Here's a private company to watch. They've been advertising heavily in the Seattle area with billboards, bus ads, and one of the best TV ads I've seen for a b2b internet company. It's called OnVia.com.
onvia.com Information about the company is here (and in the other links on this page): onvia.com
"For entrepreneurs, resources are often thin and time is at a premium. Onvia.com acts as a "chief operating officer" for the entrepreneur, by offering easy access to all the products and services they need, as well as expert advice, thereby freeing up their time to concentrate on making a success of their business. ... Onvia.com offers temporary employment/recruiting, long distance and cellular services, paging, business credit cards, merchant accounts, debt collection, web hosting, business email, domain name registration, setting up an e-commerce store, Internet access, and over 25,000 products such as computer hardware, software, office supplies and office furniture." |