Strategic Partnership Evaluation

Prompt

Evaluate a potential strategic partnership between [COMPANY NAME] and [PARTNER COMPANY NAME].

Partnership context:
- What the partner does: [DESCRIPTION]
- Proposed partnership type: [RESELLER / INTEGRATION / CO-MARKETING / JOINT VENTURE / OTHER]
- What we would provide: [OUR CONTRIBUTION]
- What they would provide: [THEIR CONTRIBUTION]
- Target customer segment: [SEGMENT]
- Revenue model: [HOW MONEY FLOWS]

Conduct a full partnership evaluation:

1. **Strategic Fit Score** (1-10) — Does this partnership advance our core strategy? Explain.

2. **Market Opportunity** — What incremental revenue or market access does this unlock?

3. **Dependency Risk** — How dependent would we become on this partner? What's the exit cost?

4. **Competitive Implications** — Could this partner become a competitor? Are there channel conflict risks?

5. **Operational Requirements** — What internal resources, integrations, or processes need to change?

6. **Financial Model** — Build a simple 3-year revenue share model with optimistic/base/pessimistic scenarios.

7. **Go/No-Go Recommendation** — Clear recommendation with the top 3 reasons for or against.

8. **Negotiation Priorities** — If we proceed, what are the 5 most important deal terms to fight for?