Jacob Knippenberg

Critic
DISC Type : C

Vice President, Strategic Finance at Accordion

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Overview

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Personality Overview

Information Seeker

Objective Thinker

ROI Driven

They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

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Media Appearances

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Work History

7-2025
Vice President, Strategic Finance at Accordion
7-2024 - 6-2025
Associate, Strategic Finance at Accordion
3-2024 - 6-2024
Associate, Strategic Finance at Palm Tree LLC
8-2022 - 3-2024
Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance at Palm Tree LLC
4-2022 - 8-2022
Senior Analyst, Tech-Enabled M&A Advisory at Blue Ops

Education

2019 - 2021
Master's Degree from Grenoble Ecole de Management
2016 - 2019
Bachelor’s Degree from Grenoble Ecole de Management

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Insights For Selling To Jacob

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later

DONT's

  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jacob is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jacob

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jacob move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Jacob take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Jacob

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