Strategic Partnerships @ StreamYard | Captain @ The Partner Ship 🚢

Franz Schrepf is the Head of Strategic Partnerships at OpusClip, the #1 AI video editing tool used by 10M+ creators and businesses around the world. 

Before Opus he was the #16 employee at Hopin and StreamYard, a virtual events and live streaming company which Sifted called "Europe's fastest growing startup of all time." 
 
His new book, "The Book on Partnerships: How Startups Work With Partners To Sell More, Add Features, And Get Acquired.", is a foundational guide full of stories and insights from 50+ industry experts that explain the power of partnerships in the most basic terms.  

Franz is also a frequent contributor and speaker on the topic of partnerships on podcasts, blogs, events, and conferences as well as the host of one of the most popular partnership podcasts, The Partner Ship 🚢.

Originally from Germany, Franz lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco, where he organizes monthly partnerships meetups together with the Partnerships Leaders community.

Franz-Josef Schrepf (FJS)

"When is the audiobook coming out?"

Today I can finally say: it's here.

This was easily the most asked question since The Book on Partnerships launched.

I wrote it, recorded it, and edited the audiobook myself.

Which is surprisingly hard if you have 2 year old at home!

Every chapter, every story, every framework. 

In my voice, the way I'd tell it to you in person. 

It also comes with a companion PDF with all the graphics, sources, resources, and terminology so you get the full experience.

Available now on Audible, Spotify, and Apple Books.

If you've been waiting for this one, thank you.

I hope you enjoy it.

#partnerships #TheBookOnPartnerships #Ecosystems

Franz-Josef Schrepf

Revenue & Partnerships @ OpusClip | Author of ‘The Book on Partnerships’ | Captain @ The Partner Ship 🚢 | Pavilion’s Top 50 Partnership Execs to Watch in 2025

Jay Singh is the co-founder and CEO of Casper Studios, a bootstrapped AI product studio that, among many other things, built the Stranger Things × Netflix voice AI activation (400K+ calls). 

In this episode, we dig into:

- How he uses Claude Code + Cursor + MCP to automate BD from LinkedIn connections to qualified pipeline
- The "singles and doubles" framework: modular AI builds that cut hedge fund Q&A prep by 80%
- Why he chose deterministic AI over generative for a Netflix brand activation and what that tells us about AI's real edge
- The role of System Integrators in today's ever-changing AI landscape.

Whether you're a founder wondering how to actually use Claude Code beyond coding, or a partnerships leader thinking about AI-powered BD, this conversation will change how you think about building an AI-native business.

#partnerships #AI #systemsintegrator

Franz-Josef Schrepf and 56 other attendees

The AI Systems Integrator Handbook w/ Jay Singh @ Casper

"Sorry, my AI sent the wrong pricing" is about to become the most common sales objection handler in 2026.

Here's the thing: People care a lot less about you than you think.

Coffee stain on your shirt? Nobody notices. 

They're too busy worrying about their own stuff.

Social media is the same:

👉 3-second attention spans.
👉 Swipe, swipe, swipe..
👉 Zero appreciation for cool transitions.

Bottom line: Stop sweating the small stuff. 

Now, go make something!

For every $1 Salesforce makes, their ecosystem makes $7 

For every $1 an AI company makes, the ecosystem will earn $20. Or $100.

I've dug deep into the data, my own experience, and an important clue Anthropic's CEO left in a recent podcast. 

We are entering the golden age of implementation.

The SaaSpocalypse is in full swing. An eye-watering $1 trillion was wiped off of SaaS stocks in the first week of February 2026. HubSpot's stock is do

Open article: The Age of the Systems Integrator by Franz-Josef Schrepf • 4 min read

Scott Pollack spent 20 years building partnerships at giants like American Express and WeWork. Then he noticed something: the partnerships professionals he worked with had no profession, no training, no certifications, no community. So he built one.                                                                                          

Scott is the CEO and co-founder of Firneo, the leading learning community for partnerships professionals, and heads member programs at Pavilion. In this episode, we dig into:

- How 20 years in partnerships led him to build the community infrastructure the profession was missing
- Why the average partner manager has 30 portals, 30 Slack groups, and 30 newsletters, and nobody looks at any of them
- What separates a community people actually show up to from one that gets ignored
- What changes when you stop managing a partner program and start managing a community
- Why community might be the only distribution strategy that cuts through the noise

Whether you're an ecosystem leader sitting on 500 active partners or a partnerships professional wondering what comes next, this conversation will change how you think about your partner program.

Franz-Josef Schrepf and 11 other attendees

Manage Your Ecosystem Like A Community w/ Scott Pollack (Wework, Firneo)

Aydan Al-Saad

GTM Leader | Startup Advisor | Content Creator | Presenter | Community Builder | Angel Investor | Founder of London Startup Club

Aydan is an entrepreneur, content creator, GTM startup advisor, angel investor, presenter and community builder with over 350,000 followers and 200M views across social media.

