I believe that RelSci will increasingly become a force to reckon with.
Per their website:
RelSci gives you the information you need to be successful. Close a deal. Win a client. Raise capital. Get the inside track. Meet new partners. Enter a new market. Achieve a new level of influence. Pinpoint the right board member or executive. Connect to a donor.
Think of RelSci as a more “atas”/exclusive version of Linkedin or better still, Facebook! It had taken Capital IQ co-founder Neal Goldman and ~500 employees 3 years to develop the platform and collate an extensive database of the world’s “most active, influential people across business, finance, investing, and politics,” who could potentially fund your business or become an important client. Unlike Linkedin which only provides education and work experience, RelSci also contains detailed information about their family, business partners, preferred charities, fraternities and more obtained from public sources! But you don’t need to be “friends” with these people to access this information, you just need to pay annual membership fees of USD3,000!
What’s particularly sweet is that Goldman is using this database for his own to acquire new clients. His ability to maneuver a meetup with the potential client in itself is proof enough to convince said client that RelSci is a powerful tool. Neat!
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