๐Ÿ“ถ Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on ecosystem advantages

Using ecosystems to your advantage, modern partnerships 101, and how to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires

April 14, 2022 โ€ข Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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This week we had on Jared Fuller (@fullerfreedom) with BuiltFirst.

BuiltFirst helps communities spin up vendor marketplaces to help community members make better software decisions. We're one of the 200+ communities they have onboarded (we use them for our perk board), and they have already created $30mm in software savings. Jared runs partnerships, and he is in charge of managing the different relationships between vendors, partners, and purchasers.

In this talk, we cover: 

  • Using ecosystems to your advantage

  • Modern partnerships 101

  • How to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires

Check out the full episode below:

#66 - Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on using ecosystems to your advantage, modern partnerships 101, and how to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires

Listen to this episode from Confluence.VC on Spotify. This week we had on Jared Fuller (@fullerfreedom) with BuiltFirst. BuiltFirst helps communities spin up vendor marketplaces to help community members make better software decisions. We're one of the 200+ communities they have onboarded (we use them for our perk board), and they have already created $30mm in software savings. Jared runs partnerships, and he is in charge of managing the different relationships between vendors, partners, and purchasers. In this talk, we cover: Using ecosystems to your advantage Modern partnerships 101 How to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires Want to get more involved? Join ๐Ÿ‘ฅ | Invest with us ๐Ÿ“ถ | Hire better ๐Ÿ“Œ | Become a paying subscriber ๐Ÿ’ธ

https://open.spotify.com/episode/416kPadbAyOZvhAwci2TR4?si=ee513af79e674309

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