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While Beacon evaluates candidates, it also builds a market map: the set of companies where the right talent for your role lives. For an Austin PE-backed SaaS CFO search, that means the PE-backed and exited software companies in and around Austin whose finance leaders fit the brief.

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In the run workspace

The Market Map card in the run workspace lists each mapped company with its primary sector, HQ, and headcount, and is searchable. Beacon works firm-by-firm through these companies during the run, so the map and the shortlist reinforce each other.

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As a company list

The map is saved automatically as a company list named Market Map - [run name], in the same folder as the run. Find it under Saved, then Company Lists.
A Beacon market map saved as a company list
From here it behaves like any company list:
  • Search People: search executives across just these companies.
  • Company Insights: aggregate analytics over the mapped market.
  • SmartRank: rank the companies themselves against a spec.
  • Firmographics per company: founded, ownership status, headcount, with notes and CSV export.

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What to use it for

  • Client conversations: the map is the “where we looked” slide, generated as a byproduct of the search.
  • Sourcing beyond the shortlist: open a mapped company’s profile and browse its leadership team and org chart directly.
  • Monitoring: the list’s NewsFeed surfaces funding, acquisition, and C-level changes across the mapped market while your search is running.
If the map reveals the market is thinner than expected, that is a finding, not a failure. Ask Beacon a follow-up to widen the geography or adjacent sectors and the map grows with the shortlist.