
He left Wall Street at 44 to sell advice to people buying computers. Two-page reports, searching arguments and a roomful of horses reveal how Gideon Gartner built a company around better questions.
A technology seller can buy attention. Credibility takes more work. Aberdeen Strategy & Research has built a business in the awkward, useful space between evidence and persuasion.

A cognitive science graduate became a technology analyst, found her footing in marketing at Cisco, then chose the useful discomfort of a new market at Carta. Her career is a study in curiosity made operational.