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       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999
                                                   Registration No. 333-_________
  ===============================================================================
  
  
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        Under
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                    INFOUSA INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  <TABLE>
  <S>                                                        <C>
                    DELAWARE                                              47-0751545
  ------------------------------------------------           ---------------------------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or           (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
                 organization)
  </TABLE>
  
                               5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE
                                OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
     (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
  
  
                                    infoUSA INC.
                                     401(K) PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                     VINOD GUPTA
                               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                    INFOUSA INC.
                               5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE
                                OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
                                   (402) 593-4500
  (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                     Copies to:
  
                               FRANCIS S. CURRIE, ESQ.
                              DOUGLAS M. LAURICE, ESQ.
                          WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                              PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                                 650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                          PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1050
                                   (650) 493-9300
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  ===================================================================================================================================
                                                    Amount            Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum                  
            Title of Securities                     to be              Offering Price       Aggregate Offering         Amount of
              to be Registered                    Registered             Per Share                 Price            Registration Fee
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                                             <C>                 <C>                   <C>                     <C>         
  Class A Common Stock, $.0025 par value (1)       400,000              $7.96875 (2)          $3,187,500 (2)           $887.00 (2)
  
  Participation interests in the infoUSA Inc.                                                                           
  401(k) Plan and Trust                              (3)                    (3)                     (3)                   (3)
  ===================================================================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  (1)  Shares to be held by the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust.
  (2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
       amended, solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the 
       registration fee based on the prices of the Company's Common Stock as 
       reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 27, 1999.
  (3)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
       amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount 
       of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) 
       Plan described herein.
  
  ===============================================================================
  <PAGE>   2
  
  
  
  
                                    INFOUSA INC.
  
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
  
                                       PART II
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
           ---------------------------------------
  
           infoUSA Inc. (the "Registrant") and the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan (the
  "Plan") hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the
  following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
  
                    1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
  year ended December 31, 1998, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended to date (the "Exchange Act").
  
                    2. The description of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock
  contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated October
  6, 1997, file number 000-19598, and its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file
  number 000-19598, with respect to the Registrants Series A preferred share
  purchase rights, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including
  any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
                    All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all securities
  offered have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
  from the date of filing such documents.
  
  ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
           -------------------------
  
           Not applicable.
  
  ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
           --------------------------------------
  
           Not applicable.
  
  ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
           -----------------------------------------
  
           Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court
  to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
  and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
  certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registrant's
  Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws provide for indemnification
  of its officers, directors, employees and other agents to the maximum extent
  permitted by the Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
  Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors, the form of which
  was attached as Exhibit 10.15 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (file number 33-51352) filed with Commission on August 28, 1992.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
           -----------------------------------
  
           Not Applicable.
  
  
  
  
  
                                        II-2
  <PAGE>   3
  
  
  
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
           --------
                                                                
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
        Exhibit                                                                                                     
        Number                             Description
        -------                            -----------
  <S>                  <C>
          4.1          infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan.
  
         23.1          Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.2          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.3          Consent of Counsel.
  
         24.1          Power of Attorney (see page II-7).
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                        II-3
  <PAGE>   4
  
  
  ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.
           ------------
  
           (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
                    (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
                             (i) to include any prospectus required by 
  Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
  
                             (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or 
  events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the 
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the 
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
  registration statement; and
  
                             (iii) to include any material information with 
  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the 
  registration statement or any material change to such information in the 
  registration statement.
  
           Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
  apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
  the registration statement.
  
                    (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall
  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
                    (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  
           (b) Filing incorporating subsequent exchange act documents by
  reference.
  
                    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
  benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
  is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
  fide offering thereof.
  
           (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and
  controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
  and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in the Act and, is therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
  for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
  be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
  
           (d) The Registrant undertakes to submit the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan
  and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely
  manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to
  qualify the Plan.
  
                                        II-4
  <PAGE>   5
  
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
  believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska,
  on this 19th day of April, 1999.
  
