Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Builders
Every week, I share a folk tale from Africa, Asia, or the Americas - and extract the business lesson hidden inside.
I'm Maxima, founder of Livara, Stanford MBA student, and a storyteller who believes the best business advice doesn't come from case studies. It comes from civilizations that survived thousands of years.
Each 30-minute episode brings you:
• One ancient story, told with humor and heart
• The wisdom our ancestors knew (that we forgot)
• How it applies to building businesses, raising families, and living well
This is for entrepreneurs, creators, and anyone building something that matters.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Builders
Maxima's Tales Trailer
Hi, friends. Welcome to Maxima's Tales: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds.
I'm Maxima. A mom of two, a founder, and a collector of old stories. I believes the answers we're looking for have already been found - we just haven't discovered them yet.
Every week, I share a folk tale from somewhere in the world. Trickster spiders from Ghana. Wise grandmothers from Korea. Clever monkeys from India. Stories that grandmothers told grandchildren. Stories that survived wars and migrations and centuries of forgetting. They survived because they're true—not true like facts, but true like feelings.
At the end of every episode, I share a few bites of wisdom we can actually use—in business, in parenting, in life.
I tell these stories for my children. I tell them for myself. And now I'm telling them for you.
So wherever you are—driving, working out, cooking, building something new, or putting little ones to bed—I'm glad you're here. Pick a story that calls to you and catch up after that.
We'll see you every Wednesday Maxima’s Tales.