Phronexia

Strategy & Leadership

Evaluating a partnership

The partnership is attractive in the pitch and vague in the terms, and enthusiasm is standing in for evaluation.

What this decision usually turns on

  • Strategic value beyond the first deal
  • Dependency created
  • Commercial terms
  • Exclusivity cost
  • Exit conditions

These are a starting point. The first thing Phronexia does is help you decide which of them actually matter here, and what weight each one carries.

Who should be in it

  • Founders
  • Commercial lead
  • Legal

Related decisions

Entering a new market

Structure a market-entry decision, with entry mode, cost and the conditions for reversing it made explicit.

Selecting a vendor

Compare vendors against weighted criteria, including the switching cost that usually goes unwritten.