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Partner-led growth advisory

Most partnerships fail.
Yours won’t.

We turn partnerships into your most predictable growth channel; with advisory, a proven framework, and AI-powered tools.

Done right, partnerships enhance customer outcomes, deliver higher-quality leads, close deals faster, and drive bigger, longer-lasting growth. The good news? You no longer have to go it alone.

The partner advantage vs. regular sales deals
43%higher lifetime value
41%higher win rate, deal for deal
35%faster to close than regular deals
Industry data on new partner-led deals

Trusted by ambitious teams scaling through partnerships

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The platform · HockeyStick AI

Make partner-led growth measurable

HockeyStick AI is the enablement engine behind every engagement. Founders start with an instant partnership baseline, then teams run the program on a command-centre built for partner-led growth.

  • Partnership baseline. Get your tier, revenue gap, activation rate and 5-pillar readiness, instantly.
  • Command-centre. Track partner-sourced and influenced pipeline against best-in-class benchmarks.
  • Always-on guidance. Recommendations mapped to where you are in the framework, so the next best action is always clear.
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Partnership Baseline
Partner-sourced revenue12% → 30%
vs. 30% top-quartile benchmark
TierActivate
Activation rate18%
5-pillar readiness62 / 100
GTM alignmentStrong

The Partnerships Framework™

A 36-week program that turns partnerships into a predictable growth channel

Five pillars, each building on the last, blending our proven partnerships methodology with AI-powered enablement. Structure, speed, and ongoing support, so partnerships perform with the same discipline as a sales engine.

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01

Align

Pinpoint where partnerships amplify your core strategy. We assess your ecosystem, align leadership on the role of partnerships, and define where to play and how to win.

02

Validate

Pressure-test the opportunity. We size the partnership revenue gap against best-in-class benchmarks and validate the highest-value plays before you invest.

03

Activate

Turn strategy into motion. We build the operating rhythm, enablement and co-selling foundations that get partners engaged and deals flowing.

04

Optimise

Tune the engine. We refine partner selection, marketing and measurement so the channel compounds rather than stalls.

05

Accelerate

Scale with discipline. Partnerships become a predictable, measurable growth channel embedded with the same rigour as your sales engine.

Partnership ecosystems provide benefits to all participants

Why partnerships

Accelerate your business objectives with and through partners

Partnerships must amplify your core business strategy, not operate in isolation. We pinpoint where partnerships drive value, prioritise and sharpen your ecosystem strategy, then guide execution with a clear path forward.

Through close collaboration with your leadership, we assess your surrounding ecosystem, align on the role and impact of partnerships, get very focused on where to play and how to win, and support it all with a market-ready plan you can execute.

Why Hockey Stick?

What we offer

Bespoke advisory that blends experience, structure and strategy

Insights-led holistic advisory

We understand platform growth levers, local and global trends to shape a plan specific to your business. We're the conduit between thought-leaders and the real-world experience of hundreds of SaaS companies.

Delivery-focused outcomes

Walk away with a comprehensive plan that translates advice into actions, and an objective assessment of current capabilities against what's required.

Trust is the new data

Honest, objective advice based on deep knowledge of best-in-class methodologies to help growing companies avoid pitfalls and realise their ambitions, faster.

Connected

Harness our deep network of platform orchestrators, contributors and market understanding locally and globally to unlock the opportunities ahead.

Endorsements

Trusted by the leaders building the world’s biggest ecosystems

Bryan has broad experience and understanding of how to successfully leverage partnerships for growth, and execute platform strategy, in both startup and scale up sized companies.
Nick Houldsworth
Nick Houldsworth
Former EGM Ecosystem, Xero
Bryan has done an incredible job building & uniting the Xero & tech ecosystem community across APAC. He has rare IP & understands platforms and how to grow the partner ecosystem.
Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
VP Platform Ecosystem, HubSpot
Bryan and I have had the pleasure of working together for many years. Bryan's ecosystem knowledge combined with his understanding of the technology world has always set him apart.
Rhys Furner
Rhys Furner
Head of Partnerships (APAC), Shopify

Get in touch

Let's chat about how we help you achieve your goals, faster

We'll work with you to understand your challenges and develop a bespoke strategy that maximises your growth potential through a partnership ecosystem-led approach.