We are looking for development partners, people to work alongside us, which will accelerate our actually getting licences, the technology into product, into the markets.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We are partners to leading organizations across industries and have delivered marquee and transformational programs.
Where opportunities to expand trade and commerce exist, we will lead, and we will partner.
I think that the most important thing we look for in partners is that they can help build companies and, you know, we have the - we have the opportunity to do that at different stages.
We want real job creation and a fertile business environment for small business owners.
From our group, we've had joint ventures with a lot of international companies: Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Sara Lee, currently with Hershey's and Tyson. We've learned a lot of the best practices.
We have a mentoring and angel investing programme. We are also talking to the government to help create a VC industry.
For this to make sense, of course, it would have to be a fair financial deal for us. But I think this could be the occasion for us to build a true partnership in content. And we're especially interested because interactive services are a key field for us.
As a small business or startup, one of the factors you should always consider when looking at a potential partnership is the incremental potential reach. Note that wider reach doesn't always mean a better partnership opportunity. Instead of sheer scale, take a look at which communities your potential partner can open up for you.
We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs.
Our goal is to leverage what is already out in the field in terms of partners, but then hire in project management capability and a bit of technical capability.