# Just One Little Wafer Thin Mint

**Published by:** [Continuations](https://continuations.com/)
**Published on:** 2008-03-01
**Categories:** vc
**URL:** https://continuations.com/just-one-little-wafer-thin-mint

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This is the first post in an occasional series on negotiating. Imagine yourself in a situation where a clear bid and ask have been established on an important and potentially contentious deal point (e.g. vesting of founders shares). Now the other side proposes a compromise. The best strategy here is to listen to the compromise proposal but not react to it immediately unless you are 120% certain that the compromise works for you. Why? Because agreeing to a compromise and then coming back with additional requests on that point can have the same results as eating “just one [more] little wafer thin mint.”

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