{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Banimo","home_page_url":"https://banimo.partners","description":"Banimo","author":{"name":"Banimo"},"items":[{"id":"technology-along-is-not-enough","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Screenshot%202026-03-18%20at%208.31.20%E2%80%AFAM.png\"/><p>Many breakthrough technologies do not stall because the science is weak. 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That framing is too simple and not really accu...</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/partner-market-fit-in-the-ai-era","title":"Partner-Market Fit in the AI Era","date_modified":"2026-03-10T17:22:08Z"},{"id":"thanks-ai-product-market-fit-now-needs-partner-market-fit-to-win","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/AI%20disrupting%20traditional%20business%20practices.png\"/><p>AI isn’t just adding new features to software. It’s changing how work gets done. Duh. This article looks at how AI is influencing partner practices.  Check it out and let me know what you think.</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/thanks-ai-product-market-fit-now-needs-partner-market-fit-to-win","title":"Thanks AI: Product Market Fit now needs Partner Market Fit to win","date_modified":"2026-02-25T17:19:03Z"},{"id":"professional-growth-opportunity","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/BDRole_Blog%20and%20LinkedIn_Feb1126.png\"/><p>We’re hiring (fractional): Strategic Partner Development Leader</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/professional-growth-opportunity","title":"Professional Growth Opportunity","date_modified":"2026-02-11T15:06:56Z"},{"id":"the-gtm-strength-evaluation","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/GTM%20Strength%20Evaluation.png\"/><p>A 12-question diligence checklist for incoming leaders, step-function growth, and high-confidence outcomes</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/the-gtm-strength-evaluation","title":"The GTM Strength Evaluation","date_modified":"2026-02-04T17:37:13Z"},{"id":"ecosystem-selling-a-two-sided-enablement-problem","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Screenshot%202026-01-21%20at%209.49.05%E2%80%AFAM.png\"/><p>Why partner enablement plateaus without specialized seller enablement</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/ecosystem-selling-a-two-sided-enablement-problem","title":"Ecosystem Selling: A Two-Sided Enablement Problem","date_modified":"2026-01-21T16:56:01Z"},{"id":"ecosystem-selling-a-sales-skill-problem-opportunity","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/EcosystemSelling.png\"/><p>Most leadership teams don’t need another reminder that “partners matter.”</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/ecosystem-selling-a-sales-skill-problem-opportunity","title":"Ecosystem Selling: A Sales Skill Problem / Opportunity","date_modified":"2026-01-07T16:42:34Z"},{"id":"no-regrets-thriving-in-2026","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/No%20Regrets.png\"/><p>As 2025 closes, there’s a phrase I keep coming back to—not as a slogan, but as a standard: No Regrets.</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/no-regrets-thriving-in-2026","title":"No Regrets: Thriving in 2026","date_modified":"2026-01-02T14:52:41Z"},{"id":"scaling-partner-motions-looking-for-a-few-great-builders","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/ChatGPT%20Image%20Dec%2018%2C%202025%2C%2004_14_20%20PM.png\"/><p>Banimo is growing, and I’m expanding our fractional delivery capacity for partner/channel execution.</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/scaling-partner-motions-looking-for-a-few-great-builders","title":"Scaling Partner Motions: Looking for a Few Great Builders","date_modified":"2025-12-18T23:36:03Z"},{"id":"if-partners-are-in-your-2026-plan-answer-these-7-questions-first","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Screenshot%202025-12-02%20at%208.45.18%E2%80%AFAM.png\"/><p>I often see a pattern:</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/if-partners-are-in-your-2026-plan-answer-these-7-questions-first","title":"If partners are in your 2026 plan, answer these 7 questions first","date_modified":"2025-12-02T15:53:14Z"},{"id":"thanksgiving-gratitude-partner-style","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/ThanksgivingPartnerStyle.png\"/><p>Thanksgiving is a good excuse to pause and take stock. I’m not lacking for gratitude this year — for family and friends, food and home, and some special life experiences. Not all of it was easy - in fact, a lot of it was...</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/thanksgiving-gratitude-partner-style","title":"Thanksgiving Gratitude, Partner Style","date_modified":"2025-11-25T15:02:47Z"},{"id":"ipp---turning-spreadsheets-into-a-revenue-growth-system","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Screenshot%202025-11-20%20at%207.53.12%E2%80%AFAM.png\"/><p>Many partner-based routes to market fail to achieve breakthrough performance because the IPP is treated like a spreadsheet instead of a system. \n\nRecognizing multiple IPPs — for referral partners, SI partners, OEM partne...</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/ipp---turning-spreadsheets-into-a-revenue-growth-system","title":"IPP - Turning Spreadsheets into a Revenue Growth System","date_modified":"2025-11-20T16:03:41Z"},{"id":"7-signals-your-partner-motion-is-capped","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Partner_Cap_GhostField.png\"/><p>If partner revenue isn’t growing 2–3× faster than direct, you’re likely pushing on the wrong lever. 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The shift is simple to say an...</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/2026-partner-plans-%E2%80%9Coutside-in%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%9Cinside-out%E2%80%9D-meet-for-impact","title":"2026 Partner Plans: “Outside-In” + “Inside-Out” Meet for Impact","date_modified":"2025-10-22T17:56:08Z"},{"id":"innovation-x-product-partnership-sustained-growth","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/InnovationPartnershipsGrowth.png\"/><p>This week’s Nobel Prize in Economics went to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt — three economists whose work has profoundly shaped how we understand innovation and long-term economic growth.</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/innovation-x-product-partnership-sustained-growth","title":"Innovation x (Product + Partnership) = Sustained Growth","date_modified":"2025-10-15T13:07:36Z"},{"id":"idea-to-ecosystem-accelerating-growth-in-early-stage-people-tech","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/Screenshot%202025-10-09%20at%207.40.08%E2%80%AFAM.png\"/><p>The HR, payroll, people and work technology landscape has never been more dynamic — or more unforgiving. 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One partner type. One motion. One playbook.</p>","url":"https://banimo.partners/insights/f/performance-and-maturity-from-expanding-diversity","title":"Performance and Maturity from Expanding Diversity","date_modified":"2025-07-29T17:56:44Z"},{"id":"why-partnerships-fail-to-reach-potential-the-pitfalls-of-intuiti","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/bf14208e-af97-4c8a-9d63-4caaeff8267e/intuitiontodiscipline.png\"/><p>In the “grow or die” world of B2B software, strategic partnerships often promise significant, scalable revenue growth. 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