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FUTURE OF SELLING · JASON LIM

Leadership Training in Shenzhen for Founders and Team Leaders

What if a Nanshan team could run the next export review without waiting for your calendar? Imagine a standard they can use on a buyer follow-up while you are still at the plant. It's like handing over the helm for a short, real crossing, not a lecture on the dock. Even if the last quarter sat on your diary, those conversations can still be transferred.

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Closed $7M+ in deals by 24 and rebuilt from zero twice.

Our graduates have produced 8-figure results and beyond.

Since 2016, his events have reached 100,000+ founders across Asia.

Why learn from Jason Lim?

He closed the deals himself.

He closed over $7 million in deals, so this leadership training is built on conversations that move people, and a Shenzhen export review is treated as one of them.

He started coaching young.

He started coaching basketball at 16, and a hardware team is trained the same way: a short plan, a huddle, and a review after the play.

Graduates with results.

Graduates using the method have produced 8-figure results; two of their stories are further down, and a Nanshan leadership session is run as a live review with it.

He studied under renowned mentors.

He studied under Marshall Thurber (creator of Money & You®), Joel Bauer, Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes and Bob Proctor. A Futian team is tested on whether it can run the next review if the founder is already with a buyer.

Why is Future of Selling the best leadership training in Shenzhen?

A proven framework.

The team leaves able to run a review while the founder is on an export visit, including after a difficult overseas call.

An easy, step-by-step system.

You practise the conversations that usually return to the founder: a quiet account, a missed target, or a messy handover between plant and sales.

Fast results.

P.I.T.C.H. keeps a Houhai leadership review on a short sequence, so meetings inspect less and develop more.

How leadership training with Future of Selling works

  1. 1

    Learn the rules of selling.

    You start by naming the Shenzhen conversations that still require the founder, and the standard you actually want the field to repeat on a buyer follow-up.

  2. 2

    Learn P.I.T.C.H., Jason's signature method.

    Power, Intent, Teach, Close and Habits are used on those export reviews, including mixed commercial and technical teams.

  3. 3

    Learn the art and science of closing and countering objections.

    Leaders run a live review with feedback, then pass a part of it to someone else, until the standard can travel while you are on a visit.

If the gap is how you yourself hold a formal buyer room, use executive presence coaching in Shenzhen. If the gap is how the team should sell, use sales training in Shenzhen.

Top reviews for Future of Selling by hardware and export founders whose sales teams still wait for the founder's calendar before a buyer follow-up in Shenzhen: Success Stories and Transformations

“I have been in this business for quite while, but this course has cleared up a lot of doubts and strategies that I should use.”

“I used some of the strategies immediately and after two weeks generated $20,000 worth of sales.”

Shawn Khoo, CEO, 8Yolk Design Studio. Programmes attended: Facebook Ads Mastery.

“Life was just moving along, and I wanted to see what I could get out of it.”

“I became more mindful of who I’m speaking to and how I communicate.”

Tan Shi Liang, Owner, Legendary Fisherman. Programmes attended: Speed of Yes, 1Pitch™ Persuasion System.

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Who is Jason Lim?

Jason Lim, leadership training coach for Shenzhen clients coached online

"If it's not good enough to teach my own brother, then it's not good enough to sell." That is the standard Jason Lim sets for Future of Selling, the flagship of DreaMaker Ventures. He founded both to offer less pain, fewer regrets, and more time for the people his graduates love.

While he was young, a financial scam took the family's savings. He started coaching basketball at 16 and entered sales at 21, later closing over $7 million in deals. Through DreaMaker Ventures and Leaders of Tomorrow, he teaches founders to make their value clear. Through it all he learned from renowned mentors: Marshall Thurber (creator of Money & You®), Joel Bauer, Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes and Bob Proctor. Among those who trained with him are leaders from Skystone Asset Management, Signarama Singapore, Enlightenment Education, Mindreader AI and 8Yolk Design Studio.

Are you facing this right now?

Every quiet export deal comes back to the founder.

A Nanshan account goes silent, and the team waits for you to join the next overseas call, because no one else is trusted to lead it.

