Meet Our Guest

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Mari Chamoun (she/her) lives in Austin, TX, where she is raising a kid with her partner. Mari is COO and partner at Funsize, a digital service and product design agency, where she leads operations and sales.

We cover a lot, including:

• sales in a design organization
• mediating prices and deadlines between clients and the team
• the importance of empathy and creativity in negotiation
• meeting folks first as humans
• how to celebrate wins
• how to know when to walk
• negotiating on Zoom / remotely
• what is the other person afraid of?
• winning with a client vs. winning with your team
• negotiation as collaborative conversation
• gender in power and negotiation

Connect with Mari or find out more about Funsize here.

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