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.
