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Building the Future of Business Partnerships: Inside the Movement with Asher Matthew
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תוכן מסופק על ידי Cyndee Woolley. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי Cyndee Woolley או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
Today's guest is Asher Mathew, CEO and Co-Founder of Partnership Leaders, a visionary leader who's spent over two decades mastering the art and science of business partnerships. After building his expertise through senior roles at powerhouse companies including Avalara, where he served as Senior Director of Strategic Alliances during their IPO and achieved recognition as a top sales manager, and Demandbase, where he led go-to-market strategy for their Data & Sales Intelligence Cloud, Asher took a bold leap to create something entirely new.
In 2023, he co-founded Partnership Leaders, which has rapidly become the definitive community for partnership professionals. With over 2,000 expert members from the world's leading technology companies, Partnership Leaders provides industry leaders with peer networks, unique insights, and critical resources to scale their organizations' most efficient revenue source. Asher is also the author of "The State of Partner Operations and Programs," establishing him as a thought leader in the partnerships space. His unique perspective combines the strategic vision of a seasoned executive with the entrepreneurial spirit of someone who's transformed an industry through community building.
In this episode of Cutting Through the Clutter, host Cyndee Woolley sits down with Asher Matthew, Co-founder and CEO of Partnership Leaders, to explore how partnerships have become the secret weapon for scaling modern businesses. With over two decades of experience in business partnerships and a community of 2,200 paid members across 90+ countries, Asher has built the definitive platform for partnership professionals worldwide.
Asher shares the origin story of Partnership Leaders—born from a simple observation at Dreamforce that technology partner professionals lacked a dedicated space for best practices and peer learning. What started as a solution for himself and co-founder Chris has evolved into a thriving ecosystem serving everyone from high-growth startups like Anthropic to tech giants like AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, plus investment firms and consulting powerhouses like BCG and Bain.
The conversation explores why partnerships can't be outsourced, revealing three core partnership strategies: building products together (like Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI), leveraging distribution channels, and driving consumption through strategic alliances. Asher emphasizes that in today's economy, companies can build, buy, or partner—and the smartest leaders know when to choose partnerships over going it alone.
From navigating cross-border challenges to understanding the emerging role of Chief Partnership Officer, Asher provides actionable insights on how businesses can identify partnership opportunities, vet the right partners, and build sustainable long-term alliances that mitigate risk and accelerate growth.
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