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119. The unseen skill that grows partnerships and revenue
Episode 11912th September 2025 • The Partnership Playbook: Unlock Business Growth, Build Systems, Reclaim Time • Phil Hayes-St Clair
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What if every growth deal you closed started with giving instead of asking?

Scott Kelly, founder of Black Dog Venture Partners, joins Phil to share his hard-won lessons from three decades in deal-making—from Wall Street to startup boardrooms. If you’ve ever wondered why some partnerships thrive while others implode, this episode is a masterclass in the art of going first, building trust, and playing the long game.

You’ll walk away with:

  1. A battle-tested framework for vetting potential partners (and walking away from bad ones)
  2. Scripts and signals to look for in first meetings
  3. Mindset shifts that will change how you approach growth forever

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This podcast explores business growth through strategic partnerships for sales and marketing leaders, emphasising revenue growth and supply chain management by closing high-value partnerships, identifying the right partners, and building strong relationships based on trust, mutual value, and insights gained from reverse engineering partnerships.

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