Qualify partners with the 5-pillar SCOPE rubric, not optimism.

In Lesson 6.2 of GROW Course 6 (Partnership Ecosystem), Doug Liles works through it with you. A qualification rubric that filters partners before you spend a quarter on them.

What you'll take away

- Why qualify

- The 5 pillars

- Scoring a partner

Chapters

(0:00) Cold open & the promise

(6:54) Why qualify

(13:48) The 5 pillars

(20:42) Scoring a partner

(27:36) Disqualifiers

(34:30) The go/no-go

(41:24) The artifact & what to do Monday

Study guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free)

- https://fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessons/FDE_Lesson_6_2

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.

Public release

This full FDE Certification audio lesson is available publicly as part of GROW by Good Combinator.

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Episode metadata

Show: GROW by Good Combinator

Course: Course 6 - Partnership Ecosystem

Lesson: 6.2

Season/Episode: 6/2

Runtime: 48:19

Access label: public-full-lesson

Source channel: spotify

Source audio: app/lessons/assets/course-6/6.2/6.2 Deep Dive Audio.m4a

Taxonomy: Domain=Partnership Ecosystem; Career stage=Senior FDE / Partnerships; Skill level=Advanced; Asset type=Lesson; Outcome=Partner

CRM events: course_started, lesson_completed, cert_enrolled

Transcript and accessibility

Final transcript required before launch: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/courses/course-6/lesson-6.2/transcript

Accessibility requirement: reviewed audio, clear title, descriptive show notes, and transcript availability before launch.

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM and disclosed here.

Credits

Host: Doug Liles

Producer: Good Combinator

Audio: NotebookLM AI narration (disclosed)