This summer I had the pleasure of getting to participate in two different experiences thanks
to the generosity of Wabash as well as alumnus Josh Kline. These two experiences being
Grover and REVelry.
I first heard about Grover through Josh, and I was interested immediately, everything about it sounded right. I thought that it was a great idea backed up by the market research that the Grover team did beforehand, and I thought it was the perfect time for disruption in vanlife. My role in the AI enabled vanlife app that supports comprehensive trip planning, expert support, and pin sharing, has been multifaceted.
At the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer I was mostly concerned with customer support as far as enabling customers and building assistants for customers and customer targets. We would demo the assistants that I made for the company so they could see what it would be like to partner with Grover and how our product serves them, but more importantly how it serves their customers.
As the summer progressed, I transitioned to more marketing, that looked like using Cursor and keywords to generate content briefs for articles that would rank Grover high and allow us to come up in search. So far, those articles have outpaced normal benchmarks for articles in their first month.
The other experience that I was a part of was REVelry. REVelry was a group of around 15 sellers, mostly from Wabash, where we were able to learn from industry professionals. These were typically salespeople but also included people working in automation with AI or consulting.
What stuck out the most to me while we went through Sandler training with the group was that sales and life are all about process. In REVelry you quickly realize that everything is related or ties into process and what you do. It isn’t tied into how you feel, what you believe, or who you are. Process is one of the most fundamental yet crucial things to be cognizant about in our lives but as well as in the sales world.
Overall, it was a great summer full of lots of learning, experimenting, and challenges. And I am ever thankful for this opportunity.
