Foundation Build

When you need more than pipeline.

A three to six month engagement that builds your whole partner program inside your own Claude or ChatGPT workspace, then runs it until your team owns it. Every part is built and working before it is handed over.

  • 3 to 6 monthsScoped together before anything starts
  • 7 pillarsStrategy through measurement
  • 1 operatorTorrie runs the whole engagement
Scope a Foundation Build Free 30 minutes. No commitment.

See it working

Built inside the AI your team already pays for.

A finished build, running. AI drafts the work, and your team approves anything that touches the CRM, money or a partner.

Open the live demo Shown in Claude. Ridgeline and everything in it is fictional.

What gets built

Seven pillars. Built, running, then yours.

Every pillar is working before handoff, and all of it stays with your team whether or not we keep working together. Recruitment can carry on under the Partner Development Retainer.

  1. 01

    Strategy and ecosystem

    Partner profiles, partner motions and an ecosystem map, built against your ICP and sales motion.

  2. 02

    Program and commercial model

    Tiers, margins, deal registration and rules of engagement that your sales team signs off.

  3. 03

    Recruitment engine

    Fit-scored prospects, written outreach and qualified introductions, running inside the first phase.

  4. 04

    Onboarding and enablement

    A path from signed agreement to first opportunity, with training and pitch materials for each partner type.

  5. 05

    Partner engagement

    Communication cadence, QBRs, feedback loops and a co-marketing toolkit.

  6. 06

    Operations and alignment

    Co-sell workflow, attribution, CRM stages and internal SLAs across sales, marketing and success.

  7. 07

    Measurement and scale

    Partner KPIs, health scoring, a reporting dashboard and a roadmap that says when to hire.

How it runs

Three phases. Recruitment is live inside the first one.

Before day one

Scope and alignment

One discovery call, then a written kickoff brief with scope, order and timeline agreed.

Months 1 to 3

Foundation

Strategy, profiles and the commercial model built, with recruitment and outreach live.

Months 4 to 6

Activation and handoff

Engagement, CRM workflows and reporting live, then the full handoff to your team.

Let's scope your build.

Thirty minutes on your current program. We define the scope together and work out whether a Foundation Build is the right engagement for your team, or whether recruitment alone is the gap.

Book a working session Or see how partner recruitment works, and what counts as a qualified partner opportunity.