Mallorca and the Assumption of Leaving
On the Balearic Islands, ambition often comes with an unspoken condition: you have to leave. A personal look at why that is, and what might change it.
October 14, 2026• 5 min read• Arina Potseluiko
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Running a Company on a Seasonal Economy
The Balearic workforce grows by about 40 percent between January and July. What that does to hiring, cash and planning, for tourism firms and for everyone else.
October 1, 2026• 9 min read• Max Ventures
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Balearic Startup Spotlight: Luara: A Mental Health Copilot
Luara set out to build an AI companion for the lonely. Therapists said it was too risky, so the founders rebuilt it as a copilot for psychologists instead.
September 25, 2026• 4 min read• Arina Potseluiko
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The Beckham Law and Inbound Talent: What It Does and Who Qualifies
Spain's expat tax regime gets pitched as a hiring perk for anyone moving here. It is a narrow senior-band instrument, and below a certain salary it costs money.
September 16, 2026• 8 min read• Max Ventures
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Spain's Digital Nomad Visa, Three Years In: What the Numbers Show
Spain built a route for high-earning remote workers to live here. Three years of permits show where they went, and it was not evenly across the country.
September 2, 2026• 9 min read• Max Ventures
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Why Balearic Companies Leave, and What Would Make Them Stay
The islands are better at starting companies than keeping them. The leak happens at one specific moment, and it is the moment local capital could fix.
August 17, 2026• 8 min read• Max Ventures
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Why Balearic Wealth Sits in Property, and What It's Missing
On Mallorca, wealth means property. It is a reasonable instinct with one blind spot, and the fix is not to sell the house but to stop stopping there.
July 31, 2026• 8 min read• Max Ventures
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Mallorca Doesn't Need Fewer Tourists. It Needs Another Industry.
The Balearics are fighting over how many tourists to allow. The deeper problem is that the islands built almost nothing else, and that is the fixable part.
July 3, 2026• 7 min read• Max Ventures
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The Tax Case for Angel Investing in Spain
In Spain, a qualifying angel investment can return half its value through a tax deduction, up to 50,000 euros a year. The case for backing local startups.
June 19, 2026• 9 min read• Max Ventures
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Why Talent, Not Capital, Is the Biggest Bottleneck in Emerging Ecosystems
Emerging startup ecosystems are rarely starved for capital. They are starved for people. Why talent is the real bottleneck, and what it means for both sides.
June 5, 2026• 7 min read• Max Ventures
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Two Competitions. Two Podiums. One Methodology.
How Max Ventures' data-driven system is picking Europe's next generation of breakout startups and winning.
June 3, 2026• 4 min read• Max Ventures
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The Role of Community in Startup Success: Events, Demo Days, and Founder Networks
Capital is necessary but not sufficient for building a startup ecosystem. Here is why community, events, and founder networks matter as much as funding, and how to build them from scratch.
May 15, 2026• 7 min read• Max Ventures
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