First 5000, Pundit Connect team up to facilitate peer-to-peer business
Are you looking to engage with other First 5000 members? First 5000 partner James Baird introduces Pundit Connect and our new relationship designed to enable you to do business with each other.
I am really excited to be announcing the new partnership between First 5000 and Pundit Connect.
Australian start-up Pundit Connect is a professional services marketplace that makes it easy for businesses to find and engage professional consultants.
We have already built a marketplace of hundreds of professional business consultants across marketing, mentoring, business advisory and more.
While it has never been easier for businesses to network online, the challenge is taking powerful business communities like First 5000 and making it easier for members to connect and actually do business – and that’s what this partnership will deliver.
Nine out of 10 businesses told us that trust is the most important factor they consider when hiring a consultant to support their business – which is why we developed procurement tools to help businesses tender work to consultants they already know and trust.
Through this partnership our aim is to make it easier for First 5000 members to do business by using our professional services procurement tools.
Pundit Connect procurement tools:
1. Preferred Providers – Build a panel of trusted consultants and benefit from competitively tendering your consulting projects to a select group of people that you already know and trust.
2. Member Connect – Tap the true power of your networks and tender your project to talented consultants within your local business chamber, professional association or business network.
3. Skills Connect– Take your search for professional talent to the full Pundit Connect marketplace and target consultants that match the skills you need.
The business and professional talent across the First 5000 membership is extraordinary. By making our tools available to the First 5000 community our aim is to business to find and connect more effectively with the professional talent across the trusted First 5000 community.
Ultimately the true drivers of Pundit Connect are professional relationships and trusted networks. This is not about finding freelancers. It’s about working faster, smarter and more efficiently with people you can trust, in this case, the incredibly talented First 5000 community.
James Baird is CEO and Founder of Pundit Connect. He is also one of three Partners of communications agency StratHouse where he specialises in government relations, corporate affairs and strategic communications. James’ consulting experience ensures Pundit Connect is delivering what consultants and clients want. He believes that with the right approach, the digital economy will revolutionise professional services – as it has for freelance IT and graphic design. James lives in Geelong with his wife and 2 children. He is a very keen, but average, fisherman.