Backstage
Mastermind
Phuket
A 2-day closed-room mastermind for founders and serious operators.
Hosted by Max Chernov.
After you join the list, you can secure a seat immediately at the best price + bonus.
Not a conference.
A working room.
No keynotes. No sponsor booths. No name badges. Backstage Mastermind is a two-day closed-room session where founders, investors, and operators work through real problems together.
The format is structured but not rigid. You will leave with clarity, relationships, and decisions — not a notebook full of slides.
High-level guest participants from Max's interview network may join select segments. Attendance varies by schedule.
Offline is the
new luxury layer
Online content will become infinitely abundant. What becomes scarce — and therefore valuable — is the room. The shared meal. The conversation that doesn't get recorded.
Real trust is built in person. Real signal comes from watching how someone operates in a room. That is what Backstage Mastermind is designed to create.
What we'll work through
Roundtables are organized around the topics that matter most to operators building in 2026.
AI & the Future
How operators are actually using AI — and what the next 3 years look like from the inside.
Geographic Freedom
Residency, passports, tax structures, and building a life that isn't anchored to one country.
Health & Longevity
Performance, recovery, and the protocols serious operators are running in 2026.
Investing & Capital
Allocation frameworks, alternative assets, and how founders think about their own capital.
Family & Schooling
Raising kids across borders, unconventional education, and building family systems that scale.
Building in Asia
The operator's reality — markets, talent, culture, and what actually works in Southeast Asia.
The program
Saturday, 6 June
Day One
- —Closed-room opening — calibration, context-setting, and setting the tone for the two days
- —Guest conversation segment — a high-signal dialogue with a guest from Max's network (no promised lineup)
- —Roundtables by arena — small groups, structured prompts, real problems
- —Mastermind hot seats — structured peer advisory rounds
- —Evening: curated connection — intentional, not random
- ★VIP dinner (VIP only)
Sunday, 7 June
Day Two
- ★VIP breakfast (VIP only)
- —Guest conversation segment — second guest dialogue, different angle
- —Deep working sessions — second round of roundtables with deeper prompts and more context from Day 1
- —Structured hot seats — second round, higher stakes
- —Closing session — decisions, next steps, follow-through commitments
15 VIP seats
out of 100 total
The VIP tier creates a different quality of access — before and after the main sessions, and throughout the two days.
Secure your
early bird seat
Join the early bird list to access the pre-early bird price and receive the SHYM bonus program immediately after purchase.
Standard — USD 2,000
VIP — USD 5,000 · 15 of 100 seats