Description
Every Opportunity Has Gatekeepers. Know Them by Name.
Opportunities become deals through people: the executive who signs, the adviser who recommends, the association leader everyone calls first. A directory hands you names. A relationship map hands you the path to each of them.
IWS identifies the 25 to 100 people who shape your opportunity and examines their roles, interests, and plausible pathways to a worthwhile conversation, with an individual angle for each.
Who This Is For
- Companies seeking distribution, partnership, or channel relationships
- Dealmakers entering a new sector or market
- Founders building an investor or adviser network
What You Receive
- A curated map of 25 to 100 executives, investors, advisers, operators, and gatekeepers
- Current public affiliations and professional contact routes
- Likely interests and relationship pathways
- An individualized conversation angle for each person
- The relationship map plus an outreach-angle brief
How It Works
- Place your order. Your confirmation arrives immediately, with a short list of what to start gathering.
- Complete your intake. Within two business days, IWS emails a questionnaire built for this service, plus a secure link for your files.
- Confirm the scope. IWS reviews your materials and confirms the scope and your delivery date in writing. Your turnaround clock starts here.
- Receive your work. Your finished deliverables arrive digitally in about 15–20 business days, followed by one round of clarifications and corrections.
Example: The People Who Shape a Market
Illustrative example: a hypothetical scenario showing how this assignment works in practice.
Consider a construction-technology provider seeking distribution partnerships. The team knows a handful of reseller executives. Real influence also sits with trade-association leaders, former operators, channel advisers, conference organizers, and respected regional specialists.
IWS would assemble a permission-conscious map of these decision-makers around one defined objective, explaining each person’s relevance and an appropriate reason for contact. The team starts every conversation prepared.
Your Assignment at a Glance
- Scope: One defined market, opportunity, or mandate
- Turnaround: about 15–20 business days, counted from the day your intake is complete and IWS confirms your scope
- Delivered as: Relationship map of 25 to 100 people and an outreach-angle brief
- Included: one round of clarifications and corrections
- Have ready: Your sector or opportunity, intended counterparties, geography, relationship objective, and known affiliations
- Investment: $4,000, fixed price
Related Assignments
This map relies on public, professional information and respects personal privacy. Introductions, meetings, and outreach campaigns are separate engagements, and every introduction depends on consent. To find the companies first, see the Find It for Me Research Sprint.
The IWS Scope Promise
Every assignment begins with a written scope confirmation, before any work starts. If your project calls for more than this package covers, IWS tells you up front and you choose: expand the scope, narrow the project to fit the package, or cancel for a refund. Once IWS confirms your scope and begins work, service fees are non-refundable. See the IWS refund policy.
Why IWS for Research
Research is the engine of everything IWS publishes. The IWS Directory Series is built by finding, verifying, and organizing thousands of lenders, sources, and contacts into references entrepreneurs put to work every day. Your assignment receives the same discipline: every finding sourced, every list ranked, and every recommendation tied to the decision in front of you.
Questions Clients Ask
What contact information does the map include?
Professional routes: company channels, professional profiles, association listings, and published business contacts. That approach protects everyone involved and opens better conversations.
When does the turnaround clock start?
The day your intake is complete and IWS confirms the scope in writing. A fast intake means a fast delivery.
How does IWS handle my confidential information?
Your materials serve your assignment alone. Sensitive financial records travel through a secure upload link, and IWS keeps your project confidential from start to finish.
Ready to begin? Add the Decision Maker & Relationship Map to your cart, and your intake arrives within two business days.
Move forward boldly . . .
IWS provides research, writing, analysis, and business-planning services. Funding, investment, acquisition, and approval decisions rest with the lenders, investors, sellers, and agencies involved. For legal, tax, accounting, investment, and securities matters, IWS recommends your licensed professional advisers.