Experience Overview:
💰15 years Sales & Marketing experience 
❤️ 7 years Leadership of global teams
👊🏽 3 years of GTM advisory & coaching founders
🙏🏽 2 years Angel investing in Startups
👋🏽 Founder of 2 communities - Creator Leaders & London Startup Club (inactive)
📱 18 months experience as Content Creator - 0 to 350k Followers & 200M+ views across social channels.

Notable startup journeys...
🦄 Hopin: Joined at $3M ARR -> $100M ARR (2020-2022) 
🚀 Hired: Joined at $500k -> $10M ARR (2015-2020)
🥷 Stealth: Founder $0 -> 🐪 (2025-)

Aydan can help support you in the following areas:

> Content Led Sales
> Revenue Growth
> Founder Sales Coaching
> Building a Personal Brand
> Content Strategy 

To find out more about me, visit here: https://www.aydanalsaad.com/

Brand Partner & Content Creator

Creating valuable career insights around the world for Indeed's social media channels!

Aydan Al-Saad 👊🏽

A REAL Day in My Life as a Creatorpreneur.

Starting at 10am, not 5am…


10am: Filming.

One day of filming. Content for 60 Days.

We interviewed 40 people in one day.

Two formats:
	1.	Top performer: “So What Do You Do?”
	2.	New tester: “Make Your Statement.”

That single filming day…

→ Nearly 2 months of short-form content
→ 3/4 different hooks
→ Multiple platform cuts
→ Long-form compilation edits

Most creators burn out because they create daily.

I create in batches.

Takeaway: Think like a studio, not a creator.


4pm: Admin.

One focused hour post-filming:

• Following up with brands for long-form sponsorship
• Reviewing feedback on our Dell campaign
• Responding to Skillstore & personal brand emails
• Chasing invoices (yes, still 😂)

Most people love the creative.
Few respect the backend.

Takeaway: The boring hour funds the exciting ones.



6pm: Host

Last night we hosted a private dinner for 25 creators & entrepreneurs.

Yes, there was networking.
Yes, there was good food.

But the most valuable part?

A 90-minute open session where everyone shared their top of mind challenges, and the table solved it together.

That room would never have existed if I didn’t decide to build it.

Takeaway: If the room you want doesn’t exist 

Create it.


→ Some days I’m filming.
→ Some nights I’m hosting.

Every day I’m doing admin you don’t see.

None of it looks like the career I was taught to build.

And I genuinely never thought I’d be in these spaces let alone be the one creating them.

Grateful.

—

If this was useful, save it.
I’ll break down the exact batching system next.

Follow me, Aydan Al-Saad 👊🏽 for more on careers and creatorpreneurship.

Creator Entrepreneur + Interviewer. Building Skillstore and Creator Leaders. Sharing the journey along the way 👇

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I quit my $250k/year job to do this…

And it certainly wasn't because of money.

Not because I was “burnt out.”

And definitely not because I had it all figured out.

I quit because I realised something uncomfortable:

I was optimising for salary, not control.

On paper, it was perfect:
→ Big title
→ Big pay
→ Big growth trajectory

But every year, my life got narrower:
→ Less time with family
→ Less say in what I worked on
→ More dependence on decisions I didn’t control

So I walked away.

What I didn’t realise at the time:
 → The hardest part isn’t the pay cut
 → It’s the identity shift

You go from:

 “Successful on LinkedIn”
 to
 “Looking like you're unemployed”

Here’s what I’ve learned since:
→ High income ≠ high freedom
→ Optionality compounds faster than salary
→ Building in public beats climbing in silence

The last one, I'll die on that hill.

The scariest moves age the best

You don’t need to quit, you need a runway

I didn’t leave to escape work.

I left to own the outcome.

If you’re still in "the golden handcuffs" but want to building something on your own...

Save this.

You don’t need permission.
You don't need a plan.

YOU NEED ACTION.

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Follow me, Aydan Al-Saad 👊🏽 for more on careers and creatorpreneurship.

I quit my $250k/year job to do this…

The best advice I ever got was…

“Build a career around the life you want to live.”

Not the title.
Not the salary.
Not what looks impressive here on LinkedIn.

The life.

For me, that meant:

➜ Being present, not just providing
➜ Designing flexibility, not chasing promotions
➜ Choosing long-term freedom over short-term applause

So every decision I’ve made since has been run through one filter:

➜ Does this give me more time, energy, and control with my family?

If the answer was no, I try my best to walk away, even when it looked like a “great opportunity” on paper. 

(Not always though, sometimes you get sucked in!)

You don’t “add life” after you’ve built the career.
You either design for it for yourself or you miss it.

That’s why I’ve built everything around my family.
And that’s why that will always be the goal.

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Follow me, Aydan Al-Saad 👊🏽 for more on careers and creatorpreneurship. 

Save this if you’re making career decisions right now.
Share it with someone who should see this before making their next move.

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