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    Partnership ROI Calculator

    Evaluate strategic partnerships with realistic S-curve ramp modeling, full cost accounting (including your time), breakeven analysis, and a multi-dimensional value map.

    Revenue generation
    Annual steady-state partnership revenue.
    $

    Sales you close because of the partnership

    $

    Deals the partner sends you

    $

    Joint deals worked together

    $

    Estimated value of reach you couldn't get alone

    Month at which the partnership hits 50% productivity (S-curve)

    Partnership costs
    $
    $
    %

    Share of partnership revenue paid to the partner

    Costed at 4.33 weeks per month

    $

    Fully-loaded cost of the time spent

    Strategic value (your assessment)
    Score 0–10. These drive the "Strategic value" dimension on the value map — it is your judgment, not a computed number.

    Costs exceed modeled revenue — renegotiate terms or cut scope.

    This partnership loses $36,325 in year one (-29% ROI). The revenue share and your management time are the usual culprits.

    • Biggest revenue stream: direct sales ($50K/yr — 43% of the total).
    • Cumulative cash flow stays negative for at least 36 months.
    • Most sensitive input: monthly operating costs — negotiate or validate it first.

    ROI (12 months)

    -29%

    Negative

    Net profit (12 mo)

    -$36,325

    -$3,027 average per month

    Breakeven

    —

    Not recovered within 36 months

    12-month revenue

    $91K

    $115K steady-state annual, S-curve adjusted

    Performance timeline
    Monthly revenue follows an S-curve with 50% productivity at month 3. The cumulative line crossing zero marks breakeven.
    M1M2M3M4M5M6M7M8M9M10M11M12-$45K-$30K-$15K$0$15K
    • Revenue
    • Costs
    • Cumulative net
    Sensitivity analysis
    Impact on net profit when each input changes by ±10%, holding everything else constant. Longer bars = assumptions worth validating first.
    -$42K-$39K-$36K-$33K-$30KMonthly operatingcostsHourly rateDirect revenueReferral revenueRevenue share %Co-sell revenueMarket accessvalue
    input −10% input +10%Base net profit: -$36K
    How this calculator works

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