negotiation

also referred to as: negotiations

4 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 25, 2022 by Emil Michael · across every show →

Everything said about negotiation, oldest first

Oct 25, 2022
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Emil Michael: Small talk during serious negotiations betrays naivete
“The small talk stuff is fine, but it's, it sort of betrays a little naivete, like that you care, or they care, because if there's, you're in a serious negotiation, no one cares about that. They just care about, like, what you're trying to do.”
Emil Michael Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 21:57 Emil Michael: How I Negotiated the $4B Uber-China Deal, Why DoorDash Caught Up to Uber | 20VC #941 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 25, 2022
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Emil Michael: Outworking the counterparty is the most important negotiation rule
“Number one thing in negotiations is outwork whoever you're negotiating with.”
Emil Michael Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 14:18 Emil Michael: How I Negotiated the $4B Uber-China Deal, Why DoorDash Caught Up to Uber | 20VC #941 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 25, 2022
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Emil Michael: Staying emotionally regulated gives leverage over uncentered counterparties
“I never get emotional back and that gives me power, right? It gives me power to, because I'm regulated, They're unregulated and uncentered, and that means they make more mistakes than I would. And so if you could be a shock absorber to emotion in negotiations,…”
Emil Michael Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 16:57 Emil Michael: How I Negotiated the $4B Uber-China Deal, Why DoorDash Caught Up to Uber | 20VC #941 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 22, 2026
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Nikesh Arora: Willingness to walk away optimizes negotiation outcomes
“The willingness to walk away makes sure you optimize the outcome. When you negotiate, if you're fully vested in the outcome, you fold at some point in time saying, well, I can't let Harry Stebbings walk away because Harry walks away, I have no deal.”
Nikesh Arora Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 1:07:21 Nikesh Arora on the Frontier Model Problem: Breadth vs Depth | The Future of Token Costs · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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