If we contacted you, here is why.
TCE is an expert network. Clients (consulting firms, corporate strategy teams, private equity funds, and hedge funds) ask us to find operators who can answer a specific question on a paid call, usually about an hour. You are hearing from us because your background matched a live search. This is not a job offer.
What is an expert network?
The Continental Exchange is a primary research firm, also called an expert network. We are research partners to:
Investors
Private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, and institutional investors.
Management consulting firms
Corporations
Series A, B, and C companies, Fortune 500 firms, startups, and mid-size companies.
When they want to learn about a market, they ask us to find people in that market who can speak to the topic. We then arrange a paid consultation by phone.
Onboarding
Onboarding starts with a required introductory call. We schedule it by phone, WhatsApp, Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or a similar call. The call confirms fit, answers your questions, and explains how the research works.
What the introductory call covers
- 1. Introduction. A short greeting, and a chance to get acquainted.
- 2. What TCE does, and how the work helps the client.
- 3. Screening questions.
- 4. Hourly rate, and the Terms of Engagement.
- 5. Availability for scheduling.
- 6. A clear close.
How an engagement runs
- 1
Project brief
The client shares the research goals.
- 2
Expert search
We identify and contact subject matter experts.
- 3
Screening and submission
Qualified profiles go to the client.
- 4
Scheduling
The client books a call, usually about an hour.
- 5
Confirmation
A calendar invite with the consultation details.
- 6
Consultation and payment
The call takes place, and payment is processed.
What is an expert?
Most people we recruit do not think of themselves as experts. They think of themselves as people who spent five to twenty years in a specific job. That is who we look for.
An expert here has first-hand experience in a market a client wants to understand. Not a thought leader. Not a credentialed advisor. Not someone with a content channel. Someone who has done the work.
If you have run a P&L, sourced a category, managed a function, sat on a deal team, sold into a vertical, or built a product in a specific industry, and you can speak to what you saw, you are the person our clients want to talk to. Tenure matters less than relevance to the question.
The fastest check: if the question we sent makes sense to you, you are likely the right person to answer it.
Apply to the network
The short application takes a name, an email, a LinkedIn URL, your role and company, and the areas you know.
Or apply with the form below.