Ellen DaSilva is currently building her own company after almost four years of leading strategic partnerships and biz dev at him & hers.

In this episode, Ellen shares her golden rules for partnerships. She discusses how to get stakeholder buy-in at every level, how to identify excellent growth talent via good interview questions, and how to partner up when you’re the less credible party in a negotiation.

Lauren Hoffman, Head of Partnerships at On Deck, joined Erik in this episode as a guest co-host.