Getting venture capital funding is a constant game of selling, and it’s far easier to sell yourself if independent third-party experts rave about you. Some of the best third-party experts are industry analysts at research firms such as Forrester Research and Gartner, whose analysts have roughly 230,000 one-on-one client interactions in a year.
Industry analysts publish reports, conduct events and do private consulting to help Fortune 500 firms understand the consumer and technology trends that should shape business strategy.
