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    Insights on Partnerships

    Short notes on ecosystem strategy, partner enablement, and the systems that make partnerships compound.

    Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read

    How Long Before a Partner Delivers Value?

    You may not see revenue in three months, but you should know before the ending of the LOTR.

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    Oct 15, 2026 · 3 min read

    What Do Weights and Scores Have to Do with Partners?

    In the weight room and in your partner ecosystem, the goal stays fixed and the weights flex.

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    Oct 6, 2026 · 3 min read

    Co-opetition Amongst Partners Only Works When There is Trust

    A book, a booth, and rules of engagement.

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    Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read

    When Should a Startup Start a Partner Program?

    How to tell if your startup is ready for a partner program.

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    Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min read

    Partner Matching Needs a Verification Layer

    When 85% of your partners are experts in macrame.

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    Sep 18, 2026 · 3 min read

    The Partner Deck Nobody in the Room Needed

    I brought a deck full of marketing materials to a room with no marketers in it.

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    Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min read

    What history teaches about operating a Partner Program

    The path out of the mist and myth.

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    Sep 5, 2026 · 3 min read

    850 Strangers, One Familiar Lesson

    What two days at Catalyst NYC confirmed about partnerships, fit, and scale.

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    Aug 20, 2026 · 3 min read

    You want me to change seats?!

    If the only thing that you can count on is change, why are we all so bad at it?

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    Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read

    The emotional cost of a bad fit partner

    It's like a date gone wrong.

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    Aug 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    Laid Off, and Looking Up: Why I'm Rebuilding My Network in Public

    Three communities that are changing how I see the partner function.

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    Jul 6, 2026 · 3 min read

    Architecting a partner program

    The check engine light means something.

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    Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    Trends? It's just all a messy blur

    Look to Sherlock to provide the clue.

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    Aug 22, 2025 · 3 min read

    Falling upwards: Climbing and AI Coding

    A summer of doing and not too worried about the bruising.

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