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“And if your criteria that you are helping set agrees 90% with the criteria they get from the analyst, it's a lot more valuable and we listen to a lot better.”

“You can use the vendor briefing program where you can submit a request to speak to an analyst. The one thing to know is that under those types of engagements, it's a, it's an hour, be prepared. It's an introduction and it's also sharing information with the an…”

“The one downside I'd say to only using the briefing is you can't ask what I think is the most important question to ask an analyst, which is let's just say I'm a client and I'm asking you if I should buy my, your product or my competitor's product or What you …”

“Now, an analyst might not help you figure out what the right thing is or what the right category name is, but they'll definitely tell you what the wrong things are.”

“Or we lost this deal because the client said they talked to an analyst and they said to go a different direction, which half the time isn't actually accurate. I've talked to analysts after some of those calls and that wasn't what was stated. They're just looki…”

“They're talking to analysts because one thing you will learn when dealing with analysts is the most useful and important stuff you can get out of an analyst comes over the phone or in person, never on paper.”

“There are even some you know, MDs like the one off MD that will go in and actually check their analysts work with AI. So they'll create a matrix and like pull out red flags or inconsistencies over something their analysts sent.”