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Expert network market size in 2025: The $3Bn Market Overview
The $3Bn Expert Network overview comeback: Explore 2025 market size, the 4 generations of players, and the regional leaders who’s winning the global stage and what trends matter in 2026.
Will strategy consultants still do CDDs next year?
With the rapid progress of AI, will consultants still be needed to help analyze investment opportunities? We clarify what parts of the CDD are at risk of being automated with AI.
How many Commercial Due Diligences (CDDs) are run each year?
Strategy consulting is a big deal. More than 100,000 people work in the largest strategy shops alone. But how many commercial due diligences (CDDs) do they all do? We estimate 36,000 CDDs are done, with ~40% attributed to CDD-heavy consulting firms.
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Advice for experts in expert networks
We share practical advice for experts joining expert networks, including how to present your expertise, stay visible, set rates, and handle compliance boundaries.
Expert Network Fraud - Revealed
I uncovered a group of CS undergrad students posing as senior alumni from the world’s leading tech companies - hoping to consult with expert networks. AI has given imposters new opportunities to fool analysts and make illegitimate earnings. Here’s how I stumbled upon a ring of them, and how you can get expert insights with confidence.
What makes a consulting firm live for 100 years?
Strategy consulting firms are notoriously long-lived. McKinsey and Kearney turning 100 gives us a reason to look at why that is. Fundamentally, it’s because of a well-designed partnership model: clear sales targets, a talent-alumni flywheel and a finite pension cliff keep a consulting firm energetic and customer-focused. Conversely, the kiss of death to a consulting firm is when senior partners get to linger around for too long, hog the best client relationships and equity, and obstruct the upwards movement of ambitious junior colleagues.
Getting started with expert networks
Expert networks are a powerful source of insights, but how do you start using them? Here's your free guide and starter kit.
How many Expert Networks are there?
There are more than 160 expert networks worldwide. Expert Networks are specialized in recruiting people for short-term advisory engagements, typically 1-hour phone calls. The main customers are investors, consultants, and strategy professionals.
5 ways that Inex One differs from traditional expert networks
Inex One differs from traditional expert networks in 5 ways: Multi-access, Cost efficiency, Streamlined workflows, Improved knowledge management, Global reach with local expertise
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