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Maverick NEXT members explain why what others call inexperience might be your biggest advantage in business.
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Listen to this postMost business advice flows one way, from older founders to younger ones. Maverick1000 has reversed it.
Every year, Maverick NEXT, an under-30 community network of entrepreneurs, investors and exited founders curated by Yanik Silver and Sophia Umanski, spends a week on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson, sharing the insights and tactics that have allowed them to outgrow businesses run by people twice their age.
If you’re under 30, you could join them. The Maverick NEXT Impact Award sends five founders to the British Virgin Islands each year, all expenses paid. If you feel like you belong in a group that describes itself as “weirdos and misfits who believe that business can be the greatest lever for good,” go here to learn more and apply before the November 30 deadline. (If you’re over 30, you can nominate a great entrepreneur, too!)
We asked five members of the group to share their best advice for new founders looking to make a big impact. Here’s what they shared, and what they’re building.
The Founders
Tim Highnam, 26
- Founder of Seven Sigma, an AI and software studio, and Character Strategy, a marketing consultancy where clients only pay when results improve.
- Co-founder of the Maverick NEXT Impact Award; Maverick NEXT member since 2022
- sevensigmagroup.com
Sean Meer, 27
- Founder and CEO of Cleantech Inc., San Diego. Runs a commercial cleaning company that employs every cleaner directly, in an industry built on contract labor, and also mentors foster youth.
- Services 50+ major commercial properties across 4 Southern California counties
- 2026 Maverick NEXT Impact Award fellow
- linkedin.com/in/sean-meer/
Jess Cox, 28