indispensable source available to management and business students. Easy-to-use and free business glossary with over 20000 terms. The explanations are concise, clear, and comprehensive.

Website: www.businessdictionary.com

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Linkedin

It houses over 500 million members. Students can build and engage with professional network around the world; access knowledge, insights and job opportunities.

Website: www.linkedin.com

Academia.edu

This is a platform available to Management students, where they can access papers for assignments, term papers, and projects. You can access over 23 million papers.

Website: www.academia.edu

 AllBusiness.com

This is one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web for entrepreneurs and growing businesses. AllBusiness.com features articles, advice, forms, agreements, and videos covering small business topics, management & admin, venture capital, angel financing, sales and marketing, careers, and more. The site offers over 1,000 articles written by experts from Management field.

Website: www.allbuisness.com

Bloomberg Business

Bloomberg Business provides up-to-the-minute U.S. and international news on financial markets, commodities, currencies, company earnings, technology, and more. The site has numerous articles, feature stories, and videos.

Website: www.bloomberg.com

Business Insider

Business Insider is a business news site that undoubtedly knows how to grab the reader’s attention with its captivating headlines. The articles and videos cover the markets, technology, companies, personal finance, venture capital, investing, start-ups as well as more commercial stories on culture and entertainment.

Website: www.businessinsider.com

TED Talks

The TED Talks website features a collection of short videos on varied business and life topics.

Website: www.ted.com

Forbes 

Forbes has great and comprehensive content across every business category: the stock market, entrepreneurship, personal finance, Management and Administration, technology, careers, and more. It contains many popular lists, including “The World’s Billionaires” and the “Most Valuable Brands.” It has numerous staff writers and over 1,800 contributing experts who generate a great quantity of articles, which results in over 75 million visitors a month to the site.

Website: www.forbes.com

Fortune

Fortune provides extensive coverage of the financial markets, especially larger companies that make up the “Fortune 500.” Topic categories include careers, entrepreneurs, finance, sports, technology, markets, most powerful women, and energy and the environment.

Website: www.fortune.com

Inc.

Inc. is a popular site for entrepreneurs and start-ups, with thousands of articles on starting and growing a business, angel financing, sales and marketing, innovation, and more.

Website: www.inc.com

New York Times

The revered New York Times has outstanding coverage of the markets, international business, deals, the economy, entrepreneurship, technology, and personal finance. This includes daily updates of developments in the stock market and headline-making companies.

Website: www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html

Quora

Quora is a question-and-answer site with high-quality content on start-ups, venture capital, tech companies, and much more.

Website: www.quora.com

Financial Times

The Financial Times is a print and digital publisher based in London covering the world economy and markets. The site has particularly strong coverage of European companies and markets providing feature stories, analyses, and managerial insights.

Website: www.ft.com

Wall Street Journal

This is the preeminent site for current business, investing, and financial news. It includes extensive coverage of the stock, bond, and commodity markets. As a student, you should be reading the Wall Street Journal daily to keep yourself acquainted with business trends.

Website: www.wsj.com

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance is a good resource for current news on the markets and current developments in public companies. The site allows you to track movements in stocks and to get detailed information on companies (e.g., market capitalization, debt, financials, press releases, and more).

Website: finance.yahoo.com


One of the problems of the internet is “Information Overload” (showing broad and ambiguous results) and this article helps Management and Business students to find information easily by narrowing down their search to these specific sites listed above.

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