Company Research & Prospecting

Finding the right companies to talk to takes hours. You read through a lot of sources and most of them go nowhere. I build a tool that does that reading against criteria you set, then gives you what it found with the evidence attached. You still make the call.

How it works

You set the criteria

You tell me what makes a company worth your time. The industry, the size, the moment they're in, whatever it is you actually look for. I turn that into the rules the tool runs on. Nothing is assumed on your behalf.

The tool does the research

It reads through public sources looking for the things you said matter, and keeps a record of where each one came from. Companies that don't meet your bar never reach you.

You make the call

You get a short list, and for every company on it, what was found and where it came from. The tool does not hide its reasoning behind a score. You see the evidence and decide for yourself.

What the output looks like

Sample data. Every company, signal and quotation below is invented to show the format. This is not real research output, and no client's data appears on this page.

Say you sell equipment and service contracts to regional food manufacturers. You would start by telling me what a company has to look like before it is worth your afternoon.

342companies read

3cleared your bar

5 minto review what came back

Results — 3 of 342

Cedar Valley Foods

Strong match

Expanding a facilityNew operations leader

Two of your criteria hit inside the same 60 days, from two unrelated sources. That combination is the one you said you care about most.

+ Show the evidence

Trade press, Mar 12 — broke ground on a second production plant, adding roughly 180 roles.
Company announcement, Feb 2 — named a new VP of Operations, promoted from within.

Suggested way in: The new VP of Operations, while they are still setting a first-year budget.

Northwind Provisions

Worth a look

Staffing pressure

One criterion, clearly evidenced, but nothing else corroborates it. Whether that is enough is your judgment, not the tool's.

+ Show the evidence

Regional business journal, Feb 28 — plant manager quoted on the difficulty of staffing a second shift.

Suggested way in: The plant manager named in the article.

Blue Harbor Mills

Probably skip

Raised funding — no detail

A funding announcement with no stated use of proceeds. It looks like activity, but nothing in it says they need what you sell. The tool flags that rather than padding your list with it.

+ Show the evidence

Press release, Jan 19 — announced a growth round. No use of proceeds disclosed.

Suggested way in: None suggested — there is not enough here to justify one.

Look at the last one. When there is nothing worth acting on, the tool says so rather than padding the list to look busy. It does the reading and shows where every claim came from. You decide who is worth a conversation.

The hours you get back

Three companies are shown here. A real run goes through hundreds and keeps only the ones that clear your bar. The searching and tab opening and note taking that used to eat a week happens before you sit down. What reaches you is already short, and every line of it has a source.

What would yours look for?

The tool is built around your criteria, so the first conversation is just you describing what a good customer looks like. I handle the rest.

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