28 min

Satish Shenoy: Start Up, Scale Up, Scale Out: An Ecosystem Growth Guide Ecosystem Aces

    • Business

The three stages of creating a robust partner ecosystem are start-up, scale-up, and scale-out. A start-up is going after joint accounts, scale-up is opening the door a bit more, and scale-out is really expanding. 
Which stage are you in? 
In this episode, we speak with Satish Shenoy, Regional Vice President, Strategic Technology Alliances & Partnerships at Blue Prism, about building a technology partner ecosystem that creates true innovation. 
In this episode, we discuss:
Criteria for creating good sales-in opportunities
Creative steps for co-selling
3 stages for building a partner ecosystem to be proud of
Incentives, measurement, and higher ROI  


Here are some additional episodes featuring other ecosystem leaders that might interest you: 
#97 Why Quality Always Beats Quantity in Software Ecosystems with Tom Roberts, Senior Vice President at the Global Partner Organization over at SAP
#106 The Secrets to Managing Alliances Like Microsoft with David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft 
#121 Aligning Ecosystem Strategy with Your Customer as the North Star with Lara Caimi, Chief Partner Officer, ServiceNow 
#122 There’s No Easy Button For Partnering with Nicole Napiltonia, VP Of Alliances and OEM Sales, at Barracuda  


Links & Resources 
Learn more about how WorkSpan helps customers accelerate their ecosystem flywheel through Co-selling, Co-innovating, Co-investing, and Co-marketing.
Subscribe to the Ecosystem Aces Podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcast. 
Join the WorkSpan Community to engage with other partner ecosystem leaders on best practices, news, events, jobs, and other tips to advance your career in partnering.
Find insightful articles on how to lead and get the most out of your partner ecosystem on the WorkSpan blog.
Download the Best Practices Guide for Ecosystem Business Management.
Download the Ultimate Guide for Partner Incentives and Market Development Funds.
To contact the host, Chip Rodgers, with topic ideas, suggest a guest, or join the conversation about modern partnering, he can be reached on Twitter, LinkedIn, or send Chip an email at: chip@workspan.com  


This episode of Ecosystem Aces is sponsored by WorkSpan.  
WorkSpan is the #1 ecosystem business management platform. We give CROs a digital platform to turbocharge indirect revenue with their partner teams at higher win rates and lower costs. We connect your partners on a live network with cross-company business applications to build, market, and sell together. We power the top 10 business ecosystems in the technology and communications industry today, managing over $50 billion in the joint pipeline.

The three stages of creating a robust partner ecosystem are start-up, scale-up, and scale-out. A start-up is going after joint accounts, scale-up is opening the door a bit more, and scale-out is really expanding. 
Which stage are you in? 
In this episode, we speak with Satish Shenoy, Regional Vice President, Strategic Technology Alliances & Partnerships at Blue Prism, about building a technology partner ecosystem that creates true innovation. 
In this episode, we discuss:
Criteria for creating good sales-in opportunities
Creative steps for co-selling
3 stages for building a partner ecosystem to be proud of
Incentives, measurement, and higher ROI  


Here are some additional episodes featuring other ecosystem leaders that might interest you: 
#97 Why Quality Always Beats Quantity in Software Ecosystems with Tom Roberts, Senior Vice President at the Global Partner Organization over at SAP
#106 The Secrets to Managing Alliances Like Microsoft with David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft 
#121 Aligning Ecosystem Strategy with Your Customer as the North Star with Lara Caimi, Chief Partner Officer, ServiceNow 
#122 There’s No Easy Button For Partnering with Nicole Napiltonia, VP Of Alliances and OEM Sales, at Barracuda  


Links & Resources 
Learn more about how WorkSpan helps customers accelerate their ecosystem flywheel through Co-selling, Co-innovating, Co-investing, and Co-marketing.
Subscribe to the Ecosystem Aces Podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcast. 
Join the WorkSpan Community to engage with other partner ecosystem leaders on best practices, news, events, jobs, and other tips to advance your career in partnering.
Find insightful articles on how to lead and get the most out of your partner ecosystem on the WorkSpan blog.
Download the Best Practices Guide for Ecosystem Business Management.
Download the Ultimate Guide for Partner Incentives and Market Development Funds.
To contact the host, Chip Rodgers, with topic ideas, suggest a guest, or join the conversation about modern partnering, he can be reached on Twitter, LinkedIn, or send Chip an email at: chip@workspan.com  


This episode of Ecosystem Aces is sponsored by WorkSpan.  
WorkSpan is the #1 ecosystem business management platform. We give CROs a digital platform to turbocharge indirect revenue with their partner teams at higher win rates and lower costs. We connect your partners on a live network with cross-company business applications to build, market, and sell together. We power the top 10 business ecosystems in the technology and communications industry today, managing over $50 billion in the joint pipeline.

28 min

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