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Field Notes
Research, practical frameworks, and operating insights from the front lines of modern partnerships.
Why Field Notes
Field Notes captures practical lessons from the front lines of modern partnerships — operator experience, frameworks, playbooks, and execution.
Unlike Bluethread Research, which publishes benchmark studies and original datasets, Field Notes focuses on what to do with that evidence in the field.
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- Field NoteCapital Allocation Is the Most Important Skill in Partnerships
- Field NoteThe Next Great Partner Category: AI Deployment Firms
- StrategyPartnership Consultant vs. Fractional Partner Leader vs. Full-Time Hire
- Field NotesManual as Default: Why Your AI Hits a Ceiling in Partner Motion
- Field NotePartner Intelligence Report: Anthropic vs OpenAI
- Field NoteRent the Reasoning Before You Buy the Tool
- StrategyThe Partnership Guide to Working with FP&A: How to Speak Finance and Prove Your Impact
- Field NoteThe Reset Is Already Happening in the Field. Are You Positioned for It?
- Field NoteThe Benchmark Was Wrong: What AI-Native Partnerships Actually Requires
- InsightsState of the Partner Manager Role
- Field NoteHow AI Is Rewriting the Rules for SaaS Partners
- Co-SellThe Co-Sell Layer Your Partner Stack Is Missing
- RevOpsPartner GTM Attribution Framework
- StrategyGTM Pod Model for Partner Execution
- Co-SellThe Co-Sell Playbook: From Intro to Closed-Won
- StrategyPartner Onboarding Blueprint: The First 90 Days
- RevOpsYour Partnership Stack Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It Inside HubSpot and Gong.
- RevOpsPartner Data That Lives Outside Your CRM Doesn't Exist
- Co-SellAnatomy of a Co-Sell Motion: From Handshake to Closed-Won
- RevOpsThe Partner QBR Playbook
- Co-SellBuilding a Co-Sell Pipeline That Your Sales Team Will Actually Use
- Co-SellCo-Sell Attribution: Proving the ROI Your CFO Needs to See
- PE PartnershipsThe ISV PE Partnership Playbook: From Zero to Dedicated Pod
- RevOpsStand & Deliver: Partner Manager QBR Template
- Co-SellScaling Co-Sell Beyond Your First Partner: The Repeatable Playbook
- Co-SellRecruit Mode: 90-Day Partner Recruiting Playbook
- PE PartnershipsPE Account Mapping in Your CRM: The Three-Layer Hierarchy
- PE PartnershipsBuilding a PE Program Offer That Operating Partners Actually Want
- PE PartnershipsWhy a Single PE Relationship Can Unlock Dozens of Accounts
- Co-SellAccount Mapping and ICP Alignment
- PE PartnershipsResearch, Rank, and Tier: Mapping the PE Landscape to Your ICP
- StrategyPartner GTM Health Check - The Complete Scorecard Guide
- PE PartnershipsStaffing the PE Pod: Scaling Ratios from Launch to 30+ Portfolios
- Co-SellThe Power of Three (Hyperscaler Edition)
- StrategyPartner ICP & Leverage Zones
- StrategyBuilding Your Partner Business Case
- RevOpsOperating Like a Partner Operator
- StrategyICP & Buyer Truth
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Each surface below extends the same operating system — from original research to live execution.
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The operating thesis behind every framework we publish.
Evergreen frameworks referenced across every engagement.
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A community of operators applying the methodology in practice.
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