Personal and professional partnerships are extremely valuable when growing ventures or establishing a business in new markets. Here are three videos featuring leaders discussing how partner relationships impact business success.
Video: Partners as "Frenemies"
Brian Murray, HarperCollins
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Tina Seelig, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
2 min.
8 sec.
As a powerful distribution channel and a growing competitor in publishing, Amazon plays a disruptive role in the publishing industry. HarperCollins CEO and President Brian Murray describes the "complicated relationship" publishers have with Amazon, who is a partner they work with and compete against. "The term 'frenemy' is a great term to capture what business is like today," says Murray, here in conversation with STVP Executive Director Tina Seelig.
Video: Act Globally with Partners
Warren Packard, Thuuz
2 min.
37 sec.
Warren Packard believes in the startup tenet "think globally, act locally." Here the Thuuz co-founder talks about the need for solid partnerships when executing a global strategy, using Thuuz's current efforts in this area as an example.
Video: Leave Ego at the Door
Wences Casares, Bling Nation & Lemon Bank
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Meyer Malka, Bling Nation
2 min.
9 sec.
Serial entrepreneurs Wences Casares and Meyer Malka believe it's vital for partners to leave their egos at the door when it's time solve a problem. While a certain amount of ego is valuable when communicating outside the organization, in this clip, each co-founder shares appreciation for the other's willingness to set ego aside and to share credit for success.
