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<aside> 🧠 Use Case This two-step prompt will help you identify R&D partners best suited to your business, and outline a strategy for establishing effective collaborations. ChatGPT can advise on forming agreements, setting expectations, navigating challenges, and measuring success.

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🔨 Prompt One - Identifying Potential R&D Partners

I run a business in [business/industry] and we're planning to expand our R&D through collaboration with other organizations. Here are some details about our business and R&D goals:

• R&D Goals: [specific R&D goals]
• Industry Focus: [industries or sectors you are interested in for collaboration]
• Resource Capacity: [resources (time, money, personnel, etc.) you can dedicate to the collaboration]
• Past Collaborations: [past collaborations, if any, and their outcomes]
• Preferred Partner Type: [your preferred type of partner, such as universities, research institutions, other businesses, etc.]

Given these details, could you help me understand how to identify potential partners for collaboration? For our specific business, please provide the indicators to base our judgements on, with any strengths or weaknesses to look out for. Include considerations such as aligning with our R&D goals, evaluating the reputation and expertise of potential partners, etc.

🔨 Prompt Two - Establishing R&D Collaborations

Following your suggestions on potential partners for R&D collaboration, I would like guidance on how to establish these collaborations.

I've identified these potential R&D partners: [list potential partners, their industry, and expertise].

Here are some details about our collaboration objectives:

• Business Objectives: [what your business aims to achieve from these collaborations - develop a new product, improve an existing one, explore new markets, etc.?]
• R&D capabilities: [your R&D team's size, expertise, R&D infrastructure, previous R&D projects, etc.]
• Identified Challenges: [anticipated challenges in establishing collaborations - coordinating with a partner in a different time zone, managing intellectual property, etc.]