Allan Adler: The Era of the Ecosystem

Ecosystem Aces

24-05-2022 • 32 mins

Ecosystem should be part of your product’s DNA…
If you build ecosystem into your product roadmap, your product becomes a snowball rolling down a hill, picking up momentum and benefiting every corner of your organization.
As more companies take note of the exponential, transformative power of ecosystems, today’s guest, Allan Adler, Managing Partner at Digital Bridge Partners, contends that we’ve moved on from the decade of ecosystem to the era of ecosystem.
Join us as we discuss:
Why ecosystem needs to be part of the DNA of your product
The snowball effect an ecosystem can have on everything from marketing to product teams
Why we’ve moved from the decade, to the era, of the ecosystem


Here are some additional episodes featuring other ecosystem leaders that might interest you:
#121 Aligning Ecosystem Strategy with Your Customer as the North Star with Lara Caimi, Chief Partner Officer, ServiceNow
#122 There’s No Easy Button For Partnering with Nicole Napiltonia, VP Of Alliances and OEM Sales, at Barracuda
#106 The Secrets to Managing Alliances Like Microsoft with David Totten, Chief Technology Officer, US Partner Ecosystem at Microsoft
#97 Why Quality Always Beats Quantity in Software Ecosystems with Tom Roberts, Senior Vice President at the Global Partner Organization over at SAP.


Links & Resources
Learn more about how WorkSpan helps customers accelerate their ecosystem flywheel through Co-selling, Co-innovating, Co-investing, and Co-marketing.
Subscribe to the Ecosystem Aces Podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcast.
Join the WorkSpan Community to engage with other partner ecosystem leaders on best practices, news, events, jobs, and other tips to advance your career in partnering.
Find insightful articles on how to lead and get the most out of your partner ecosystem on the WorkSpan blog.
Download the Best Practices Guide for Ecosystem Business Management
Download the Ultimate Guide for Partner Incentives and Market Development Funds
To contact the host, Chip Rodgers, with topic ideas, suggest a guest, or join the conversation about modern partnering, he can be reached on Twitter, LinkedIn, or send Chip an email at: chip@workspan.com


This episode of Ecosystem Aces is sponsored by WorkSpan.
WorkSpan is the #1 ecosystem business management platform. We give CROs a digital platform to turbocharge indirect revenue with their partner teams at higher win rates and lower costs. We connect your partners on a live network with cross-company business applications to build, market, and sell together. We power the top 10 business ecosystems in the technology and communications industry today, managing over $50 billion in the joint pipeline.