Why You Should Be Taking Partnership Ecosystems Seriously

If you’re not taking partnership ecosystems seriously, you’re missing out on the most powerful and transformative business strategy of the last 40 years

Partner Alliances: What Are They and How to Leverage Them

“A partner alliance is an agreement between two businesses to share resources, information, and strategy to achieve a shared marketplace goal.”

3 Strategic Partnership Examples to Learn From

The right strategic partnership can be make-or-break in today’s complex business environment, and it’s no mystery that some of the most successful companies out there are also some of the biggest partnership champions.

The Secret Sauce of Corporate Partnerships

You see it time and time again: partnerships that start off to great fanfare, promising to deliver a ton of value for both partners as the world looks on in admiration… only to see it all fall apart soon after.

Objectives of Strategic Alliances in Tech

It’s becoming harder than ever these days to go it alone in tech. That’s where strategic alliances come in.

Top 5 Values of Partnership in Business

A strong partnership is like a strong marriage. On the outside, it’s obvious to everyone you were made for each other. On the inside, it takes a lot of work and skills to keep it flourishing.

How to Write a Business Development Plan

A business development plan is a strategic plan for how your business will attack partnerships and other BD activities. These plans are typically drafted after you’ve identified what type of partnership you want to form and what potential partners you might want to work with.

Getting Into BD Straight From College With Jonathon Madruga

As we continue to dive into the foundations of industry leaders and how they landed in a business development career, we’re pleased to hear from Jonathan Madruga today.

Sales to Creating Your Own Opportunity in BD With Chris Braun

Today’s spotlight interview on business development and partnerships professionals gets the answers from Chris Braun, who is the Manager of Strategic Partnerships at Cirrus Insight and Zynbit.

How to Convince Your Organization They Need a BD Team

Starting a BD team can help your organization create long-term value through the creation of partnerships or improving your overall product. A strong business development function can be the catalyst that creates the long-term sustainable revenue that your business needs.

Business Development vs Sales: Differences & How They Work Together

Sales has always been a cornerstone department of any business, regardless of industry. An emerging career field over the past 20 years that originally came from a branch off the Sales tree is Business Development.

How to Complete a Proper Market Analysis for BD Pros

Whenever you enter into a new market, it’s important to know every detail of the potential market beforehand in order to maximize the potential of your launch.

The Most Common Types of Business Development Partnerships

Partnerships are the core of what many would consider strong business development today, especially in the tech space. There are many types of partnerships that BD professionals can use to grow their long-term business potential.

Tips From a Strategic Partnerships Lead Who Started in Technical Consulting

Today’s spotlight interview with a BD & Partnerships professional focuses on the path of Bharani Sankar, the Strategic Partnerships Lead at Rheaply.

Identifying Potential Business Development Partnerships & Roadblocks

One of the most valuable business activities in today’s technology-first world is to create partnerships between products or businesses that will benefit the customers of both.

Community Builder to Partnerships Builder - With Patrick McGarry

Today’s spotlight interview on business development and partnerships professionals takes an inside look at Patrick McGarry who is the Head of Strategic Partnerships at data.world.

How One BD Pro Went From Art School to Business Development

As part of our spotlight series on career journeys in business development and partnerships, today we’re sharing an interview with Ivan Silva, who works in Business Development for Virid.

Business Development Partnerships: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

One of the primary roles of any business development team is to build partnerships that benefit their business in some way. Many do this through growth initiatives or brand-building opportunities that lead to more sales either immediately or further down the line.

10 Best New Partnerships Program Tips For Business Development

Business Development Representative vs Sales Development Representative

Business Development Manager: What it is, Salary & Career Paths

Business Development Careers & How to Break Into BD

Glossary of Business Development Terms

Mark Jeffrey steps down to move forward

Mark Jeffrey may be the most humble man in BD.  After helping to validate the opportunity for channel partnerships at Carta, he had an opportunity to 'take the throne' as the leader of a new channel team.  But instead of grabbing onto the opportunity as most would, he graciously declined: he knew that he wasn't ready yet.

How does Dustin Moseley manage a deal on the brink of collapse?

Dustin Moseley was an entrepreneur who became an accidental Business Development professional.  From growing up as a young entrepreneur selling homemade misletoe, to his current position in BD & Partnerships at Shutterstock, Dustin learned to adapt his entrepreneurial ways to drive success for his companies and his career.

Dom Perri shares the secrets to successful M&A

Dom Perri has led both BD and Corporate Development teams at notable technology companies like Tesla, Dropbox, and Juniper Networks.  He's seen deals start as partnerships and mature into full-blown acquisitions - and he's also seen how deals die after the ink is dry.

Christiannah Oyedeji Didn't Wait to Lead

Christiannah Oyedeji climbed the ladder from customer service rep to Head of Partnerships at Mailchimp, and later Head of Business Development at Calendly, through a combination of fierce determination, get-it-done grit, and a few secret tricks hidden up her sleeve.

How Heather Myers helped transformed the media industry

Heather Meyers has seen some things in her career. As SVP of Strategic Planning & Business Development at Scholastic and EVP & GM at Universal Music Group, she’s weathered many storms of transformational change.

How does Lauren Vingiano keep getting poached?

One day, Lauren Vingiano was a risk management consultant working with the largest companies and protecting them from all manner of risks — from kidnappings to corporate takeovers.  The next, her boss asks her to come on a journey that would transform her career and her life.