Independent partnership architecture

The future runs on technology partnerships. Most companies still bolt them on.

I help enterprises and software companies design partnerships as load-bearing structure — woven through product, GTM and revenue, not parked in a side department.

For enterprises building an AI partnership For software cos building a partner ecosystem
DWG-01OLD GAME / NEW GAME
OLD · SATELLITE company P'SHIP bolted on the side NEW · WOVEN IN PRODUCT GTM REVENUE ROADMAP PARTNER- SHIP connected to every node
Fig. 1 — Partnership as business architecture, not a department.

01 / ROUTE

Two ways in. One method.

Pick the door that matches where you stand today. Underneath both, the work is the same: Assess, Define, Design.

02 / THE METHOD

Old game vs new game.

Read The Method →

The inherited channel was built on resale economics — tiers, margins, move-the-box. That structure doesn't survive contact with AI.

What replaces it is business architecture: partnership designed into the product, the go-to-market and the revenue model from the start. We keep what's durable and reject the rest.

Inherited channel

  • Resale economics & tiers
  • Move-the-box incentives
  • Bolted on after the fact
  • Owned by one team
vs

Business architecture

  • Designed into product
  • Co-sell from pilot to production
  • Woven through the org
  • A shared operating model

03 / THE SPINE

Assess → Define → Design.

A real sequence, not a slide. Each step produces a decision-ready output you can act on.

1

Assess

A structured readiness diagnostic — where you actually are today, scored against what the AI era demands.

2

Define

The ideal partner profile and partnership model — who, why, and the precise shape of the relationship.

3

Design

The operating model — how partnership lives inside how you actually work, week to week.

15+ yrs
Architecting partner programs
Global
Working wherever you build
3
Moves — Assess · Define · Design
½-day
From assessment to direction

“Independent by design. Global by default.”

Independent · Analyst-operator · Working wherever you build

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