B
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38%
38% -- deal close speed improvement for certified partners (2025)
Certified partners close deals 38% faster across mature ecosystems.
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38%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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apipartnerships.com
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Tier C
https://www.apipartnerships.com/is-this-partner-any-good/ ↗
Source Article
"Is This Partner Any Good?"
"Is This Partner Any Good?"
Every partner manager gets this question from sales. Here's how to answer it in 30 seconds — and how to make sure your partners can pass the test.
If you've been in partnerships for more than five minutes, you've heard the question. A sales rep pings you on Slack: "Hey, I…
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apipartnerships.com
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certified partners: 38% deal close speed improvement. Source: apipartnerships.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/certified-partners-deal-speed
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