See our interview with Stan Christensen Stan Christensen Stan Christensen is a Lecturer at Stanford University teaching a legendary Negotiations class . After graduating from Harvard Business School he joined consulting arm of The Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School . In this capacity he traveled to over 75 countries and worked with corporations and governments , negotiating transactions and mediating conflicts . And most recently he applied these lessons as a founder and managing partner of an entrepreneur - focused investment bank . Standford University Lecturer