Browse the Houston Better Business Bureau's Accredited Business Directory, where you can search the Greater Houston or South Texas areas. You can search by type of business, or by the business name.
This page allows you to search the Business Directory of the Asian Chamber of Commerce in Houston. Search by category or by keyword, or browse business names alphabetically.
Founded in 1935 as the city’s first African -American civic organization, the GHBC has evolved into an active participant in the City of Houston’s socioeconomic process. The organization is a 501(c)(6), not-for-profit, private, member-driven organization that serves the Greater Houston Area. This page goes to their Member Directory, where you can browse by business category, or search by keywords.
The Greater Houston Partnership was formed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce, the Houston Economic Development Council, and the Houston World Trade Association, and is the "primary advocate of Houston's business community." Explore this site for more information on businesses in the 10 counties that comprise the Houston area.
This page allows you to search the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce business directory. You can search by business category or by company name. Don't forget to check out some of the links under the Resources menu, too!
For your speech using the motivated sequence on a product you want to endorse, you may want to use two Google tools for your research: Google Products and Google Patents.
You can find these Google tools by heading to Google and clicking on "more" and selecting "even more" from the menu:
Scroll down and select Patent Search or Product Search:
The interface looks very similar to the Google Web search:
You could use Google Product in order to do research on where your product is available, what the price range is for the product, and who the main manufacturers are. In this example, I've searched for 'cotton organic shirt' to see the range of products available like that:
You can also search for a specific brand and product to research the range of prices and availability.
You might find Google Patents helpful when doing your research on a product. You can search over 7 million patents to download the PDF file of the patent, research what the product claims to do, or look at diagrams of the patented product.
Google Patent looks very similar to other Google tools:
Enter your search terms. In this example, I'm searching for the Perfect Push-Up exercise equipment:
When you click on the search results you want, you can read the text of the patent online, or download the PDF version:
If you scroll down, you will also find the stated claims of the product and the schematic drawings included in the patent:
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