May 19, 2021

Malhar Kamdar, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis, on Ecosystem Strategy and How to Develop it Successfully.

Malhar Kamdar, Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis, on Ecosystem Strategy and How to Develop it Successfully.

When you are thinking about your go-to-market strategy, when should you go direct and when should you build a partner strategy? My guest today is Malhar Kamdar, the Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis who sat down with me to talk about how Celonis thought

  • [1:34] - Why did you leave Oracle to join Celonis?
  • [3:20]] What does Celonis do? And what is Execution Management System (EMS)?
  • [8:00] How would you describe what it takes to be an ecosystem strategy officer?
  • [9:35] When time is best to build a partner or ecosystem strategy? Is this something that you would recommend all companies to do?
  • [14:13] What is the blueprint to building a successful ecosystem strategy that would scale?
  • [19:26] When is the right time to think about embarking on a partnership and ecosystem strategy in the life of a startup?
  • [23:21] What advice would you give founders and CEOs on how to measure, track and incentivize the ecosystem strategy role for it to be successful?
  • [27:53] What are some of the innovative things that you and Celonis have done to create successful ecosystem strategies?
  • [28:48] Do you worry that to get value out of Celonis, companies might have to spend more?


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