Maverick Experiences
2010 Highlights from the Epic South African Safari, Great White Shark Encounter & World Cup Maverick Excursion
Activities: Wildlife safari at Ulusaba; Sir Richard Branson private game reserve, World Cup semi & finals, cage diving with Great White Sharks in the infamous shark alley, 100 meter repelling off of Table Mtn, Cape Town, helicopter tour to Cape of Good Hope.
Business Icon guests: Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated Senior Writer
Young Entrepreneur Session: Sir Richard Branson School of Entrepreneurship, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010 Ultimate Baja Maverick Experience
Activities: 3 days of wild off-road adventure driving from Loreto, Mexico and ending in Cabo San Lucas with highly seasoned Baja 1000 off-road driving champions, high speed jet skiing and more.
Business Icon guests: Joe Sugarman, one of the greatest living direct marketing legends.
Young Entrepreneur Session: CONALEP and INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO, Baja Sur, Mexico
November 2009: 'Sky's the Limit'
MBA 2-Day Breakaway event, Las Vegas
Activities: Air Combat Aerobatic planes & dogfight — be a jet fighter for a day. Private dinner at Simon with chef Kerry Simon, field trip and business session at Zappos.com, private dinner/event at MIX and — 5 Below Ice Bar.
Business Icon guest: Tony Hsieh, CEO of $1Billion eRetailer, Zappos.com and Alfred Lin, COO
Young Entrepreneur Session: Agassi Charter School, Las Vegas
October 2009: Maverick 'Totally Rad' 80's
Road Rally, LA to Napa
Activities: Road Rally in exotic and super cars traveling up the Pacific Coast. Combined with a video scavenger hunt where teams hit the streets to film unusual 80's related videos. Private Zeppelin tour in one of only 3 Zeppelins in the world. Cult wine tasting and cave dinner at Chateau Boswell including Screaming Eagle, Colgin, Hundred Acre, etc. (All while wearing 80's clothes, acid-washed jeans and sporting mullets.)
Business Icon guests: John Paul DeJoria, billionaire who holds the rank of #261 on Forbes list of World's Richest with an estimated $2.5B net worth. Co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Hair Care Systems and Patron Tequila.
Chip Conley, Author of "Peak" and CEO of Joie de Vivre hotel group. The largest independent hotel group in CA consisting of 40 unique and award-winning hotels, restaurants and spas across the state with revenues approaching $250 million.
Young Entrepreneur Session: NFTE San Francisco & Gabrielle School
August 2009: "Ultimate Maverick
Viking Expedition", Iceland
Activities: SCUBA diving in between tectonic plates in 3-degree waters, ice climbing a glacier, snowmobiling on an active volcano, caving, quad ATVs over lava rocks & swift rivers, blue lagoon, sampling Icelandic delicacies like putrefied shark & more.
Business Icon guests: Morten Lund, rebel VC-investor of 80+ start-ups including one of the first investors in Skype.com
Young Entrepreneur Session: University of Reykjavik
May 2009: "Necker Island Maverick Experience", Necker Island, BVI
Activities: Kite boarding, sailing, beach Olympics, wake boarding, sea kayaking, poker run plus brainstorming with Sir Richard Branson.
Business Icon guests: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder and billionaire.
Young Entrepreneur Session: All proceeds from this adventure went to support Virgin Unite, Virgin Group's philanthropy arm. Total raised from members was over $450,000.00 to jumpstart the young entrepreneur program in the U.S.
April 2009: "Maverick 200mph+ Extreme Driving Experience", Florida
Activities: Race exotic cars to break the 200mph+ barrier down a private airstrip in Florida, private dinner at the famous Versace mansion Casa Casuarina in South Beach, and business session.
Business Icon guests: John Ferber, Sold Advertising.com for $495M to AOL.
And celebrity racing guest, Didier Theys, two-time winner of the Daytona 24 Hours (in good company with A.J. Floyt and Al Unser, Jr.), a winner of the Sebring 12 Hours, started in 3 Indy 500's, and the 2002 Grand Am champion.
Young Entrepreneur Session: Video taped session with roundtable discussion on luxury yacht.
January 2009: "Maverick Ultimate Baja Experience & Super Bowl Party", Baja, Mexico
Activities: Private helicopters to and from Ensenada. Off-road racing across the Baja peninsula and along the world famous Baja 1000 course. Super Bowl Party with Heisman trophy winner and Super Bowl champion, Desmond Howard.
Business Icon guests: Jesse James, Motorcycle mogul, TV and pop-culture phenomenon who brings in more than $200 million a year between his West Coast Choppers, a growing apparel line, inking a 2-year production deal with Spike TV, etc.
Young Entrepreneur Session: CETYS college of Ensenada, Mexico students
Rocky Mountain High
Las Vegas Airborne Action
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