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Veldt Robotics
Jordan Ellis (Enterprise account executive) with Samir Haddad, Chief financial officer
8.0 / 10
Jordan held the price and booked legal, and still had not briefed counsel before the meeting.
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Jordan did not panic when Samir asked to start at $70,000. He calmly refused the discount and tied price to scope: 'If the scope changes we can reopen the number.' This protected company margins without losing the deal.
Jordan ran a disciplined negotiation: held firm at $86,000 against a $70,000 discount request by anchoring to plant delay penalties, and scheduled general counsel for Tuesday at 11.
Reviewed with Sales Coach Rubric Engine · Deterministic 10-dimension evaluation
Reinforce, then correct
What to keep comes before the gaps and the line to use next time.
Jordan stated the number without apologizing and gave Samir a clean way to explain it to procurement. That is the close to keep.
Counsel heard about the deal in the meeting. A redline owner who has not seen the paper becomes the slip on the 18th.
On the next negotiation, send counsel a one-page brief the day before: price, scope that was cut, and the date that cannot move. Open the call by confirming they read it.
Sandler Selling System checklist
Green means it was done. Red means it was not. One call is a check, not a mastery rating.
Up-Front Contract
Committed to the 18th or reset today.
Pain Funnel
Contracted plant line delay penalties.
Held $86k against $70k discount ask.
Budget Qualification
Samir taking $86k to board packet.
Decision Process
Lina Ortega scheduled for Tuesday 11.
Next Steps
Paper out today, Tuesday call held.
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8 / 10
Re-anchored on contracted penalties for a late line.
0:12 — “Every week the line is late costs us contracted penalties.”9 / 10
Stated $86,000 and refused an unearned discount.
0:44 — “I will not open at seventy.”8 / 10
Lina Ortega owns the redline and the board packet was named.
0:56 — “our counsel, Lina Ortega, to redline before the 18th.”6 / 10
Price hold was firm. Counsel had not been briefed before the meeting.
1:06 — “I have not sent Lina a briefing. That is on me.”9 / 10
Tuesday at 11 with counsel, and a rule if that time dies.
1:06 — “the three of us meet Tuesday at 11”What they should have done, moment by moment
Pause the tape at each step. Every miss cites the clock time and the exact line.
“If the 18th slips, we say so today. Good to start there?”
Jordan set mutual accountability: either the contract hits the 18th or we renegotiate the date.
Keep this. No rewrite needed at 0:00.
Objection Surrenders & Missed Openings
"our counsel, Lina Ortega, to redline before the 18th."
"I have not sent Lina a briefing. That is on me."
"Pre-brief legal counsel before commercial closing calls: send a redline-free agreement with commercial terms pre-highlighted 24 hours prior."
Stage-Specific Qualification
Re-anchored on contracted line delay penalties.
Held $86,000 price and refused an unearned discount.
Lina Ortega confirmed for legal redline and board packet named.
Measured Against: Commercial Negotiation & Closing Playbook
Checked milestone-by-milestone against the prescribed playbook for a Negotiation.
Set firm date of the 18th and gave permission to move it if needed.
“If the 18th slips, we say so today.”
Anchored to real weekly plant line delay penalties.
“Every week the line is late costs us contracted penalties.”
Refused $70k counter-offer, held firm at $86k.
“I will not open at seventy. Eighty-six matches the scope we already cut to.”
Booked counsel meeting for Tuesday 11 AM, though pre-briefing was delayed.
“I have not sent Lina a briefing. That is on me.”
Re-stated verbal commit at $86k subject to redline owner.
“we have a verbal yes at eighty-six, subject to her redline”
View Full Prescribed Playbook
1. Re-anchor to Pain: Connect commercial pricing directly to cost of inaction or delays. 2. Unflinching Price Delivery: State investment confidently without discounting upfront. 3. Scope-Tied Concessions: If price moves, scope must move proportionally. 4. Legal & Procurement Alignment: Identify redline owners and lock mutual review meetings. 5. Verbal Close Summary: Reiterate terms, contingencies, and the exact next calendar checkpoint.
High-Leverage Blocking & Tackling Corrections
Pre-brief counsel prior to closing calls
Send general counsel a 1-page summary 24 hours ahead of time so legal does not become a bottleneck.
Follow up immediately with paper and Tuesday invite
Send the clean contract to both Samir and Lina before end-of-day while verbal buy-in is hot.
Reviewed with Jordan Ellis. Solid pattern interrupt, but let us make sure we quantify cost before the next screen share.
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