Successful Negotiations Start with Empathy
What does the other party want out of the deal?
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Michael Feuer is co-founder of the mega office products retail chain OfficeMax, which he started in 1988 with one store and $20,000 of his own money, along with a then-partner and group of private investors. Michael Feuer appears courtesy of a partnership with Smart Business, www.sbnonline.com, which originally published this column.
What does the other party want out of the deal?
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