Ask HN: A Site for Insider Knowledge?

3 points by mach1ne 3y ago ↗ HN

I recently faced a problem where the solution required insider information into one business segment where I have no contacts to (specifically, tourism). Is there any website where people can ask insider questions from people from other professions, not publicly?

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Peroni 3y ago ↗

Unlikely for free. There's an entire industry built around this premise.

One example: https://www.alphasights.com/

blairbeckwith 3y ago ↗

The type of service you're looking for is generally called an "expert network", and as a sibling said, Alphasights is one of the biggest. Others that I have experience with as a consultant are Guidepoint, GLG, and Coleman Research.

Your experience using them will vary; they're incredibly expensive, they don't do a particularly good job of vetting the experts they find, but there is definitely some gold there.