Max Marty

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]

Max Marty
Marty presents Blueseed at TEDx Monterey, April 2012
Born1983/1984 (age 36–37)[1]
EducationMuhlenberg College
B.A., Global Political Economy & Philosophy
University of Miami
MBA[2]
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forBlueseed

Biography

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
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

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

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]

References
  1. Bruder, Jessica. "A Start-Up Incubator That Floats". New York Times.
  2. "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 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. Lee, Timothy (2011-11-29). "Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubator". Ars Technica. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  6. 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" Check |url= value (help). MoneyWeek. Dec 13, 2011.
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