Wanted
Mavericks are needed more than ever in EVERY sector,
industry, category, and organization.
“Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises
that doing good is good for business.” – Sir Richard Branson
Nominations for the Maverick Visionary Award
are Now Open through Jan 31, 2025
Winner will be Recognized on Sir Richard Branson’s Private Island,
Necker Island and Awarded a 3-Night Stay in March 2026
We are looking for Maverick Visionaries who model a new, evolved way of doing business.
Mavericks believe business can be the greatest lever to uplift humanity and ignite a world that works for every being. Mavericks are here to Reimagine, Regenerate, and to Recreate what’s possible. (Yes, ultimately leading to a shift in consciousness.
Recognizing the Mavericks
Who Are Changing the Way Business Is Played
The Maverick Visionary Award honors entrepreneur founders who are reimagining what business can be – combining growth, impact, and fun in ways that transform people, communities, and industries. These are leaders who prove that purpose, profit and play not only coexist but amplify each other.
Winner Receives:
3 nights on Necker Island, Sir Richard Branson’s private island.
March 2026.
Maverick Mentors – Advisory board of previously exited and expert founders
Maverick
membership for
1 year
Maverick is a Catalytic Community of Visionary Leaders and Founders changing the way business is played.
“A global network of industry disruptors”
Bloomberg
Necker island is home to thousands of Flamingos – but the Green Flamingos represent those rare trailblazers who stand out from the crowd, follow their trust expression and create what others say is impossible. In other words…they’re Mavericks!
Green Flamingo Maverick Visionary Award
Nomination Criteria
1. Vision & Mission
- Clear and compelling mission that goes beyond profit.
- Demonstrates a higher purpose and long-term vision for positive change on the planet.
- Inspires others with a sense of what’s possible for business to become.
- Aligns decisions and actions with values that serve a greater good.
2. Changing the Game
- Actively challenging the status quo in their industry or business model.
- Introducing new ways of thinking, leading, or creating value.
- Builds ecosystems of collaboration and shared success rather than competition.
- Demonstrates that doing well and doing good are not opposites – they’re part of the same game.
3. Positive Impact
- Creates meaningful impact for people, planet and purpose.
- Measures success not only by financial results but by the true ROI; Ripples of Impact created.
- Empowers teams, partners, and communities to thrive.
- Integrates sustainability, generosity and/or purpose-driven initiatives into the company’s DNA.
4. Innovation & Creativity
- Pioneers bold ideas, models or products/services that redefine what’s possible.
- Uses creativity, experimentation and play to spark transformation.
- Blends strategic excellence with an entrepreneurial spirit that inspires others to think bigger.
5. Culture & Leadership
- Builds a company culture rooted in trust, growth and authenticity.
- Leads with empathy, integrity and vision.
- Encourages their team to bring their full selves – ideas, energy, and purpose – to the mission.
- Demonstrates that great business is built through great people and shared meaning.
6. Legacy & Evolution
- Constantly evolving themselves and their organization.
- Sees business as a platform for transformation – personal, organizational, and societal.
- Inspires others in their industry to raise the bar and play a bigger game.
- Serves as a Lighthouse and beacon of what’s possible.
Selection Considerations
- Must be the founder or CEO of a 7–9-figure company.
- Evaluation is a holistic overview of business.
- Finalists will be reviewed by a council of Maverick Luminaries and Members.
Maverick Luminary Judges
Blake Mycoskie
Blake is a lifelong seeker and entrepreneur best known as the founder of TOMS Shoes, the company that pioneered the iconic “One for One” model. By donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold, TOMS sparked a global movement of conscious consumers and helped redefine corporate responsibility as both cool and essential.
Driven by a deep passion for philanthropy and innovative business models, Blake has inspired countless individuals and organizations to rethink what meaningful impact can look like. Throughout all of his ventures, he has remained guided by spiritual principles, intuition, and a profound commitment to service.
His story is not only about building a globally recognized brand—it’s about the pursuit of purpose, resilience, and personal growth, and the belief that business can be one of the greatest forces for good.
Beyond TOMS, Blake has dedicated his career to building ventures that create positive change. He has launched five companies outside of TOMS and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Start Something That Matters, a powerful call for entrepreneurs to align profit with purpose.
Miki Agrawal
Miki is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: TUSHY, THINX, & WILD. She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER.
Miki Agrawal was named “Fast Company’s Most Creative People”, “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum and INC’s “Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs”. She passionately speaks about her 15 years of entrepreneurial adventures, from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks – and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way.
Jason H. Karp
Jason is Founder & CEO of HumanCo, a mission-driven company that builds brands committed to making products better in every dimension. Jason’s focus on health and wellness, and the genesis behind HumanCo, has deeply personal roots. In his early twenties, he became very ill with several autoimmune diseases and was told by doctors that, while there was no cure, he should consume countless medications to mitigate his symptoms. He was also diagnosed with an incurable, degenerative eye disease and told he would be blind by the age of 30.
After countless hours of research, self-experimentation, and a steadfast refusal to accept these diagnoses, Jason discovered his diseases were primarily linked to what he was putting both in and on his body. After Jason dramatically improved his nutrition and lifestyle by focusing on whole, unprocessed foods and eliminating chemical additives found in most consumer products, his ailments reversed over time, including his supposedly incurable eye disease.
Inspired by the transformative power of real, whole ingredients, Jason set out to prove the possibilities of unadulterated, sustainable food without compromising on taste by creating and co-founding Hu Kitchen (pronounced “Hue” as in “Human” and known for its award-winning organic chocolate) with his wife and brother-in-law in 2011. Hu continues to be one of the fastest growing snacking companies in the U.S. with a strict focus on transparent, simple ingredients to help everyone “Get Back to Human” and it sold last year to Mondelez, the largest snacking company in the world.
Witnessing the dearth of trustworthy and healthy options for consumers combined with the success of Hu and his other investments, Jason reevaluated his life at 42 and decided to concentrate all of his time on health and wellness, and HumanCo was born.
Nominations Are Open
Nominations for the Maverick Visionary Award are Open through Jan 31, 2025
The Maverick Visionary Award is brought to you by Maverick1000.
Maverick is a catalytic community, a collective, a mycelium meshwork. Or, what most members simply refer to it as, “family.”
“Maverick is different than other entrepreneurial groups because it has a soul…Maverick feels like family.”
– Mike Cline
(Maverick of Technology, started on a Tandy TSR-80
“Maverick really is my family and it’s literally transformed my life. I’ve really shifted who I have become, it’s allowed me to grow and be all I can be.”
– Scott Thompson
(Maverick Mentor, former E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year winner. Now exited.)
Mavericks meet several times per year in legendary locations across the globe. Not to network or listen to keynote speakers. It’s a unique mix of structure and synchronicity. Members come together around our three pillars: Growth, Impact and Fun. To connect deeply, elevate & support each other and play together to change the way business is played.
Nominations Are Open
Nominations for the Maverick Visionary Award are Open through Jan 31, 2025
(Note: You can nominate yourself or a colleague. And if your nominee wins – you also
receive the 3-night prize on Necker island.)