The 3HAG™ Awards — 2026 Finalists | Tip Top 2026
Announced 20 August 2026

The 3HAG™ Awards
2026 Finalists

Applications are closed. Ten companies made the shortlist — each one showed the 3HAG™ they drafted, then proved what they delivered against it. Category winners are revealed live on stage at Tip Top 2026.

Applications closed 31 July 10 finalists 3 categories Winners revealed Day 1 · 28 October
The shortlist

Ten companies who hit the number.

Compounding Category

Full 3HAG™ achieved
3HAG™ Achieved

Enterprise Electrical

Set a $50M 3HAG™ in 2023 and finished at $82M — 64% past the number, on a 75% five-year CAGR, backed by audited financials.

3HAG™ Achieved

Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

Delivered all three parts of a three-year 3HAG™, including $51.5M raised toward an $85M warehouse expansion — scale with a mission behind it.

3HAG™ Achieved

Zippy’s Restaurants

Ready to break ground in Las Vegas when COVID hit. They survived it, restarted, and delivered the 3HAG™ — four Las Vegas locations for the Hawaii institution.

Momentum Category

60% of the 3HAG™ achieved
60%+ of 3HAG™

Australian Scaffold

Coach · Ged Roberts

Past 60% of the 3HAG™ in two years — second and third locations open, a new product line to market, and a CEO who grew into the seat.

81% of 3HAG™

Schema App

Coach · Peter Oxley

81% of the 3HAG™ banked at month 20 of 36, 105% of this year’s 1HAG target, and 92% A-Players company-wide.

60% of 3HAG™

Seal Masters of Hawaii

60% of the 3HAG™ delivered, with real pricing power to show for it: revenue up 38%, gross profit up 74%, net income more than tripled.

Foundation Category

1HAG™ achieved
1HAG Achieved

BlackboxMyCar

Hit the 1HAG through unpredictable tariffs while moving to a fully remote operation — and the whole team runs the rhythms, daily huddles included.

1HAG — In Progress

CyberData Pros

Coach · Damian Byrne

Part of the 1HAG delivered, with a rare depth of adoption — a small team deep in the software, asking the hard questions, and booking their own extra coaching sessions to go faster.

1HAG Booked 100%+

EMIT Technologies

Coach · Chris Young

100%+ of the 1HAG on the books with roughly 60% billed year to date — and 30% of the 2028 3HAG™ already booked.

1HAG Achieved

Survival Garden Seeds

Coach · Rob Monson

Cleared the 1HAG at 200,000 victory gardens with revenue up 98% year over year — and they’re already pacing ahead of the 2HAG.

What happens next

Recognition happens in the room.

Judging is complete on paper. The stage is the last step.

Every finalist receives
  • A digital finalist badge for your website and LinkedIn
  • Reserved seating at the awards ceremony
  • An invitation to the VIP reception
The reveal

Day 1 · 28 October

One winner per category, named live from the main stage at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto. Nobody knows before the room does.

The one rule

Be present to win

Awards are presented on stage and are not sent afterward. A finalist who is not in the room cannot receive one.

Tip Top 2026

Three winners. One room.

October 28–29 at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto. The winners are in this list — they just don’t know it yet.

Be in the room to see the winners

Tip Top 2026 · Metronomics Growth Summit
October 28–29, 2026 · Ritz-Carlton Toronto