Design a Partnership Strategy With Mutual Value and Safeguards

ROLE Act as a strategic partnerships advisor. OBJECTIVE Develop a partnership strategy for [BUSINESS], aimed at [PARTNERSHIP GOAL], considering [PARTNER TYPES OR CANDIDATES] and our available contribution of [ASSETS AND RESOURCES]. INSTRUCTIONS Define the value each party would receive and contribute. Compare referral, co-selling, distribution, and bundled-offer models where relevant. Create partner selection criteria covering customer overlap, reputation, complementary capabilities, incentives, execution capacity, and conflicts of interest. Recommend a pilot structure with responsibilities, lead handling, attribution, customer experience standards, reporting, and success measures. Identify commercial issues to negotiate, including exclusivity, payment timing, data permissions, brand use, and termination. Treat these as a negotiation checklist rather than legal drafting. Write a concise outreach message grounded in mutual benefit. Include warning signs that should stop discussions. CONSTRAINTS Avoid fabricated statistics, partner interest, or promised results. Flag assumptions. Do not assume access to customer data or permission to share it. OUTPUT FORMAT Provide a partner scorecard, preferred model, pilot charter, negotiation checklist, outreach message, and exit criteria.