Miles Ahead: a motorcycle odyssey

Miles Ahead tells the story of a 17,000 kilometre-long journey on a 40 year-old Italian Moto Guzzi motorcycle from Chile to New York.  

Transported on his classic Moto Guzzi motorbike and without any knowledge of mechanics, Amsterdam-based entrepreneur Max Wohlgemuth Kitslaar decided to cross the Americas on a journey of self-discovery, to help reveal the human face of a continent. Six months through snowstorms and deserts, in the footsteps of Kerouac and Che Guevarra. Along the way Max visited forty companies working towards a better world.

Travel book about companies working towards a better world

Being an entrepreneur himself, along the way Max visited 32 inspiring entrepreneurs in six countries who are working towards a better world while offering a profitable and positive alternative. Such as a rapidly growing Peruvian startup that trains young women between the ages of 18 and 28 from the city’s urban slums to become web developers. Or a Colombian multinational restaurant chain that pays fair prices to support small-scale farmers in switching to organic farming practice in areas that have been depleted by industrial farming. The result is a series of inspiring meetings with people who roll up their sleeves and demonstrate the business acumen to combine profitability with a social mission.

Miles Ahead in a nutshell

Miles Ahead combines the personal story of a cross-continental motorcycle journey, with stunning photos and inspiring business lessons of entrepreneurs who work towards a better world. Hop on to experience the remarkable journey from Chile to New York, while crossing the snowy mountain tops of the Andes mountains, the arid desert of Peru, the Colombian jungle and the vastness of the American South, all the way up to Times Square in New York.