Thirteen years ago, I asked a simple question: What would happen if I put forty smart people in a room and took away everything that usually gets in the way of actual conversation?
No panels. No slides. No name tags. No agenda designed to make everyone feel comfortable and leave having learned nothing.
The answer, repeated year after year at Sundance Mountain Resort in the Utah mountains, is that something genuinely useful happens. People think out loud. Unexpected connections form. Ideas that were stuck get unstuck. The kind of conversation you'll still be turning over in your head six months later.
The problem — and it has always been the problem — is that it only lasts a weekend.
Brigadoon Professional is my attempt to solve that.
It is a twelve-month membership organized around four tiers, each designed for a different level of engagement with the Brigadoon idea:
Ranger ($500/year) is built for the intellectually curious professional who wants to stay ahead of the ideas shaping commerce and culture. It includes a biweekly newsletter — twenty-six issues a year — plus ten live expert calls with subject matter experts, each forty-five minutes and fully archived. Open enrollment. No capacity limit.
Participant ($2,500/year) is for the professional ready to show up in the room. Limited to seventy-five members. It adds two curated hardcover books delivered in June and December, a guaranteed spot at Brigadoon Utah each February, one Salon Dinner per year, and the Brigadoon vest — a signature piece that marks you as part of the community.
Explorer ($5,000/year) goes further — geographically and intellectually. Limited to ten members. It adds Brigadoon Scotland in November: five days in a rented house in the Scottish countryside, private chef, ten people. If you've been, you know. If you haven't, it's the most intense version of Brigadoon. Two Salon Dinners a year, a transferable guest pass, and the full Brigadoon kit — vest and hoodie.
Patron ($7,500/year) is for the rare professional who doesn't just attend Brigadoon — they sustain it. Limited to six members. Patrons bring a guest to Utah and all Salon Dinners, join a private Patron Dinner in December or January, and have two dedicated strategic conversations with me each year.
Each tier is built on the tier below it. The philosophy is consistent across all four: that the most valuable professional development isn't passive consumption — it's being put in proximity to people and ideas that challenge how you think.
The founding member offer is open through March 31, 2026, and your tier pricing is locked for two full years.
No price increases at renewal. No up-sells. No noise.
Just the conversation, extended.
Email me @ marc@brigadoon.live if you are interested and want to get involved.
— Marc A. Ross
