Maverick Manifesto

The Maverick Manifesto

From the Fog to the Fire

You didn’t come here to follow someone else’s script.
You came to write your own

You’re a Maverick — restless, uncharted, built for impact but born into a world that keeps handing you waiting rooms and rulebooks.
They tell you to pay your dues, wait your turn, climb the ladder.
You know better. That ladder’s leaning on the wrong damn wall.

Maverick Works is your rebellion.
Your tribe.
Your proving ground.
Not a course. Not a credential. A system and a brotherhood — forged for those who want to lead up before they’re handed the title.

We Name What Others Can’t See

You’re the kind of contributor business owners dream about but can’t find — because HR can’t see beyond degrees.
You’ve been called aimless, impatient, arrogant.
But here, we call that what it really is: potential, misdiagnosed.

You’re not broken.
You’re unbranded.
And in this tribe, that’s your power.

Our Shared Enemy

The Command-and-Control Machine.
It’s everywhere — in classrooms that kill curiosity, in corporate org charts where good ideas go to die, in bosses who mistake micromanagement for leadership.

We reject it.
We’re not here to fit into that system.
We’re here to outgrow it — and outlead it.

From Invisible to Indispensable

There are 600,000 small businesses in America where the owner still matters — and where you could be the difference between coasting and conquering.
Maverick Works exists to put you in those rooms, with the mindset, skills, and grit to go from unknown rookie to irreplaceable force.
From chaos to clarity.
From fog to fire.
Maybe even from employee to equity.

Mavericks don't just work — they shape legacies.

This Is Your Tribe

This isn’t about me — I’m just a fellow Maverick who’s lived the whole arc.
From commercial fishing at 12  to CEO. From being underestimated in school to building companies, sitting at board room tables, and YPO for 28 years and counting.
I’ve walked your path — through fog, failure, and fire — and I know what’s on the other side.

I created Maverick Works to be what I wish had existed back then:
A YPO quality member organization for the unbranded.
A force that sees your raw potential, sharpens it, and encourages you to unleash it inside the companies where you can matter.

We’re not here to tinker with your resume.
We’re here to launch a golden age — by unleashing the Next Great Generation of leaders.

The Maverick Way

We lean in.
We lead up.
We turn chaos into systems, trust into teams, small businesses into powerhouses.
We don’t chase titles — we earn impact.
We don’t wait for permission to take responsibility.

The Call

If you’re done trying to wing it.
If you’re ready to trade luck for a purposeful path.
If you feel that fire in your chest and know it’s time —
Then saddle up.
Because Mavericks don’t follow.
We ride.