Interview

July 8, 2026

‘I want to be the MrBeast of tech’: Why Max Tkacz left n8n to become a Youtube gameshow host

Frustrated that even the biggest startups struggle to break through online, this former product designer thinks the answer is "token-maxxing ice bath challenge"

Éanna Kelly

5 min read

The designer-to-YouTube-gameshow-host pipeline is a storied, almost clichéd career path.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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