Maverick Business Adventures Offers Entrepreneurs and CEOs  The Chance to Play Hard, Network Together and Pay It Forward

Celebrity Business Icon Joe Sugarman – Direct Marketing Legend to JoinMaverick Business Adventures Ultimate Baja Experience This January 

POTOMAC, MD, November 19, 2009 – How to steer a steady course over a bumpy road takes on double meaning during a Jan. 26-31, 2010 Maverick Business Adventures® outing where participants will climb into custom-built Baja Challenge race cars for three terrain-chasing days over parts of the famous “Baja 1000” course interspersed with group sessions focused on navigating current business challenges. 

Insights from direct marketing guru Joe Sugarman will augment business building and networking meetings directed to the unique times and opportunities for entrepreneurs during a troubled world economy. 

Maverick’s “Ultimate Baja Experience” includes three days of wild off-road adventure driving starting outside of Loreto, Mexico and ending in Cabo San Lucas with highly seasoned Baja 1000 off-road driving champions. Participants will follow part of the famous Baja 1000 course along mountain roads, ocean-view vistas and untamed trails not accessible to most others. Along the way, time is spent sharing business ideas and case studies bringing personal breakthroughs and new opportunities. 

The trip fee of $12,995 per person includes all accommodations (single occupancy), meals, off-road race vehicle, professional guide, chase support crew, fuel, safety equipment, driver’s orientation and spare parts. 

Celebrity guest and business icon Joe Sugarman has been described as one of the greatest direct marketing legends alive. “He’s a true innovator having been the first to use toll-free numbers to sell electronics and the one credited for introducing the U.S. to cordless phones and calculators,” explains Maverick Business Adventures (MBA) founder Yanik Silver. “He then moved on to sell 20,000,000+ pairs of BluBlocker sunglasses and he’s still going strong.” Sugarman will be with the group for the entire Baja adventure offering one- on-one time and private access to a true marketing pioneer and giant. 

In Cabo the group will close out the adventure with a business session and an optional program for local young entrepreneurs. Members refer to the Young Entrepreneurs session as one of the highlights of their Maverick Business Adventures experience. 

Yanik Silver believes in “paying it forward” to inspire and financially support young entrepreneurs. “It is the creative thinker, the risk taker, the out-of-the-box dreamer, the young entrepreneur who will lead this world into the new economy and renewed age of prosperity,” says Silver. “One of my real passions is helping young people and turning on the lights for them to see a different direction in their life.” 

MBA is the first and thus far the only membership to gather successful, like-minded entrepreneurs and top achievers for adrenalin highs and case study networking. Part of the MBA mission is to also give back and help empower future entrepreneurs. MBA gives money and provides live and virtual educational products and programs for aspiring entrepreneurs sourced in communities where adventure trips are held. Five percent of gross revenues go to self-sustaining charities selected by the members. 

MBA founder Yanik Silver believes that getting outside the office and tackling new challenges provides the right fuel for innovative, breakthrough thinking. A self-described “adventure junkie,” maverick internet entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, Silver has found that his own life-changing experiences such as running with the bulls, bungee jumping and high altitude sky diving have brought a profound sense of accomplishment and led to clarity in ideas and focus. This inspired him to create Maverick Business Adventures® for like-minded entrepreneurs, CEOs and business owners.  

MBA member and manufacturer Mike Lally of PCB Group says that these trips take “work hard / play hard” to a whole new level.   

“What we found here is a group of like-minded individuals. We’re not all in the same business; we’re not doing the same things and that’s part of the beauty of it. But everybody is here to work hard and play hard, so you get a very intense group of men and women. You don’t get to meet someone like that in an evening or over a round of golf,” he says. 

Maverick Business Adventures® is structured to be an exclusive group and membership is by-application-only, limited to forward thinking business men and women with proven abilities and success. Silver stresses that the focus is not on corporate team building or motivational development. Instead, members will be invited to join all-inclusive adventure outings that encourage the type of high-level networking and powerful connections that can only occur outside of normal business settings. For details on the group and how to apply for membership you can go online to www.MaverickBusinessAdventures.com or call 240.744.0165.

OutdoorMind was in Salt Lake City again this summer for Outdoor Retailer.
One of the booths I stopped by was Feetures! Performance socks. Ok, I do love socks and own several types; cycling, hiking, crew, shorties, ankle…I think you get the picture….

They were introducing fresh new colors to the No Show with Tab style socks. These fashion-forward colors add a splash of excitement to one of their most popular styles. Previously only available in White, the No Show with Tab now comes in Pink, Light Blue, Gray and Black. I really liked the look and feel. They feature an ultra light cushioning, no blisters and seamless toe. The sales staff was happy to supply a pair, in pink, for me to try!

