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How to Build Strategic Partnerships for Your Business

Exit Mindset

Release Date: 09/18/2020

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Finding the Right Strategic Partnership for You

  • Doing research about partnerships with others can help you learn about improving your business.
  • There is no one-size-fits all approach.
  • Your partnerships will differ from others.

Building Strategic Partnerships with the Exit Mindset

  • Your partnerships are part of your infrastructure.
  • When prospective buyers see mutually beneficial relationships, they will see more value in your company.
  • What kind of relationship would appear intelligent, effective, and able to deliver results?

How to Think Like a Buyer

  • Become an objective observer of your own business.
  • Change your perspective and imagine that you want to buy a company similar to yours.
  • There are many different ways to look at your company from the outside. Find a way that works for you.

Playing the Long Game

  • Your end result is what matters.
  • Find tangible ways to improve your company.
  • If you have no strategic alliances, then you probably need to reevaluate your approach.

A Strategic Partnership Benefits Both Sides

  • It will require sacrifice.
  • Strategic partnerships cannot be one-sided.
  • You can't give 100% and get nothing in return.
  • Encourage the other side to engage with you or help you in some way.

How to Make a Strategic Partnership Proposal

  • First and foremost, evaluate what the other side is doing and have a plan in place.
  • When you start your strategic partnership proposal, you have to have a model for what it would look like.
  • You’ll have to get through a lot of dead ends to find the strategic partners who will ultimately work with you.

Strategic Partnerships in the Time of Covid-19

  • Many businesses that couldn’t find the time or resources to seek out strategic partnerships before COVID-19 are now suddenly investing in them.
  • If you’re struggling to come up with new ideas, don’t get frustrated.
  • Once you get the ball rolling, you’ll find that there are plenty of strategic partnerships out there.

The Bottom Line

  • Bringing strategic partnerships into your business isn’t just a destination; it’s a journey.
  • In the end, that’s what separates winners from everyone else.

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  • The Exit Mindset is brought to you by Rem Oculee, founder of Confidence Wealth. All rights reserved.
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