Create proposal drafts

I have to get a first draft of the Q3 partnership proposal over to Maya in Business Development and to Aaron in Legal for input by Wednesday so we can present to the investor group next Tuesday. Pull the two case studies we used in May, insert the latest pricing table from finance, add a one-paragraph executive summary that states the ask and expected outcomes, then run a quick consistency pass on terminology before you share it with Maya first and Aaron second.

Before I send this draft to the partner, make it easy for them to approve: put the net benefit to their business as the first bullet, move the pricing and deliverables into a single table labeled Final Offer, and highlight three risks that would make a procurement reviewer pause with a one-line mitigation next to each.

I just finished the initial proposal draft; Maya on BD thinks pricing is buried and Aaron in Legal flagged an undefined IP clause. I can’t tell whether to lead with pricing to satisfy Maya or to reword the IP clause and wait for Aaron’s exact language because he’s out until Friday. Which is the more likely path to keep the investor presentation on track, and what should I do now to avoid last-minute legal pushback?

Every quarter we scramble because Business Development wants pricing up front while Legal rewrites clauses that force another round of approvals. Where am I losing time and credibility between teams, and what habit should I change so drafts go to reviewers once, with both pricing visibility and legally acceptable phrasing, instead of three rounds of redlines?