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Market / competitor / vendor landscapes
Build a structured, source-backed view of companies against buyer-defined criteria for a strategy, diligence or growth workstream.
Research for consulting and executive-search teams
A source-backed company landscape your team can act on.
You define one bounded research question. I research, verify and structure the public-source evidence, then return a decision-ready workbook with the underlying data, source mapping, exclusions, confidence notes and a concise action summary.
3-business-day pilot | Field-level sources | No guessing | $199 fixed
Built to be useful after the file arrives.
- Decision Brief defining the actual question
- Structured company landscape with up to 5 buyer-defined fields
- Field-level source mapping and visible exceptions
- Screening / exclusion log
- Executive summary with factual patterns and next review steps
Decision-ledBuilt around the question, not a generic data dump.
AuditableMaterial facts map to identified public sources.
UsableStructured data plus a concise action handoff.
BoundedScope, fields and feasibility are agreed first.
What I can take off your plate
The evidence-gathering layer, without another consulting process.
The question should already be fairly clear. I handle the repetitive public-source research so your team can stay focused on judgment, client work, relationships and decisions.
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Target-company landscapes
Structure the initial company universe for a retained search or talent-market question while the search team keeps candidate judgment, relationships and outreach.
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Bounded company research
Compare a defined set of organizations across specific public facts and return the evidence in a clean working file.
Process
From question to decision-ready handoff in four steps.
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Define the decision
Send the target universe, geography, exclusions and the facts that would make the research useful.
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Test feasibility
I test the requested fields on three representative entities before scope lock. Unreliable fields are replaced or removed rather than guessed.
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Research + verify
The landscape is researched, normalized and mapped to sources. Exclusions and unresolved facts are documented instead of hidden.
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Decision-ready handoff
You receive the structured landscape, source register, screening log, confidence notes and a concise executive summary with factual patterns and suggested next review steps.
Sample deliverables
See the full handoff—not just a spreadsheet.
Both examples show the complete research handoff: Decision Brief, Structured Landscape, Source Register, Screening / Exclusion Log, Executive Summary and Method & QA.
Consulting sample
A healthcare-cybersecurity partner landscape showing how a bounded public-source question becomes a traceable, decision-ready research handoff.
View consulting sampleExecutive-search sample
A company-level target landscape showing source traceability, qualification logic, exclusions and a suggested review order without crossing into candidate sourcing.
View executive-search sampleHave a real question? Send the criteria. If it fits the sprint, I can map 3 entities at no charge so you can judge the output before committing.
Fixed-scope pilot
A professional research handoff with a deliberately small scope.
The pilot is intentionally narrower than a full consulting or market-research engagement. It is designed for situations where the business question is already defined and the time-consuming part is building a reliable public-source evidence base.
$199Fixed-price research sprint
Up to 25 companies or other defined entities
Up to 5 buyer-defined factual fields
Standard metadata outside the five fields
Field-level source mapping and exception notes
Decision Brief + Executive Summary + Landscape
Source Register + Screening Log + Method & QA
Excel / CSV-ready output in 3 business days
One bounded revision against agreed criteria
Feasibility first. I test the requested fields on three representative entities before the project begins. If a field cannot be verified consistently from public sources, I flag it rather than guess.
Quality standard
A complete-looking spreadsheet is not the goal. A usable evidence base is.
Inspectability
Every populated material fact should be inspectable. Missing or conflicting public evidence stays visible, and facts are kept separate from interpretation.
Boundaries
Public information or materials you provide. No private-candidate sourcing, invasive person enrichment, paid proprietary databases unless supplied, regulated professional judgment, live calling, or open-ended strategy/assistant work. The sprint does not replace interviews, technical due diligence, primary research or full-service consulting.
William DupuisResearch & Insights
I built this service around a simple operating problem: teams often know the question they need answered, but assembling a clean, defensible evidence base can still consume hours of higher-value time.
The sprint is designed to take that bounded research block off the team's plate without hiding uncertainty or adding unnecessary process.
Have one clearly defined research question?
Send the criteria. I will tell you quickly whether the question fits the sprint, whether the requested fields are publicly researchable, and whether a small sample makes sense before you commit.