PartnershipsPublished 2022-01-21 · public disclosure
Build a critical capability with a specialist partner
How Doctolib approached partnerships.
What they did
Doctolib described co-developing end-to-end encryption with Tanker before acquiring the company. The announcement framed the acquisition as an extension of an existing technical relationship.
Reported outcome
A specialist partnership became an internal capability. This historical announcement is not an independent security audit.
An idea to test, from Afterlaunch
A proven working relationship can reduce uncertainty before bringing a specialized capability in-house.
Small experiment: List capabilities that are critical but outside your expertise and evaluate one partner through a tightly scoped pilot.
A company’s reported outcome doesn’t prove one tactic caused it. Treat this as a hypothesis.
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