Methodology

Last updated: 15 October 2026

This page explains how information gets onto Disruptors Digest, what we check before we publish it, and what a Verified badge means. We want readers to be able to judge our work, so we describe our process in plain terms.

Our process at a glance

Confirm the entity exists. Before we publish a profile we make sure the company or person is real.
Gather sources. We collect the best available sources, starting with official ones.
Cross-check the facts. Every important fact is matched against more than one source where we can.
Review before publishing. A person on our team reviews every submission. Nothing goes live automatically.
Show the sources and the date. Each profile lists where its information came from and when we last reviewed it.
Keep it current and correct it. We re-check listings and fix mistakes openly.

1. Entity existence

We do not publish a profile for something we cannot show to be real.

Companies are checked against at least one independent public source: a government or free-zone register or trade licence, a regulator’s list, a stock-exchange filing, an official company website tied to a registered business, or reporting by established media.
People are checked against public records of their role and history, such as an official biography, a company leadership page, a published interview or reputable media coverage. We do not publish private details about private individuals.
Jobs are checked against the employer’s own posting or application page, and must belong to a company that is listed on our site.
Articles must name their sources, and the companies and people they mention must be real and, where possible, linked to their profiles.

2. Gathering sources

We rank sources by reliability and use the highest tier available:

Tier 1: government bodies, regulators, courts and official registers.
Tier 2: the company or person themselves, such as an official website, filings, annual reports and announcements.
Tier 3: established media and recognised industry publications.

Social media posts, anonymous pages and unattributed claims are not enough on their own. Each profile lists its sources and the date we last checked them.

3. Cross-checking and how we treat figures

Names, dates, titles, locations and numbers are matched against the sources before they are published.
When sources disagree, we say so, or we use the more authoritative source and note the difference.
A figure that comes from the company itself, such as revenue, users or a valuation, is labelled as company-reported unless an independent source confirms it.
If we cannot confirm a claim, we leave it out or soften it. We do not guess, and we never estimate salaries.
Statistics are attributed to their source and period, and are shown as published, including when they are less flattering.

4. Everything is reviewed before it is published

All content is confirmed by a person before it goes live. That applies to company and leader profiles, articles, and jobs, whether our team wrote them or someone submitted them, and whether or not the submitter has a paid package. A submission that fails our checks is sent back for changes or rejected, with a note explaining why. Paying us does not change what we check.

5. Keeping information current and correcting errors

Every profile shows when it was last reviewed. We re-check listings and update them when something changes.
Jobs are listed for 52 days, and are expired earlier if the vacancy closes. We record where each job came from and when we last checked it.
If you find something wrong, tell us. We correct the record and, for significant changes, say what changed. See our Corrections Policy.

6. Creating an account

You do not need a company email address to sign up. Any email address that can receive our message will do, including a personal one. We send a confirmation link to that address, and your account is only created once you click the link. This confirms that the address is yours. It does not, by itself, confirm that you represent a company. Authority to speak for a company is checked separately, as part of verification. To keep out spam we do not accept temporary or disposable email services.

7. Verification badges

Verified: our team has completed the checks described below.
Verification Pending: a check has been requested and is not finished.
Not Verified: the listing has been reviewed for publication, but we have not completed a verification check. This is the default for free listings.

What we check before awarding Verified

Existence and reality. The company is real and registered, and its key facts, such as name, location, activity and leadership, match official or independent sources.
Authority. The person managing the listing is entitled to act for the business. We may ask for proof, such as official documents, a message from an address on the company’s own website, or confirmation through its published channels. A company-domain email is one way to show this, but it is not required.
Sustainability. Signs that the business is established and still operating, such as how long it has traded, recent announcements, customers, filings, hiring or other public activity.
Potential. A reasonable reading of public information about its market, leadership, funding or partnerships, to see whether it is a business with a credible future.

The last two checks are our editorial assessment of public information. They are not a financial audit, a credit rating or investment advice, and they do not predict how a business will perform.

Why a Verified badge is useful

It tells readers that the business really exists and that someone has looked at it, instead of taking an unchecked claim on trust.
It shows that the listing is managed by someone authorised to represent the company.
It gives investors, partners, journalists and job seekers a quicker starting point for their own background research.
For a company that hires, a Verified badge on its job posts helps candidates see that the employer and the vacancy are real.
It sets a verified business apart from unverified listings in lists and search results.

What Verified does not mean

We do not recommend companies. A Verified badge is our own editorial check. It is not a government certification, a licence, an endorsement, a guarantee of quality, or advice to do business with anyone. We can remove a badge if information turns out to be wrong, if the business stops operating, or if the checks can no longer be met.

8. Jobs

We list vacancies that are publicly advertised, including on employer career pages, job boards and professional networks. We write our own summary of each role, link to the employer’s own posting and record the source and the date we checked it. We never ask applicants for money. Our Job Aggregation Policy and Job Posting Policy give the details.

9. Other labels

User Submitted, Employer Submitted, Sponsored, Featured and Editorial describe where an item comes from or how it is shown. They are applied by the system, not by hand. Sponsored content is always labelled and never changes our editorial work.

10. Lists and rankings

We do not publish rankings unless we also publish the method behind them.

Related policies

Read more in our Editorial Policy, Fact-Checking Policy and Corrections Policy. To see how Verified works with our packages, visit Pricing.