biography

hey there!




🧠 i majored in neuroscience in college

📈 i led GTM for an early-stage fintech called hyve, working with a team that helped acquire ~ 18,000 new users in 2023  

🤓 i co-founded and built a community-based project-forward employment platform for college students with my close friend Griffin Thompson (shoutout Griff!). reach out for more deets

♻️ griffin and I later competed in the
DOE's EnergyTech University Prize, where we earned the runner-up spot for the IP Lab Licensing Award with our innovative electrolyzer commercialization strategy

💵 i interned with Midnight Venture Partners & was a fellow with Laconia Capital Group

💼 most recently, I worked at a boutique strategy consulting firm specializing in marketing and value proposition research for major brands, leading projects for our top three revenue-generating clients

🚀 i am an aspiring software engineer / product manager  — and, I am currently building a recipe-sharing app that I hope to share in January 2025

if you catch me in the city, i'll most likely be 🏋️, 🏃, playing pick-up 🏀 @ Chelsea Park or ♟️ @ Chess Forum, or ☕ shop hopping. i'm also a big foodie, so hmu for food recs, too

personal info:

max wolpert
11 W 17th St, New York City

education:

2019 - 2023:

b.s. neuroscience & behavioral biology | economics minor
3.6 GPA | Deans's List x 3

interests

science | health & fitness | saas | fintech | sustainability & climate-tech

work experience:

june 2023 - nov 2024

analyst
whitman insight strategies
‍new york city, ny

sept 2022 - may 2023

head of GTM
hyve (now called quinn)
new york city, ny (remote)

march 2023 - june 2023

venture capital intern
midnight venture partners
austin, tx (remote)

jan 2023  - present

venture fellow | scout
laconia capital group
new york city, ny (remote)

june 2021 - aug 2021:

sous chef
toto mediterranean restaurant
fairfield, ct

sept 2021 - may 2023

research assistant
dr. grizzell's social stress lab @ emory
atlanta, ga