Strategic fit
Does this help you achieve strategic goals faster, better or more efficiently than you could alone?
The diagnostic
Discover where you're building alone.
Fifteen minutes. No preparation. You'll finish with a clear map of the partnership gaps holding your business back — and the order in which to close them.
Your results
This isn't a lead magnet. It's a diagnostic.
Most founders finish it saying the same thing: that described my business. You get a written profile, not a score you forget in five minutes.
- 01 Your biggest partnership gaps
- 02 Your founder strengths
- 03 Your growth bottlenecks
- 04 Your alignment profile
- 05 Your next partnership priorities
How it works
Five dimensions of partnership fit.
Every statement you score maps to one of five dimensions. Together they form the Partnership Readiness Formula.
Capability fit
Are the strengths complementary — or duplicated?
Cultural fit
Do you communicate, decide and build trust in compatible ways?
Financial & operational fit
Do the benefits outweigh the cost of maintaining the relationship?
Growth potential
Can this expand beyond a single project into something strategically important?
Strategic Fit + Capability Fit + Cultural Fit + Operational Fit + Growth Potential = Partnership Success Potential
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Is this partnership worth pursuing?
Have a specific partnership in mind? Score each statement from 1 to 5. Your readiness band appears at the bottom of the screen as you go.
1 = Strongly disagree · 2 = Disagree · 3 = Neutral / unsure · 4 = Agree · 5 = Strongly agree
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Answer all 15 statements Your readiness band appears once every statement is scored.
Answered 0/15Reading your score
What each band means.
60 – 75 points
Strategic partnership opportunity
Strong alignment exists across strategy, capabilities, culture and growth potential. Move forward with partnership planning, governance discussions and pilot activities.
45 – 59 points
Promising, but needs validation
The partnership shows potential but requires additional due diligence. Go deeper on expectations, responsibilities, resources and success measures first.
30 – 44 points
Proceed with caution
Several risk areas could limit effectiveness. Address the gaps before making significant investments of time or resources.
Below 30 points
Poor partnership fit
Alignment is not yet sufficient to justify major investment. Reassess strategic priorities, seek alternative partners, or revisit the opportunity later.
The full diagnostic
Get your Founder Partnership Gap report.
The complete assessment goes further than a single opportunity: it maps all twelve partnership domains across your business and returns a written profile with your priorities in order.
The full Gap Assessment questionnaire still has to be written. Until then this form captures
the lead and delivers the Partnership Readiness Scorecard PDF.
Before you decide
Five questions worth sitting with.
If the honest answer is "the opportunity appeared", that's not a reason — that's a coincidence.
Write it down before the first meeting. Then ask your prospective partner to do the same, separately.
Most partnership failures trace back to an assumption nobody thought to check.
Naming them early is how you design around them — instead of discovering them eighteen months in.
Every partnership consumes attention. The cost is rarely the contract — it's the focus.