  
                              infoUSA INC.
  
  
                              By:     /s/ Vinod Gupta
                                      --------------------------
                                      Vinod Gupta
  
                              Title:  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the 
                                      Board
  
  
                                        II-5
  <PAGE>   6
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the administrator of the infoUSA Inc. 401(k)
  Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of
  Nebraska, on April 19, 1999.
  
  
                              infoUSA INC. 401(K) PLAN
  
  
                              By:     /s/ Stormy Dean
                                      --------------------------
                                      Stormy Dean
  
                              Title:  on behalf of the Plan Administrator of the 
                                      infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan
  
  
  
                                        II-6
  <PAGE>   7
  
  
  
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
           KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Vinod Gupta and Jon D. Hoffmaster,
  jointly and severally, as his attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power
  of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully and to all
  intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
  or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                    Signatures                                  Title                              Date
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                                           <C>                                            <C>
  
                 /s/ Vinod Gupta                Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the    April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------  Board
                   Vinod Gupta                  
  
  
              /s/ Jon D. Hoffmaster             Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                Jon D. Hoffmaster
  
                 /s/ Stormy Dean                Chief Financial Officer                        April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                   Stormy Dean
  
  
              /s/ Elliot S. Kaplan              Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                Elliot S. Kaplan
  
  
               /s/ Harold Andersen              Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                 Harold Andersen
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
                                        II-7
  <PAGE>   8
  
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                    Signatures                                  Title                              Date
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                                           <C>                                            <C>
  
  
              /s/ George F. Haddix              Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                George F. Haddix
  
  
               /s/ George J. Kubat              Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                 George J. Kubat
  
  
                                                Director                                  
  --------------------------------------------
                 Paul A. Goldner
  </TABLE>
  
  A majority of the Board of Directors.
  
  
  
                                        II-8
  <PAGE>   9
  
  
  
  
                                  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
                                                                
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
        Exhibit                                                                                                         
         Number                         Description
        -------                         -----------
  <S>                   <C>
          4.1           infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan.
  
         23.1           Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.2           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.3           Consent of Counsel.
  
         24.1           Power of Attorney (see page II-7).
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                        II-9
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text: 1
       As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 1999
                                                   Registration No. 333-_________
  ===============================================================================
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        Under
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                    INFOUSA INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  DELAWARE                                              47-0751545
  ------------------------------------------------           ---------------------------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or           (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
                 organization)
  5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE
                                OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
     (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
  
                                    infoUSA INC.
                                     401(K) PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                     VINOD GUPTA
                               CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                    INFOUSA INC.
                               5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE
                                OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
                                   (402) 593-4500
  (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  
                                 ------------------
  
                                     Copies to:
  
                               FRANCIS S. CURRIE, ESQ.
                              DOUGLAS M. LAURICE, ESQ.
                          WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                              PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                                 650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                          PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1050
                                   (650) 493-9300
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  ===================================================================================================================================
                                                    Amount            Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum                  
            Title of Securities                     to be              Offering Price       Aggregate Offering         Amount of
              to be Registered                    Registered             Per Share                 Price            Registration Fee
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Class A Common Stock, $.0025 par value (1)       400,000              $7.96875 (2)          $3,187,500 (2)           $887.00 (2)
  
  Participation interests in the infoUSA Inc.                                                                           
  401(k) Plan and Trust                              (3)                    (3)                     (3)                   (3)
  ===================================================================================================================================
  (1)  Shares to be held by the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust.
  (2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
       amended, solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the 
       registration fee based on the prices of the Company's Common Stock as 
       reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 27, 1999.
  (3)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
       amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount 
       of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) 
       Plan described herein.
  
  ===============================================================================
  2
  
                                    INFOUSA INC.
  
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
  
                                       PART II
                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
  ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
           ---------------------------------------
  
           infoUSA Inc. (the "Registrant") and the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan (the
  "Plan") hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the
  following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
  
                    1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
  year ended December 31, 1998, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended to date (the "Exchange Act").
  
