Max Marty

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Max Marty
Marty presents Blueseed at TEDx Monterey, April 2012.
Born1983 or 1984 (age 39–40)[1]
EducationMuhlenberg College
B.A., Global Political Economy & Philosophy
University of Miami
MBA[2]
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forBlueseed

Max Marty is an entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, who co-founded the seed accelerator project Blueseed with Dario Mutabdzija and Dan Dascalescu. He was previously Director of Business Strategy at The Seasteading Institute.[3]

Biography[edit]

Marty was born in Florida of Cuban political refugees. He graduated from Muhlenberg College with a B.S. in Global Political Economy and Philosophy. Later, he obtained an MBA from the University of Miami.[2]

Blueseed[edit]

Main article: Blueseed

Blueseed is a startup community project that Marty co-founded in July 2011[4] with Seasteading Institute colleague Dario Mutabdzija and seasteading ambassador Dan Dascalescu.[5][6] The project is preparing to launch a ship near Silicon Valley to serve as a startup community and entrepreneurial incubator without United States work visa requirements. The platform is set to offer living and office space, high-speed Internet connectivity, and regular ferry service to the mainland.[5][6] The existence of the project is due to the lack of U.S. visas for entrepreneurs. Instead, customers will use the much easier to obtain B-1/B-2 visas to travel to the mainland, while work will be done exclusively on the ship.[5][6]

On July 31, 2013, Marty announced he was stepping back from day-to-day operations at Blueseed and taking on the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors.[7]

Appearances[edit]

Marty's first television appearances were in December 2011, on the After the Bell show with Liz Claman and David Asman[8] and on the Stossel Show with John Stossel.[9] On April 13, 2012, Marty presented Blueseed at TEDx Monterey.[10][11] He was later interviewed by Richard Quest for CNN International,[12] Melissa Francis for Fox Business[13] and Jeff Glor for CBS This Morning.[14] In November 2011, he spoke on Big Picture Science with Seth Shostak.[15]

Personal[edit]

Marty said he would like to live in a society close to minarchism[16] and if he weren't working in Blueseed, he would pursue radical but practical innovation in education, telecommunications, augmented reality, and clothing.[2]

Marty is signed up for cryonics and runs the Cryonics Underground podcast.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bruder, Jessica (14 December 2011). "A Start-Up Incubator That Floats". New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c "Wise Words with Max Marty". Springwise.com. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ^ Garrahan, Matthew (March 30, 2012). "Seachange". Financial Times.
  4. ^ Friedman, Patri (31 July 2011). "The Seasteading Institute - July 2011 Newsletter". The Seasteading Institute. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Lee, Timothy (2011-11-29). "Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubator". Ars Technica. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Donald, Brooke (16 December 2011). "Blueseed Startup Sees Entrepreneur-Ship as Visa Solution for Silicon Valley". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  7. ^ Marty, Max (2013-07-31). "Two years of Blueseed". Blueseed. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  8. ^ Liz Claman; David Asman (Dec 8, 2011). "Drawing Foreign Entrepreneurs to the U.S." After the Bell. Fox Business Network. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Alt URL
  9. ^ Stossel, John (Dec 22, 2011). "Stossel Thu, Dec 22, 2011 - "What A Wonderful World"". Fox Business Network. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22.
  10. ^ "Theme: Sea Change". TED (conference). April 13, 2012.
  11. ^ Marty, Max. "Max Marty - Blueseed: Breathing New Life into Disruptive Innovation". TED (conference).
  12. ^ Quest, Richard (June 12, 2012). "Floating offices for entrepreneurs". CNN. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Alt URL
  13. ^ Francis, Melissa (Sep 6, 2012). "A Startup on the High Seas". Fox Business. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.
  14. ^ "Floating city for high-tech start-ups?". CBS News. July 30, 2012. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Alt URL
  15. ^ "Big Picture Science - Going Global: Max Marty". SETI.org. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  16. ^ "Max Marty: The pirate of Silicon Valley". MoneyWeek. Dec 13, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Cryonics Underground". Buzzsprout. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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