Max is a young entrepreneur currently taking a gap year before starting at Stanford. He was born and raised in the city of San Francisco, and attributes a lot his mindset and interests to his formative surroundings. Early on Max was infected by the change the world bug and strives for a balance between idealism and practicality. He enjoys looking at things as systems, breaking them apart and making them better. He recently founded Founders First, a post seed accelerator program for entrepreneurs who are alumni of accelerators like YCombinator, Tech Stars and Seedcamp.