The Deal-Maker Mind

Deal-making is not selling.

The 13 Laws of Deal-Making. The art of building relationships worth millions and billions, by helping enough people get what they want first.

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What the book is

Most people who sell are not deal-makers. They convince, they chase, they discount, and they need the yes more than the person across the table. The Deal-Maker Mind is about the other way of working. Thirteen laws, learned in real rooms, for closing any deal without ever being the one who needs it.

The laws sit inside one framework, the Deal-Maker's Loop: Decide where you play, Engineer the deal before the meeting, Agree on terms that hold, and Last long enough for trust to compound. One word holds the system. One idea holds the word.

It reads in one sitting. Every chapter opens with a story from a deal I made or lost, moves to the principle behind it, then shows you how to use it tomorrow. No theory you cannot apply, no jargon you have to look up, and nothing you will need to read twice.

The 13 Laws

I · DECIDE

  1. 01Master the art, invest first
  2. 02Aim at a market big enough
  3. 03Help first, and be chosen

II · ENGINEER

  1. 04Win before and after the meeting
  2. 05The calmest holds the power
  3. 06Engineer the terms to survive delivery
  4. 07Proof over noise

III · AGREE

  1. 08Never let the deal see your need
  2. 09Reveal, do not convince
  3. 10Match the game to its size
  4. 11Stay free to walk away

IV · LAST

  1. 12Earn trust after the signature
  2. 13Keep it simple, so it scales
Aladdin Ismail speaking on a panel at Arabian Travel Market, mid gesture, branded backdrop behind the panel

168,000

business meetings engineered

$5.3B

pipeline built for clients

122

government agencies closed

About the author

Aladdin Ismail is the founder and CEO of AladdinB2B, a global deal-making company that has engineered one hundred and sixty-eight thousand business meetings for companies entering new markets. His first book, The B2B Sales Book, is free and is the opening chapter of this one. He speaks at trade events across the Gulf, Europe, and Asia, and advises founders and governments on how deals actually get made.

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Aladdin Ismail on a Paris balcony in a red t-shirt, Haussmann rooftops behind him

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