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Business Kickstarter

A free service to help guide your business and market research

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Last updated 22 April 2026

Business Kickstarter

No matter what stage your business is at, we have the resources and tools to take it to the next level.

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Discover a multitude of information and research tools, available for free.

Digital Resources

NLB has subscribed to many useful databases (opens in new tab) to help you on your business journey. Find out how each of these can help you learn more about your industry, markets and business.

  • EIU Viewpoint (opens in new tab)(previously Economist Intelligence Unit) provides insights into a country’s political, policy and economic outlook, and proprietary ratings on the business environment and risks. We provide forecasts of 5-years, up to 30-years into the future to help you understand what is happening now, and gain insight on how each country will look in the future. Viewpoint also provides industry analysis for six major industries as well as global commodity analysis.

  • Gale Business: Insights (opens in new tab) provides business intelligence, combining Gale reference content with other business sources and full-text periodicals to help researchers understand today's global business environment.

  • Proquest Statistical Insight (opens in new tab) provides easy access to key data and statistics. It helps to facilitate in-depth understanding, analysis, and contextualisation of topics spanning a wide spectrum including business, economics, environmental studies, international relations, political science, public policy, sociology, and beyond. Proquest Statistical Insight contains downloadable tables linking to PDFs of source publications.

  • Our Overdrive Business e-Book Library (opens in new tab) has been curated for professional and business development. Borrow e-books using your myLibrary account, and read them on-the-go with the Libby app. Set up a hold to reserve titles currently out on loan, and you will be notified when it is ready for you to borrow. E-books will be automatically returned after the loan period, so you never have to worry about overdue fines.

Consult a Specialist

Need some assistance finding information or research for your business? Looking for information to decide whether or not to embark on a journey as an entrepreneur?

Launch Specialists are available for consultation, to assist you with your business information needs.

What we provide:

  • Face-to-face consultation at a Launch site during office hours (at Punggol Regional Library or the National Library Building)

  • Online consultation via video conferencing during office hours

  • Access to NLB resources including print and digital materials, subscribed business databases

  • Guidance and instructions on how to maximise the use of NLB resources

What we do not provide:

  • Personalised business research services

  • Personalised research reports

  • Reproduction of copyrighted materials such as business research reports, international standards, industry publications, etc.

Thank you so much for your work, the consultation and industry reports are especially helpful. It provided many insights and resources for my business.
— J. Chen

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