The review lists units, and nobody practises the next visit.

Futian pipeline meetings assign blame for a missed number, and sellers leave with no rehearsal for the follow-up they have to run.

The standard changes the moment you leave the plant.

While the founder is on the line, one way of working applies; once they travel, the field invents another.

Time buyers spend with suppliers

17%

When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of that time meeting with potential suppliers. When they compare several suppliers, the time with any one sales rep may be only 5% to 6%.

Source: Gartner, “Win More B2B Sales Deals” (2018), citing the Gartner 2017 Digital B2B Buyer Survey, n = 750

What happens if this continues?

An export team often arrives already briefed on the numbers.

Most buyers prefer to research on their own first. A Shenzhen leadership conversation has to add a standard the field can use on the next buyer follow-up, not another longer briefing.

Pipeline meetings that inspect units, and leave the people who sell them unpractised.

Good people on a Nanshan line start waiting for the founder to join every quiet export call, and the field starts following whoever speaks first.

A field team that cannot repeat the direction once the founder leaves the plant.

You add another Futian pipeline meeting and still leave feeling the stall would not close without you.

Evenings go to work you meant to hand to the field.

The night after a Houhai review is spent on a deal you planned to pass on, and Monday's plant team still has not practised the conversation.

Then the next export quarter sits on your diary again.

The Nanshan team waits for a gap in your calendar, and the transfer of the leadership work has not happened.

Why do Pipeline meetings that inspect units, and leave the people who sell them unpractised and a field team that cannot repeat the direction once the founder leaves the plant keep repeating and never go away?

Shenzhen founders often use team reviews to inspect a pipeline, and then take every quiet export deal back onto their own calendar. When the field never practises the conversation that should have transferred, title is not enough, and the plant stops whenever the founder is with a buyer. It's like a line where only the owner can sign off a crate, and then wondering why work pauses during a customer visit.

How Future of Selling can help

Add a standard the field can use, not only a longer briefing.

Most buyers prefer to research on their own first. A Shenzhen leadership conversation has to add a standard the field can use on the next buyer follow-up.

Use the short time a team still gives its founder.

Buyers spend only 17% of their buying time with suppliers. A review that only lists units wastes the minutes people still sit with their leader.

Lead teams that sell into organisations that are still being formed.

New foreign-invested enterprises established in China in 2025, 19.1% more than in 2024. Those Shenzhen teams still need a huddle they can hold without the founder, even when the buying organisation is new.

Get the next review off your personal calendar.

The next Houhai huddle should be able to happen even if you are already in a buyer meeting.

New foreign-invested enterprises in China

70,392

New foreign-invested enterprises established in China in 2025, 19.1% more than in 2024.

Source: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) News Office, 23 January 2026

Buyers who'd rather skip the rep

61%

Of B2B buyers prefer an overall rep-free buying experience, yet for tasks such as judging whether a product or service fits their company's needs, buyers prefer to seek seller input.

Source: Gartner press release, 25 June 2025: survey of 632 B2B buyers, August to September 2024

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Where are we located?

  • WeWork UpperHills Loft, Level 4, Loft B, The Town, UpperHills, 5001 Huanggang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
  • Regus Ping An International Finance Centre, 85/F, Ping An Finance Centre, 5033 Yi Tian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China

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Contact Us

Tell us about the export or plant team you lead, the conversations that stall, and the date of the next Shenzhen review. Apply on the Future of Selling page, and we will reply personally on WhatsApp within one business day.

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Frequently asked questions

What is leadership development?
Building the skills leaders need over time: communication, decision-making, coaching others and handling pressure. Leadership development works best with practice on real situations.
How do you communicate change to a team?
Explain what is changing, why, what stays the same and what each person needs to do first. Repeat it more often than feels necessary.
What makes an all-hands talk effective?
One message, said early, supported by one example and followed by honest questions. Long decks usually hide the message. Leadership presentation skills matter most at all-hands talks.
How do you handle a difficult conversation with a team member?
Prepare the key message in one sentence, say it early in the conversation, listen to their response and agree next steps.