Maxwell Watkins
Born and raised in California with two forays to the East Coast for college and graduate school. Iāve split my career between early stage startups and Uber, where I spent four years both pre- and post-IPO in their SF and LA offices. Fun fact: I launched Uber Pet and Uber Ski.
Iāve just graduated from the Yale School of Management with my MBA, where I focused on entrepreneurship and led the Private Equity & Venture Capital Club. Post-MBA, Iāve joined a seed-stage web3 startup called Apexti (note: Apexti is currently in stealth mode and the CEO has asked me not to update my LinkedIn until we emerge from stealth mode) as the CEOās Chief of Staff. Iām the first non-technical hire and as such, Iām in charge of everything not directly related to the product or engineering. Itās an exciting time as the team works towards finding product market fit and the CEO relies on me to build out all aspects of the business and company.
Top Areas of Focus
Fundraising and Investor Relations
CoS Start Date
Jul 17, 2023
Current Industry
Company Size
1-10
Experience
Gives
I'm a Chief of Staff because so many people helped me throughout my career, so I'm eager to pay it forward and help with insights, connections and anything else.
Asks
Learning, community, growth