More About Me Than You Wanted to Know
My name is Max Nussenbaum, and this is my web site.
I’m Head of Product at Upside, where we’re building private referral infrastructure for independent professional services businesses. I also write Candy for Breakfast, an email newsletter about funny feelings, weird careers, making art, American history, and how to be alive.
Before Upside, I worked at On Deck, where I built products for founders and ran On Deck Writers, which was kind of like a startup accelerator for internet writers. Before that, I was cofounder and CEO of Castle (YC W16), a property management startup.
I was part of the inaugural class of Venture for America, where I bought and restored a formerly-abandoned mansion in Detroit with some friends who later became my Castle cofounders.
At various other points in my life I’ve been a graphic designer, web developer, fiction writer, mediocre freestyle rapper, game show contestant, musical lyricist, and probably a few other things.
You can find me on Twitter (definitely), Instagram (a little personal, but sure), LinkedIn (just vomited), and Goodreads.
You can email me at .