                    2. The description of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock
  contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated October
  6, 1997, file number 000-19598, and its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, file
  number 000-19598, with respect to the Registrants Series A preferred share
  purchase rights, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including
  any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
                    All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior
  to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all securities
  offered have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
  from the date of filing such documents.
  
  ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
           -------------------------
  
           Not applicable.
  
  ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
           --------------------------------------
  
           Not applicable.
  
  ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
           -----------------------------------------
  
           Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court
  to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors
  and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
  certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
  incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registrant's
  Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws provide for indemnification
  of its officers, directors, employees and other agents to the maximum extent
  permitted by the Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
  Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors, the form of which
  was attached as Exhibit 10.15 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (file number 33-51352) filed with Commission on August 28, 1992.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
           -----------------------------------
  
           Not Applicable.
  
                                        II-2
  3
  
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
           --------
  Exhibit                                                                                                     
        Number                             Description
        -------                            -----------
  4.1          infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan.
  
         23.1          Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.2          Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.3          Consent of Counsel.
  
         24.1          Power of Attorney (see page II-7).
  II-3
  4
  
  ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.
           ------------
  
           (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
                    (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
  being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
                             (i) to include any prospectus required by 
  Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
  
                             (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or 
  events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the 
  most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the 
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
  registration statement; and
  
                             (iii) to include any material information with 
  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the 
  registration statement or any material change to such information in the 
  registration statement.
  
           Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
  apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
  paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
  the registration statement.
  
                    (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall
  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
                    (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  
           (b) Filing incorporating subsequent exchange act documents by
  reference.
  
                    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
  benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
  is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
  fide offering thereof.
  
           (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and
  controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
  and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
  expressed in the Act and, is therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
  for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
  be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
  
           (d) The Registrant undertakes to submit the infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan
  and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely
  manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to
  qualify the Plan.
  
                                        II-4
  5
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
  believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska,
  on this 19th day of April, 1999.
  
                              infoUSA INC.
  
                              By:     /s/ Vinod Gupta
                                      --------------------------
                                      Vinod Gupta
  
                              Title:  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the 
                                      Board
  
                                        II-5
  6
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
           infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the administrator of the infoUSA Inc. 401(k)
  Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of
  Nebraska, on April 19, 1999.
  
                              infoUSA INC. 401(K) PLAN
  
                              By:     /s/ Stormy Dean
                                      --------------------------
                                      Stormy Dean
  
                              Title:  on behalf of the Plan Administrator of the 
                                      infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan
  
                                        II-6
  7
  
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  
           KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Vinod Gupta and Jon D. Hoffmaster,
  jointly and severally, as his attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power
  of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
  any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
  amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
  requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully and to all
  intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
  or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signatures                                  Title                              Date
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /s/ Vinod Gupta                Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the    April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------  Board
                   Vinod Gupta                  
  
              /s/ Jon D. Hoffmaster             Director                                       April 19, 1999
  --------------------------------------------
                Jon D. Hoffmaster
  
                 /s/ Stormy Dean                Chief Financial Officer                        April 19, 1999
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                   Stormy Dean
  
              /s/ Elliot S. Kaplan              Director                                       April 19, 1999
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                Elliot S. Kaplan
  
               /s/ Harold Andersen              Director                                       April 19, 1999
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                 Harold Andersen
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  Signatures                                  Title                              Date
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  /s/ George F. Haddix              Director                                       April 19, 1999
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                George F. Haddix
  
               /s/ George J. Kubat              Director                                       April 19, 1999
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                 George J. Kubat
  
                                                Director                                  
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                 Paul A. Goldner
  A majority of the Board of Directors.
  
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                                  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit                                                                                                         
         Number                         Description
        -------                         -----------
  4.1           infoUSA Inc. 401(k) Plan.
  
         23.1           Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.2           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
  
         23.3           Consent of Counsel.
  
         24.1           Power of Attorney (see page II-7).
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