Nelson Wang — Founder, PartnerOS | AI runs the ops. You build the relationships.
Founder, PartnerOS | AI runs the ops. You build the relationships.
Nelson Wang ranks #554 of 19,190 LinkedIn creators in Founder-Led Sales, and is a standout voice in United States. They have 37.8K followers and published 16 posts in the last 30 days at a 0.3% average engagement rate.
- 37.8K followers
- 16 posts / 30d
- 0.3% avg engagement
- 177 follower growth / 30d
The roast
Nelson Wang claims he’s taken five companies from zero to $200M in revenue, yet his own engagement rate is so low he’s currently providing a masterclass in how to turn 37,000 followers into a rounding error. It’s comforting to know that in the AI age, the most expensive software consultant is a man who can’t even software his own reach.
About Nelson
I'm the founder of PartnerOS - the AI operating system platform for tech companies and Partner Principles, the #1 partnerships consulting firm for AI and tech startups. I've consulted 70 companies and every week I write to 10,000+ newsletter subscribers about the principles and frameworks I've learned about partnerships that took 5 different companies from zero to $200M+ in revenue.Need partnerships help? Book a 30 min call here: https://calendar.app.google/HpkDWAX7Lo6fQeBy7You can join the newsletter at www.partnerprinciples.com and learn my exact system.I'm a Sales, Marketing and Partnerships leader with 2+ decades of experience building a high growth sales and partnership strategy for fast growth startups across 100 cities.My work has been featured on Forbes, Fortune, Business Insider, Inc.com, The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, MSN Money, Mic.com, Thought Catalog, CRN, Optimizely Blog, Quartz, PopSugar, TheLadders and Product Hunt.Previously held leadership roles at Airtable, Miro, Box, VMware, Cisco, Optimizely and Toptal.Track record includes:★Top Partnerships Executives to Watch by Pavilion★10 Partnership Leaders to follow on LinkedIn by PartnerStack★Built Partner Program of the Year awarded by Catalyst★Featured in CRN as "100 People You Should Know"★FY23: 213% of goal★FY22: 113% of goal★FY21: 131% of goal★President's Club FY20 - 121% of goal★President's Club FY19 - 150% of goal★President's Club FY18 - 137% of goal★FY14 - 130% of goal ★Recipient of Sales Grinder and Achiever Award (Only 1 given in the entire sales org)★Awarded VMware US SMB Champ FY11, Top PBM and Americas Leadership Program & 102% of SMB quota.★#1 Cisco Operation (a $43M+ operation), 119% of quota★#1 Territory for 0% financing★#1 Partner recruiter nationally, 218% of quota★ Ranked as the #1 presenter out of a class of over 80 Cisco trainees★ Created 14 iPhone Apps with over 400,000 downloads. Hit #3 in Business, #30 in Business, #100 in Lifestyle and #15 in iPad Entertainment★ Published author of "The Resume is Dead" with 40,000+ kindle downloads, #1 in the Amazon resume category★ Coached 350+ people to help them land their dream job★ Built a list of over 70,000 subscribers
Highlights
- Big Audience — 37,752 followers · top 5%
- Top 10% in United States — Ranked #343 of 5940 creators
- Consistent Creator — 14 posts in 30d · top 10%
- High Impact — 98 avg engagements per post · top 25%
Recent posts
The partnership playbook that built the last decade won’t build the next one. AI is changing how companies are discovered, how buying decisions get made, and how ecosystems create value. The leaders who adapt first won’t just have better partner programs. They’ll build stronger Ecosystem Gravity. That’s the idea behind Catalyst 2026. We’re bringing together 1,000+ partnership leaders to explore what it takes to build and lead frontier ecosystems in the AI era. This video explains why. August 25–26 | New York City
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20+ years in partnerships. 70 tech companies (mostly AI) as clients consulted on partnerships. 1,479 partners recruited and onboarded. 10 partners types I've worked with. 20 software categories I've done fractional work for. 100s of partnership leaders coached. 900+ slides on principles and frameworks created on partnerships... Including 10 core principles that I've learned in implementing AI across real, meaningful partnerships use cases. And now it's time to share it with you. I'm excited to announce I will be a main stage speaker at Catalyst this year in New York. 🎉 My topic wil
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Hey Everyone! I'm co-hosting an executive dinner with Albert Daily and Ravn for Founders, CTOs and Product executives on Wednesday, July 29th at BOA Steakhouse in Austin. We'll be discussing: -How engineering teams are being built to include AI -How software ships in this AI world -How quality holds up at speed, hint: QA is the new bottleneck Interested in joining us? DM me.
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