BD Methods helps growth companies close strategic partnerships that:
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Rapidly Accelerate Revenue
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BD Methods closes strategic partnerships for growth companies that will accelerate revenue and enhance their position for an exit event or fundraise.
Case Studies

Wind River engaged with BD Methods to assess the channel go to market strategy for the new release of their IoT device management platform. BD Methods delivered a comprehensive assessment report that included market research and interviews with key stakeholders. The result was a comprehensive prioritized list of potential go to market partners and a recommended partner GTM plan to support Wind River’s business goals . Wind River extended the engagement for and BD Methods executed the GTM plan and recruited and engaged new partners including SI leaders Wipro and Atos who have built a combined pipeline of over $2.5 million of year 1 new subscription business.
Axeda needed to expand into Asia and leveraging partners was they way to do it. Hitachi needed to deliver an IoT and remote service stack offering to differentiate itself in the competitive Japanese market. The founders of BD Methods engaged and negotiated with Hitachi to license a private label version of the Axeda IoT platform. The deal had added complexity due to the requirement that data must stay in country. The result was the creation of a data center in Tokyo. The impact of the strategic partnership was a $6.8 million 3 year commitment to license Axeda and increased market share and global presence.


PTC needed to assess it partner program strategy as they entered the IoT market. The founders of BD Methods revised the partner strategy which included an OEM program for IoT solutions. Intel was entering the IoT market and they saw it as an opportunity to leverage and upsell their existing customer base with technology that would drive the sale of connected devices and gateways. Their software subsidiary, Wind River, was able to provide a device management platform by licensing a private label version of the ThingWorx platform. The founders of BD Methods negotiated an OEM deal with an impact of a $3 million commitment for 18 months with the platform being a key component in Intel’s IoT reference architecture.

iGT Technology, a Norwegian based IOT technology start up, hired BD Methods to provide its Partner ROI Assessment and Partner Strategy Test Market services for entry into the U.S. market. BD Methods worked with the key iGT stakeholders to refine the iGT Partner strategy and plan which included identifying the prioritized list of strategic OEM and Reseller partners that could most benefit from iGT’s state of the art fall detection/prevention solution to drive new and add on revenue for their existing U.S. business. The BD Methods team worked directly with iGT’s CEO, commercial and technical team to recruit and initiate the partner process with OEM and Reseller partners. As a result of early traction and success with the Partners, iGT extended the engagement with BD Methods to provide its Fractional Business Development service.

ZeroNorth, a cyber security technology company and developer of the first risk based vulnerability orchestration platform, had a requirement to build a successful channel program in an effort to grow their business through the indirect channel. BD Methods was hired and delivered their entire suite of services. The impact is the creation of a new Channel Program and formalized Partner process that has resulted in a significant increase in sales pipeline generated by the channel. BD Methods accomplished this by identifying, prioritizing and signing regional and national cyber security VARS and executing partnerships with leading technology firms including Optiv and ServiceNow.
Attivio, a leader in cognitive search technology, hired BD Methods to build and execute a channel program for Attivio’s Elevate for ServiceNow product. Time to market was of the essence and Attivio enlisted the BD Methods team because of their expertise developing partner programs for technology companies, their ability to quickly scale the learning curve, and their track record for implementing and executing a channel strategy. BD Methods' Fractional Business Development Service quickly yielded pipeline and resulted in several strategic SI partnerships including Accenture that were important components of Attivio's exit to ServiceNow.


RevTwo, a startup AI technology company, is engaged with BD Methods to create the go to market strategy for their new Data Driven AI Support Platform. Entering an emerging market requires strategic partnerships that can create the traction for innovative solutions like RevTwo. BD Methods' deliverables include a GTM Strategy and Plan including a comprehensive prioritized list of potential go to market partners and a recommended partner GTM plan to support RevTwo's business goals . The impact is membership in Microsoft's OCP Program and a listing on the SalesForce AppExchange.

FogHorn is a leading developer of “edge intelligence” software for industrial and commercial IoT applications. Developing a rich partner ecosystem was a key component to Foghorn's overall go to market strategy. BD Methods' created a GTM Strategy and Plan including a comprehensive prioritized list of potential go to market partners and a recommended partner GTM plan to support FogHorn's business goals . The impact is a program that covers IIOT Industrial Solution Providers, IIoT Consultants and SIs, IIoT Gateway Suppliers including Dell of which FogHorn is a leading member of the Dell IoT Gateway Solutions Program.
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