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The only negotiation training and execution firm built by business leaders for business leaders—grounded in data, driven by science, and guaranteed to deliver.
Companies That Partner With Us
Results That Speak For Themselves
Years In Industry Leadership
Deals Advised
Industries Served
Professionals Trained
Functions Supported
Training Tailored To Your Business
Let’s be honest—busy teams have no time for filler training. Increasingly, soft skills training has become synonymous with box-ticking exercises and irrelevant simulations, often led by people who have never been in your shoes.
The same holds true with negotiation training – dominated by academics and ex-law enforcement officers who have never faced the unique pressure, dynamics, pace, and consequences of closing high-stakes business deals.
Your business deserves better. Training…
- Built for the realities of the modern business world.
- With deep subject matter expertise tailored to its industry.
- Designed for the digital dealmaking landscape of today.
- Equipped to navigate the complexities of multi-stakeholder negotiations.
Your business deserves training rooted in data analytics and business intelligence—paramount to modern dealmaking.
And your team deserves a program that meets its challenges head-on, delivered by experts who consult on complex deals everyday.
Your Negotiation Strategy is
Holding You Back
When it comes to negotiation, most businesses treat the symptoms, not the cause. Misidentifying negotiation failures as broader business issues, they’re often left with two frustrating options:
Make a Radical Change
Onboard an expensive CRM platform, engage a lofty business broker or investment banker, or overhaul personnel—solutions that are costly, time-intensive, and disruptive.
Do Nothing
For Operations and Supply Chain Teams
For Operations and Supply Chain Teams
- Leverage market analytics to quantify your buying power, assess contracting performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Replace outdated tactics with data-backed strategies that maximize RFP effectiveness, secure an average of 18% incremental savings post-RFP, and drive operational excellence.
- Achieve better pricing, enhanced quality, and access to vendor innovation with every negotiation.
For Sales Teams
For Sales Teams
- Drive higher win rates, shorten sales cycles, and unlock cross-selling and upselling opportunities.
- Empower your team with data-driven strategies and repeatable frameworks to close deals faster and maximize revenue.
- Transform your sales force into a powerhouse that consistently delivers results and dominates the negotiation table.
For Corporate Development Teams
For Corporate Development Teams
- Move beyond the simplicity of multiples with a data-driven approach that defines, reinforces, and captures the unique value of your business.
- Leverage quantitative justification, game theory-driven concession planning, and a proven deal delivery framework rooted in behavioral economics.
- Gain ultimate confidence at the negotiation table and ensure you maximize the value of your most pressing transaction.
Our Engineered Negotiation Process
At Mainline Ventures, our data-driven, rigorously engineered process is built for the complexities of modern negotiation. Unlike traditional training that relies on qualitative guidance, we combine proprietary analytics, behavioral science, and a systematic approach to ensure repeatable success.
Quantify Your Edge
Leverage Mainline’s proprietary data and public intelligence to define your negotiation leverage. Analyze opportunity size, evaluate trade-offs, and determine optimal contract parameters to set the foundation for a winning strategy.
Build the Winning Narrative
Transform data into a bulletproof justification and compelling story. Combine advanced analytics with behavioral science to craft an offer that resonates logically and emotionally with every stakeholder.
Deliver with Precision
Create negotiation collateral tailored for every modality—email, video chat, or in-person. Ensure your message is delivered with clarity, authority, and maximum impact to drive decisions.
Lock It In and Leverage Up
Close the deal with confidence and set the stage for future success. Utilize objection-handling strategies, game theory-driven concession planning, and dependency-building techniques to strengthen leverage over time.
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Proprietary Data for Unmatched Insights
Strength Index
In-depth quantification of benchmarking and critical terms specific to your industry, used to illuminate strategic leverage in a negotiation.
Leverage Utilization
Probabilistic value capture based on your unique leverage position in a negotiation.
Our data-driven foundation ensures your negotiation strategies are not only informed but optimized to deliver measurable outcomes every time. With Mainline Ventures, you gain a competitive edge rooted in actionable intelligence.
Ways We Partner
Risk-free training modalities designed to fit the unique needs of your business.
Risk-Free Training
Standard Training
Critical Deal Advising
Organizational Impact
Wide Reaching
Wide Reaching
Pinpoint Focus
Live Deals Advised
3 Active Deals
3 Active Deals
Scope Dependent
Results-Oriented Agreement
Level of Customization
Full Customization & Onboarding
Full Customization & Onboarding
Industry Expert Led & Partner Supported
Industry-Specific Examples
Leverage Analytics Access
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Hourly or Project Fee