Hi there!

I’m Max; I learn things, build profitable companies, and explore the world.

I’ve been building, growing, and sometimes selling D2C brands, Shopify apps, and iOS apps while traveling all over the world for the past ten years.

Things I’m passionately curious about:

  • Health & Wellness – constantly experimenting with everything that can help optimize my physical and mental health for longevity and healthspan – sleep, diet, exercise, fasting, hot & cold exposure, supplements, gadgets, etc.
  • Exploring the world – I’ve lived in 30+ countries since 2014;
  • Learning – I believe it’s impossible to grow and live a better life without continuous learning. I’m obsessively experimenting with rapid learning techniques and aiming to learn a new skill every few months;
  • AI/ML – building Feanor Labs and Auri.AI;
  • Space – currently researching celestial mining and on-orbit manufacturing;
  • Longevity Biotech – here’s a directory of all the best longevity biotech resources I have found so far;
  • Productivity – after experimenting with everything from GTD, journals, and strict schedules to apps and note-taking systems for over a decade, I’ve embraced
    slow productivity• Do fewer things.
    • Work at a natural pace.
    • Obsess over quality.
    and the belief that you don’t need to over-optimize your life if you work on things you truly enjoy—only a bit of structure;
  • Photography – check out my gallery;
  • Philosophy – my current personal philosophy is a mix of Stoicism, Daoism, and Confucianism;
  • Physics – lately, I’ve been rewatching one of my favorite courses – MIT 8.04;
  • E-commerce & Marketing – something I’ve been doing since 2013 (with millions of dollars in profitable ad spend and a few successful e-commerce brands under the belt);
  • Tech & Startups – self-explanatory given all other interests on the list;
  • Many other things.

My favorite places:

  • New York City (West Village)
  • Cape Town (Noordhoek)
  • Sintra
  • Buenos Aires (Recoleta)
  • San Francisco (Golden Gate Park)
  • Lima (Miraflores)
  • 5th arrondissement of Paris
  • Florence
  • Rome (Trastevere)

My core values (in no particular order):

  • Freedom
  • Continuous growth
  • Physical and mental health
  • Family
  • Intellectual curiosity
  • Peace of mind
  • Radical honesty
  • Mastery

Some of the people I admire/look up to for one reason or another:

  • Richard Feynman
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Vannevar Bush
  • Thomas Edison
  • Ben Franklin
  • Henry Ford
  • Howard Hughes
  • Walt Disney
  • Elon Musk
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Naval Ravikant
  • Phil Knight
  • Tim Ferriss
  • Derek Sivers
  • Peter Thiel
  • Tyler Cowen
  • David Goggins
  • Seth Godin

Here you can find all my favorite books, podcasts, newsletters, videos, and apps. 

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