Every business deal has a breaking point. In this one, it was a 10% gap.
SMALL NUMBER, BIG PROBLEM
The buyer felt they had stretched enough. The seller believed the business deserved every dollar. Both were firm. Both were frustrated. And the deal was seconds away from slipping through the cracks.
I could see it clearly — we weren’t negotiating numbers anymore. We were navigating emotions, pride, and fear.
So I stepped in. I, told them : “Let’s stop viewing this as ‘your loss versus their gain. ’If each of you is willing to bridge just half of the final gap — I’ll reduce my consultation fee by 10% for each of you to support the deal. But only if we close it right now, together. ”Not tomorrow. Not after thinking. Right now — while the intent was pure and the opportunity real.
In that moment, something shifted. Suddenly, it wasn’t buyer versus seller.
It was three people working together to make the right deal happen.
They looked at me. Then at each other. And with full trust — trust we earned through every conversation, every document, every late-night call — they said : “Yes. Let’s finalize it. ”And just like that, the impossible became possible. Deal closed. Two entrepreneurs happy. One business moving forward. And a proud moment for me, Ravisha Gupta, the Founder of Capital Conclave — because this is exactly why we exist.
Sometimes 10% isn’t about money.
Sometimes it’s about leadership.
Sometimes it’s about trust.
And sometimes…It’s about having the courage to create a solution no one else sees.
Congratulations to all of us.
On to the next success story. 🚀
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