WHY S&S? WHY NOW?
A note from the founders of Surf & Sales
Whether or not the pandemic and the subsequent economic turmoil has impacted your career, it has certainly impacted your life. We’ve all experienced a collective trauma that has shaken our society to its core, and we all see the world - and our work - differently now.
As you prepare for the next chapter, we invite you to join our community of sales and revenue leaders for a week of reflection, learning, and growth, just steps from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, in stunning northwest Costa Rica.
We started The Surf & Sales Summit because bigger is not always better.
We wanted to create an opportunity for sales professionals to learn and grow, while being able to fully disconnect from the grind in a beautiful and inspiring location with like-minded peers. We were confident our guests would value the training and coaching we offered, but the impact Surf & Sales has had on our guests, and on us, has exceeded our wildest expectations.
What has surprised us the most is how many attendees have had a much deeper, more meaningful experience. Many have been inspired to make a big leap in their career, or face a painful challenge that was holding them back. Story after story rolled in of how they have used this opportunity, and the supportive, safe environment our events provide, to dig deep and make big moves, in work and in life.
Surf & Sales began as an event. It has become a community - and we all need that, now more than ever.
We still provide fresh, impactful content at every Surf & Sales event, but we’ve learned that the most valuable thing we can provide is you. Every single Surf & Sales event has been magic. Every group has gelled and bonded. Each group is still closely connected and communicating regularly. Guests have hired each other, started new ventures together, and cheered each other on through all kinds of life and career milestones.
Our job is simply to create the space where the magic can happen, and invite a group of adventurous, open-minded sales pros to join us. The rest is easy.
Pura Vida,
Where do you think you’ll find community?
FACT SHEET:
WHAT: SURF & SALES 2024
WHERE : PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA
Cost: $3950 ALL INCLUSIVE
WHEN:
Session One: Nov 15-19
Session TWO: NOV 20-24
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Deluxe beach-front lodging
Chef-prepared healthful meals, drinks, and snacks
Private ground transportation to/from the airport
All sales trainings and leadership workshops
Daily surf instruction and/or guided surf excursions
1-on-1 coaching, including a follow-up coaching session after the event
Who should attend?
Anyone who wants to level up their sales or leadership game, build real, lasting relationships with other successful leaders in the industry, or even just create the time and space to do some deep thinking about your work. Whether you’re a VP, Sales Manager, Rep, founder/CEO or board member with an interest in sales - Surf & Sales is for you!
“There are sales account executives here, there are CEO’s, there are founders, and everyone is walking away with something applicable from every single session. I don’t think that’s easy to do, but through a great group of people, through well curated content, and a desire to create real value here for every single person attending. I think Surf & Sales has nailed it. ”
WHAT TO EXPECT
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About Surf & Sales
The idea for Surf & Sales came during a family vacation in Costa Rica. Nobody wants to spend their vacation talking about work. But sitting on a pristine, golden beach enjoying a well-earned tequila after an evening surf session, Scott Leese and Richard Harris turned to their shared passion for sales. It was undeniable: in that setting, thousands of miles away from the office, the ideas, insights, and inspiration simply flowed much more freely. They were thinking creatively, challenging each other, covering new ground.
Then it hit them - what if they planned a surf trip not to escape work, but to embrace it, explore it, and build relationships with others?
And what if they surrounded themselves with a small, select group of peers and aspiring sales leaders from around the world, to share not only their knowledge but also the kind of life experience that builds relationships that last? And what if it all took place in paradise, against the backdrop of learning (or just enjoying!) one of the most challenging and rewarding sports on earth?
The answer was simple - it had to happen. They asked long-time friend, surfer, and social impact business leader Jeff Coleman to join the team and take the lead on creating a world-class guest experience, and The Surf & Sales Summit was born. Every Surf & Sales events all quickly sold out and exceeded expectations. Our guests have forged lifelong friendships, generated new business ideas and opportunities, and created incredible memories in and out of the water. There’s much more to come, and we hope you’ll join us for the ride!
ABOUT SCOTT
Scott Leese is a 6x Startup Sales Leader and author of “Addicted to the Process”, “From Rep to Manager”, and the upcoming release “More Than a Number”. A 3x American Association of Inside Sales Professionals Top 25 Award Winner, and one of the top startup sales leaders in the country, he is a Strategic Advisor to companies around the world. Through domestic and international consulting, he has trained an army of salespeople thousands strong.
Leese puts his nearly two decades of sales and leadership experience to use as the CEO & Founder of both Scott Leese Consulting and Surf & Sales. He is also the co-founder of Thursday Night Sales. Richard and Scott also co-host the highly successful “Surf and Sales Podcast”. A highly sought-after consultant, advisor, leader, and sales trainer, Leese has a proven record of success building and scaling businesses from the ground up.
Scott lives in Austin, Texas, but “home” is in the lineup in Playa Grande, Costa Rica.
ABOUT RICHARD
Richard Harris brings 20+ years of sales and SaaS experience to the table in his work as an advisor and consultant. His focus is on a more relaxed conversational selling style that helps people go from strangers to acquaintances to trusted business allies.
The goal of Richard's training is to get people to stop talking about what they do and get them to start talking about the pains they solve. Clients and experiences include: Gainsight, PagerDuty, Zoom, Mashery, Gurtin, TopOpps, LevelEleven, SocialChorus, OutboundEngine, and Spanning.
Richard is a 5x American Association of Inside Sales Professionals Top 25 Award Winner, as well as a Top 10 Sales Development Leader as voted by Inside Sales and Sales Hacker.
ABOUT Jeff
Jeff Coleman has been a leader at the intersection of technology, sales, and social impact for more than 15 years.
Jeff has been a founder, executive, advisor, and consultant, and most of all enjoys helping smart, driven entrepreneurs who are solving important problems find the people and the strategies they need to start growing their businesses. Prior diving into tech startups, as Deputy Field Director in 2008 and Senior Advisor in 2012, Jeff was instrumental in developing the groundbreaking tech-driven organizing strategy of Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns.
Jeff is currently helping to lead the world’s largest nonprofit clean energy developer, GRID Alternatives, as Vice President of Outreach, and also works as an independent consultant focused on early stage business development for social impact technology companies in New York and the SF Bay Area.
