4. How do you select the right partner?

Different sports analytics partners have different strengths.

Sure, there are your more traditional “outsourcers” who will execute your specific guidelines, manage repetitive tasks, or maintain your current systems.

However, if you need help transforming your business, then you need a very different type of partner.

GlobalLogic falls into this second category.

We create distributed teams that blend seamlessly with client teams to provide accurate sports data.

We refer to this more as “partnered insourcing” rather than outsourcing.

More importantly, your potential partner should ask you questions.

If a partner blindly agrees to everything you ask for without exploring how the partnership and resulting product will drive business value, that’s a red flag.

Once you narrow down partners to interview, some good questions to ask include:

How are you different from your competitors?
What are your core competencies?
How much attention can you provide us?

Have you previously done what we want to do?
Have you worked with a sports organization like ours before?
Do you have case studies/customer references?
Do you have experiential learnings to aplpy to our unique situation?