Most founders approach partnerships the wrong way.
They see the Dream 100 as a huge, overwhelming project.
It's a list they build, then stare at, never quite sure where to start.
They get stuck, and the momentum dies before it ever begins.
This is why we focus on the SMA framework: Strategy, which gives you a Map, which defines your daily Action.
The action is the most important part, and it has to be so simple it's impossible to fail.
That’s the entire philosophy behind our 5x5 principle.
Every single day, you do one thing: reach out to 5 ideal partners. This isn't cold outreach; this is yacht hopping.
You're not looking for just anyone.
You're surgically finding and engaging with elite partners—the captains of the yachts you want to be on. The people whose audiences already trust them.
Five a day doesn’t sound like much. But do the math: over a month, that's 100 new potential partners contacted. That’s not a goal you hope to hit. It’s an outcome you guarantee through a simple, repeatable system.
But what if you could make it even easier?
I just finished designing the final touches on my personal 5X5 Ai Agent. This tool surgically researches and drafts personalized partnership pitches to your dream partners every day at 7 am. All you have to do is wake up, review the emails, make any quick edits, and push send.
It is still a work in progress but these are the types of agents we can leverage as partnership builders.
When you make a daily habit of finding and engaging with the right people, the returns compound. What starts as a simple list of contacts becomes a predictable growth engine.
That's how a million-dollar partner program gets built: not with a single home run, but with a relentless series of small, intentional steps.
Keep stacking 🧱
TG