I recently had the opportunity to try them cycling and have to say they are now my favorite cycling socks! They keep my feet cool and dry and I had no ‘hot spots’ which I sometimes get with other brands.

I would highly recommend you get a pair (or several pairs) soon!

BicycleTour.com Announcement – September 2009

 We are very excited to introduce you to our newly designed BicycleTour.com Directory!

 Featuring the same great searches for your favorite Events and Tours, you will also find links to: Bike Clubs, Bike Tips/Safety, Bike Associations and some bicycling gear thrown in for good measure.

 Featured Tours and Events -

This area is reserved for all of our bicycle touring companies. A listing on ASO gets you an additional listing in the Bicycle Tour Directory…a bonus!

 In celebration of our BicycleTour.com relaunch, we are offering Introductory “Specials on the Sponsored Spots” (located on the bottom of the page on BicycleTour.com)

Receive a 20% discount the first time a one-month “Sponsored Spot” is purchased.

Call or email us today to get started!

 To view full announcement, go to BicycleTour.com Announcement 2009

If you don’t already subscribe to this newsletter you should! There are usually some really great articles about the outdoor industry that are very positive.

An excerpt from this week’s talks about promoting local vacations and the rise in campground reservations;

Surge in Campground Reservations
Creates Opportunities for Outdoor Businesses

More evidence is emerging that Americans are turning to the outdoors for a respite from tough economic times, or perhaps because of them. Advance reservations for nearly 89,000 campgrounds on federal lands were up 26.1% for the period of January 1 to March 22 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Recreation Reservation Service. The overwhelming majority of the reservations came in online via reserveamerica.com. Read more…..

Hello to all from cold and cloudy Sacramento!

The weather did not keep the crowds, estimated at 70,000 – 75,000, away for Day 1 of the Tour of California and we were right there along with them. Of course the big news is the return of Lance Armstrong, but there are many others to watch.

We decided to play it safe and arrive several hours ahead of time and were surprised to find parking, a bonus. After a nice warm breakfast, it was back to our ‘secret’ parking space. Since the wind was blowing and the temperature a bit nippy, we read the newspaper from the cab of our S10 pickup!

The course in Sacramento was a 2.4-mile loop around the State Capitol. Many of the riders did some of their warm up practicing the course and we watched Lance and his Astana Team do a few laps.

After scouting the course we found the perfect spot to watch the riders coming off a nice turn and stood there for the duration of the race…about 3 ½ hours…man, you really have to be a fan of this sport!

Today’s stage winner was Fabian Cancellar with a time of 4:32, amazing…

Tomorrow we will be off early to catch a spot on the climb of Pope Valley. Weather calls for a new storm…lots more wind and rain showers. So much for riding in sunny California!

I’ll include a bunch of photos of the ride below J

Signing off for today…will add images as I get an Internet connection along the way!

Hi everyone!

This just in from the Tour of California website:

“The eyes of the cycling world will be firmly focused upon Sacramento come Valentine’s Day when Lance Armstrong will start his first road race on American soil since he returned from retirement. And quite a scintillating show they shall be treated to at the 2009 Amgen Tour of California prologue on the streets of the Golden State’s capitol. Armstrong won seven Tours de France in part due to his extraordinary time trial abilities, but the fast and flat 2.4-mile/3.9 km course is perhaps better suited to a power rider like Olympic gold medalist Fabian Cancellara, who won last year’s prologue. The route passes Sacramento landmarks including the State Capitol, the Capitol Mall and the Tower Bridge and should take about five minutes to complete. With the start and finish lines only blocks apart, spectators will not only enjoy the rare opportunity to see their favorite cyclists ride one at a time against the clock, but they can watch them start and finish.”

Knowing that just a few miles away are some of most famous, fastest and most talented cyclists in the world, is making it hard to focus on my work today! Not all of you are as crazy as I am about cycling, but you will be if you have a chance to stand 2 feet away from one of the riders as they zoom past you at 35 miles per hour.

I plan on taking a road trip next week…..you guessed it! To follow the race for as many of the days as I can manage. Along the way I will be spreading the word about our own website BicycleTour.Com and AdventureSports.Com with psotcards to pass out to the crowds and a nifty banner I had made for our truck.

Each evening I hope to post images and a summary of the day, from my perspective…should be fun

Stay tuned

March 10, 2009 at the Sacramento Convention Center

OutdoorMind will be exhibiting along with over 200 other businesses in our area. Metro Expo is the foremost business-to-business trade show in Northern California. Increase your visibility among Sacramento’s decision makers in a full range of industries during this dynamic one-day event. 

In 2008, Metro Expo assembled over 200 exhibitors and more than 1,500 regional business owners and managers.

For more information or if you’d like to attend go to: Metro Expo