6 of 10 - What's Up Doc

The Clubhouse Turn

As I said on Twitter, nothing like a little flattery to get one posting. Afterall, it was Twitter where Brian Willingham called me out as a blog worth following.

So, I challenged myself to put up ten blog posts in ten days. In that first post, I said I wanted to be like, pick your role model, Brian or Bugs. That is speak on two levels. The posts should appeal both to users of public records, i.e., my clients (and potential clients) and to my fellow users of public records, i.e., other researchers. I would love to hear back from either side if I am doing that.

In post number two, I did what I often abhor, tell a war story. Like have you ever sat through an entire presentation where the gist is, look at how impressive I am. Hopefully, what came across in this story was not just how great I am as a researcher, but a few things you could use too. That litigation records contain more than you may think.

By post three, I was running out of ideas, so I went to my roots, my basic to basics album. Why I believe in the Power of Public records. If every tool is a public record, every problem is a search, mostly online. But we have five good reasons to love public records: cost, discretion, reliable, bias apparent, and usefulness. If you have time to read one post today after this one, go here.

When I laid out the challenge, I said I had at least one post in the hopper, and it was the fourth. The conclusion of my missing person trilogy. Part one had talked about being limited in company research when you could not fully identify its key executives. Part two of the trilogy showed how when one was researching publicly traded companies, there were many (more) ways to find key people. With that day four post, I laid out records that should show people connected to a company and records that could show. Where else would you go to find people connected to a company?

I finished the week with another bit of theory. I always say that my career is based on two truisms: Moore’s Law and the Ripple Theory, and in that post I explain what those things mean. In essence, it means that I am an amazing amount of power at my fingertips, that I can cover so much, so fast. It also means, whether we like it or not, we our lives leave little crumbs that people like me can follow to learn all about you.

I got at least one idea for a post this week. Otherwise, I am open to suggestions. Like I say, my goal is to speak to both users and users, but if a post leans one way or another, so be it. As someone who uses business research to manage your risks or to assist you in other investigative research, what kind of things don’t you know that you would like to know. As someone who does investigative research, are there areas that vex you or things you want to know more about? Ten posts in ten days puts a lot of pressure on.