Stories Behind The Grind

Max is CEO of Youth Without Borders, he is working to build a platform to empower young people to create the change they want to see in the world by creating a sand-box to test and validate ideas before they launch to the world. Max is a technologist and social entrepreneur, passionate about combining design and technology to solve the trickiest and stickiest of problems. He is a student of Human-Centered Design (HCD) and Alpinism (Kilimanjaro in December 2017 and Ama Dablam in March 2018), and a coffee is usually in his hand. • What is Youth Without Borders (YWB)? [0:18] • What lessons were learnt from running a social incubator? [0:43] • What is the biggest barrier for young people looking to get into social enterprises? [1:12] • What is Human Centred Design? [2:17] • When aid projects don’t get the outcome that was initially imagined? [3.33] • How to increase standards of sanitation in 3rd world urban communities? [4.40] Be sure to follow me on Instagram and say Hi @aidanvoc Subscribe to the podcast on