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Partnerships are a growth engine. We help startups build them right.
Elite Ecosystems is a partner program consultancy for startups that are ready to turn partnerships into a dependable source of revenue.
Our story
Why Elite Ecosystems exists
Between them, Dan and Morgan have spent years building channel programs and taking partner launches to market at payments, fraud prevention and SaaS companies. Along the way, they saw the same pattern again and again.
Too many startups treat partnerships as a side project. They sign a few logos, announce them, and then nothing happens. A partner program works when it has a clear strategy, fair incentives and real support behind it.
Elite Ecosystems was founded to give early-stage teams that foundation, without the cost of a full-time partnerships hire before they are ready.
How we work
The principles behind every engagement.
Revenue first
Every recommendation ties back to pipeline and revenue, not logo counts.
Built to scale
Programs are designed to work for your first five partners and your fiftieth.
Partner-centric
Programs succeed when partners win too, so we design for both sides.
Hands-on
We do the work alongside your team, not just hand over a slide deck.
The team
Two disciplines every partner program needs.
A strong program needs the right structure and the right go-to-market. Dan and Morgan bring both.
Dan Beardall
Founder · Partnership Leader
Dan founded Elite Ecosystems and leads partner strategy and program design. He has spent nearly a decade building and leading channel and partner programs for payments, fraud prevention and identity verification companies. He began his career in business development for American Express Global Corporate Payments.
Partner and channel leadership at companies including Signifyd, AuthenticID and Kount
Deep experience in payments, fraud prevention and identity verification
Channel programs across North America and Latin America
Dan on LinkedIn
Morgan Morrill
Marketing Leader · Partnership GTM
Morgan leads partner go-to-market, from positioning and partner marketing to launch campaigns that get partners selling. She has built and scaled partner marketing programs at payments and fintech companies, led go-to-market for partner launches, and run global demand generation as a marketing executive. She also advises organizations in the payments space.
Partner marketing leadership in payments and fraud prevention, including Sift
Product marketing for accounting partners at Rippling
Demand generation and sales enablement, including Airbnb and Prezi
Morgan on LinkedIn
Who we work with
A good fit if you are…
An early-stage startup with paying customers and early product-market fit
Getting inbound partner interest but have no program to handle it
Planning to hire a partnerships lead and want the foundation in place first
Selling into payments, fintech, SaaS or enterprise ecosystems
Building partner ecosystems that scale.
Let's talk about where your partner program is today and where you want it to go.
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