We Started With A Simple Question
Why do smart business owners still feel anxious when negotiating supplier terms, seeking better payment arrangements, or discussing financial partnerships? That question led us down a path we're still exploring in 2025.
How celentariq Came Together
Back in 2019, three of us were sitting in a Melbourne cafe after a particularly frustrating week. Each of us had watched capable people fumble through financial conversations—not because they lacked intelligence, but because nobody had shown them the mechanics of negotiation.
We'd all come from different corners of finance and business consulting. And we kept noticing the same gap. People understood their numbers. They knew their business inside out. But put them in a room to negotiate payment terms or rework a supply agreement? The confidence just evaporated.
So we started small. A weekend workshop here, some one-on-one coaching there. What surprised us was how quickly people improved once they had a framework to work with. Not scripts or magic phrases—just structured approaches they could adapt to their own situations.
By 2022, we'd developed a full curriculum. Now in 2025, we're working with business owners across Australia who want to handle financial conversations without the knot in their stomach.
The Person Behind The Curriculum
We keep our team intentionally small. Quality instruction matters more to us than scaling quickly. Meet the person shaping our approach to financial negotiation education.
Liora Beckwith
Lead Instructor
Liora spent twelve years negotiating supply chain contracts before she realized she wanted to teach instead. She brings real stories from actual negotiations—the messy ones that didn't go according to plan and the surprisingly smooth ones that almost seemed too easy. Her students appreciate that she doesn't pretend every conversation will go perfectly.
Our Teaching Approach
Practice Over Theory
We built our curriculum around real scenarios. Not hypotheticals pulled from textbooks, but situations our students actually face when they walk into their next supplier meeting or sit down with a potential investor. The goal is comfort through repetition, not memorization of techniques.
Learning Environment
Small Groups, Real Feedback
We cap our cohorts at twelve participants. This isn't about exclusivity—it's about making sure everyone gets meaningful feedback on their practice negotiations. You'll work through scenarios multiple times, adjusting your approach based on what actually happens in the room, not what a slide deck says should happen.
What Guides Our Work
These aren't corporate values we hung on a wall. They're the principles that shape how we build curriculum and interact with students.
Honest Preparation
We tell students when a negotiation strategy might not work in their specific situation. There's no universal approach that solves everything, and pretending otherwise wastes everyone's time. Our job is to help you prepare for what you'll actually encounter, not what sounds impressive in a course description.
Adaptable Frameworks
You won't leave our programs with rigid scripts. Instead, you'll understand the underlying structure of financial negotiations so you can adjust when the conversation takes an unexpected turn. Because it will—they always do.
Continuous Refinement
Our curriculum evolves based on what students tell us actually worked when they tried these approaches in their businesses. We update content every quarter based on real feedback, not because we think change looks progressive.
Realistic Expectations
We don't promise you'll become a master negotiator in six weeks. What we can help with is building competence and reducing that anxiety that shows up before important financial conversations. Results vary because people and situations vary—and we're upfront about that.
Interested In Learning More?
Our next cohort begins in October 2025. If you're curious about how our approach might work for your situation, reach out. We're happy to answer questions about the curriculum before you commit to anything.
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