Business Data Checklist

Data Has Value / Free business tool

Discover the data
your business already has.

Explore potentially valuable records, workflows, and expertise across your business. Build an inventory to understand what you have before considering a data license.

Learn how to use your checklist to prepare a data manifest.

1Find your examples2Mark what you have3Save your inventory

Green highlights = higher potential to explore. These examples can be especially useful when they contain expert reasoning, verified outcomes, linked history, or distinctive observations.

Shading is an editorial guide—not a price estimate, buyer offer, or permission to share. Unshaded items can also be valuable.

How to use the highlights

Read “What strengthens it” on each item. The green label assumes that useful context exists; a basic file with the same name may have much less value. Actual interest depends on the buyer’s task, quality, relevance, rights, preparation effort, and available alternatives. More records or sensitive information do not automatically mean more value. This is a broad discovery guide, not an exhaustive list or a buyer’s approved submission list.

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