Max Marty | |
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 Marty presents Blueseed at TEDx Monterey, April 2012. | |
| Born | 1983or1984(age 40–41) [1] |
| Education | Muhlenberg College B.A., Global Political Economy & Philosophy University of Miami MBA [2] |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Blueseed |
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]
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 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]
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]
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]