“It’s About Damn Time” with Arlan Hamilton

Our most recent quarterly Maverick Book Club is “It’s About Damn Time” by Arlan Hamilton. ‘It’s About Damn Time’ shares the hard-won wisdom Arlan’s picked up on her remarkable journey from food-stamp recipient to venture capitalist. It’s truly an incredible story of persistence and overcoming seeming blocks. Here’s what Mark Cuban says about the book:…
Slicing Pie – How to Fairly Distribute Start-Up Equity

If you’ve been ‘entrepreneuring’ for any sustained period, one challenge you probably experienced at least once is this: How does one fairly divide equity among contributing collaborators in a new venture before the entity can be adequately valued or before it’s even clear which founders and investors will be contributing and how? Enter “Slicing Pie”…
Entering the Shift Age – With David Houle

Change is everywhere: how we communicate, what we do for a living, the values we hold, the way we raise our children, even the way we access information. Thanks to a global economy, the force of the Internet, and the explosion of mobile technology, we have―almost imperceptibly―been ushered into a new era, the Shift Age,…
“LIMITLESS” INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR LAURA GASSNER OTTING
Join us for this exclusive author Q&A on “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life” by Laura Gassner Otting What if success doesn’t equal happiness? Many of us spend our lives pursuing a singular idea of success, one that was created for us by someone else. We…
Global Goals Birthday Brainstorming Party

Three years ago, 193 countries of the United Nations came together and created the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. These goals declared that by 2030 we would be the first generation to end extreme poverty, the last generation to be threatened by climate change…and the generation most determined to end injustice and inequality. We believe the…
How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow

If you’ve read Evolved Enterprise, then you know there are several key books that were critical to my thinking. One of my favorites is PEAK, written by my friend Chip Conley. This year actually marks the 10th Anniversary of PEAK (and coincidentally Maverick too). Chip Conley was the founder of the 2nd largest boutique hotel…