Identify and manage design partner relationships
ent-design-partnersskillsetup L1★1
kalyvask/entrepreneurship-lessons ↗What it does
Identify and qualify design partners for MVP
Best for
Structuring early B2B customer relationships that are committed, paid, and co-creative—avoiding big-logo traps and tire-kickers.
Outputs
- · Actionable guidance
- · Structured feedback
- · State capture or diagnosis
Preconditions
User has finished customer discovery; has identified desperately-needy prospects with budget authority; is about to enter MVP stage
Failure modes
User signs Stripe/Microsoft as design partner (slow procurement); offers free pilots instead of discounted-but-paid; accepts excitement instead of desperation signals
Trust signals
- · Explicit discipline rules and enforcement gates
- · Stage-specific rubrics with measurable criteria
- · Referenced playbooks and template files
- · Output format examples with clear format