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    AI Search Is Creating a New Partner Influence Channel. Almost Nobody Is Tracking It.

    AI search is quietly becoming a new source of Partner Influence. Most partner programs neither govern the content shaping it nor get credit for its influence.

    6 minSep 2026Field Note

    Capital Allocation Is the Most Important Skill in Partnerships

    Managing relationships is table stakes. Managing a portfolio of investments is what separates good partner leaders from great ones.

    3 minJun 2026Field Note

    Partner GTM Attribution Framework

    A tiered attribution model that captures how partners contribute to pipeline and revenue, aligned to sales cycle milestones.

    5 minMar 2026RevOpsFramework

    GTM Pod Model for Partner Execution

    Small, outcome-owned units that run specific partner motions end-to-end. Three pod models for startup, mature, and partner-type execution.

    4 minMar 2026StrategyGuide

    Manual as Default: Why Your AI Hits a Ceiling in Partner Motion

    Partner motions still run on Slack, spreadsheets, and re-keyed CRM fields. That's the real ceiling on partner AI, and why GTM engineering is the operator's newest discipline.

    6 minMay 2026Field Notes

    The Co-Sell Playbook: From Intro to Closed-Won

    A step-by-step learning guide for building and executing joint selling motions with partners, from deal registration to closed-won.

    10 minMar 2026Co-SellPlaybook
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    You Already Own a Microsoft Partner Operating System. You're Not Running It.

    Most Microsoft partners have already paid for the operating system. They just built a filing cabinet instead: Teams, SharePoint, Lists, and Copilot seats with no system designed on top of them.

    5 minAug 2026Field Note

    Reach. Frequency. Yield. Bring Back the Old Partner Scorecard.

    Three numbers told you whether a partner community was actually producing: Reach, Frequency, Yield. Measured over T3M and TTM, they still separate having partners from having productive partners.

    5 minAug 2026Field Note

    How Arcoro Grew Partner-Sourced Pipeline 2.5x in 2026

    Arcoro mapped its accounts, cut 50-plus partners to six, and ran a weekly AE and partner forecast meeting. Partner-sourced share of pipeline grew about 2.5x in 2026.

    2 minJul 2026Case Study

    The Compound Interest of Content

    Most people judge content by what happens in the first 24 hours. The best partnership advisory firms treat it as compound interest.

    1 minJul 2026Field Note

    CRM Is Not Dead. It Got Promoted.

    AI changed the interface. The system of record still runs the business.

    4 minJul 2026RevOps

    The New Preparation Gap

    AI can generate a brief in 90 seconds. It can't build your point of view. Why the best partnership operators now compete on perspective, not preparation.

    4 minJul 2026Field Note

    RPM: Revenue Per Motion. How to Tell Which Partner Motions Actually Matter

    Pipeline is not impact. Logos are not leverage. RPM is one number that tells you which partner motions deserve headcount, and which ones are just loud.

    4 minJul 2026PlaybookFramework

    The Partnership Operating Loop: How the Best Partner Teams Actually Run

    Partner motions do not fail because teams pick the wrong motion. They fail because the motion is aimed at the wrong ICP, buyer, or partner role. Here is the six-step operating loop that fixes it.

    5 minJul 2026PlaybookFramework

    The Agentic ISV Window Is Open. It Won't Stay That Way.

    Hyperscalers and enterprise platforms are running monthly intake for agentic ISVs, with stacked MDF, forward-deployed engineering, and early tier status going to whoever shows up first.

    5 minJul 2026Field Note

    60% Say They're Embedding AI in Partner Programs. Most Are Automating the Wrong Things.

    What a new AI-adoption benchmark reveals about the gap between embedding AI and actually running a different operating model.

    3 minJul 2026Field Note

    The Partner Attribution Problem Nobody Wants to Fix

    Every partner program dies the same way: nobody can prove what the partner actually did. Here is the CRM field structure that ends the argument.

    3 minJun 2026RevOpsFramework

    Your Partner Slack Channels Are Where Co-Sell Goes to Die

    Most partner Slack channels are random chat threads. The ones that close deals follow a strict structure most partner teams have never written down.

    3 minJun 2026Co-SellPlaybook

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