Sourcing starts at your question, not at a roster
Most networks match you against people already on a list. We work backwards from what you need decided to the companies, titles and years where someone would genuinely know, then go find them.
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Somebody alreadyknows the answer.
Vantage finds that person, clears them through compliance, and puts them on a call with you. Then writes up what the call changed.
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Why Vantage
Rigor you can defend in an investment committee.
Three things separate a call that moves a decision from a call that fills an hour. All three happen before you ever dial in.
Compliance sits inside the process
Restricted-list check, written employer confirmation, signed terms. Anyone who cannot be cleared never reaches your calendar, and the screening record travels with the booking.
The work does not stop at the transcript
A transcript is raw material. The same team that sourced the call writes what it changed, what it did not settle, and who needs finding next to close the gap.
Two services, one loop
Conversations feed the research. The research picks the next conversation.
Expert Research
Calls with people who held the role you are asking about, sourced against your question and cleared before you see a name. Then written up as research, not filed as an audio file.
- Named candidates with employer, dates and the part of your question each can speak to
- Screening record delivered with the booking, not on request
- Recording and transcript where the expert and your policy both allow it
- A written synthesis of what moved and what is still open
Brand Listening
How a company or a category is actually described by the people around it — buyers, former staff, channel partners, competitors. Run on a repeating cycle so you read a direction, not a snapshot.
- Same sourcing discipline as the calls, pointed at perception instead of mechanics
- Repeat waves against a fixed panel shape, so movement is readable
- Verbatims kept intact alongside the summary
- Feeds straight back into who Expert Research sources next
Process
Four steps between your question and the call.
Step 01 of 04
01 Scatter
Client work
What an engagement looks like.
The person on the other side of the table
A pricing question the sell side could not answer. We sourced the people who had negotiated the increase — two former regional sales directors, and a buyer who refused it.
The call that had to clear compliance first
A regulated sector, a restricted list, and a short window. Screening removed most of the shortlist before the client saw it, and the record travelled with the booking.
A direction, not a snapshot
The question was whether sentiment had moved, not where it sat. Repeat waves against a fixed panel shape over a quarter, with the verbatims kept intact beside the read.
The customers who had already left
Renewal rates were falling and the account team had one explanation for it. We put the client in front of the renewals desk, and three buyers who chose not to renew.
A diligence window that would not move
Two weeks to form a view on an asset's permitting risk. Former operators from both sides of the same jurisdiction, booked inside the window, terms signed before the first call.
How the channel talks when the vendor is not there
A question about distributor loyalty no survey was going to answer. Conversations with the people who place the orders, run on a repeating cycle so the direction stayed visible.
FAQs
Questions we get before the first call.
Anything not covered here, ask on the call. We would rather answer it directly than write around it.
How is this different from GLG, AlphaSights or Third Bridge?
Two things. Sourcing runs against your question rather than an existing roster, so you reach people who were not already sitting on a list. And the work does not end at the transcript — the same team that found the expert writes the research on top of the call.
How fast can you get me on a call?
[ Confirm the real turnaround before this goes live. The hero currently quotes a 41-hour median, which is a placeholder. ]
Can our compliance team see your screening?
Yes, and they get it by default rather than on request. The record travels with the booking: restricted-list check, written employer confirmation, and the expert's signed terms. If your policy needs a specific attestation, tell us and we will build it into the process.
Do you record and transcribe the calls?
Where the expert and your policy both permit it, you get the recording and a transcript. If either side declines, you get written notes from whoever sat in.
What exactly does Brand Listening cover?
How a company or category is described by the people around it — buyers, former staff, channel partners, competitors. It runs on a repeating cycle against a fixed panel shape, so you are reading a direction of travel rather than one snapshot, and verbatims stay intact alongside the summary.
Can you work under our own paper?
[ Confirm — do you sign client MSAs and custom compliance terms, and is there a floor on engagement size? ]
What happens if the expert turns out to be wrong for the question?
Tell us during or straight after the call. A mis-sourced expert is a sourcing failure on our side, and we re-source against a sharper brief. [ Confirm how this is handled commercially — credit, replacement, or no charge. ]
Book a call
Bring one question you have not been able to answer.
- You speak to whoever will run your sourcing, not a salesperson.
- Twenty minutes. Longer only if the question needs it.
- You leave with a scope, a sourcing plan and a timeline in writing.