Rīga, Latvia

Māris
Berkis.

Operator, experimenter, runner. Writing about building small businesses, trying things, and what I've learned along the way.

Māris Berkis

Building things
from the inside out.

I run Pulsometrs.lv, a sports tech shop in Rīga. I build side projects. I run marathons. I write honestly about what all of it looks like from the inside — the experiments that worked, the ones that didn't, and the tools I keep coming back to.

This is where I think out loud.

12+
Years running Pulsometrs.lv
3
Active projects running in parallel
47
Sports events tracked on tautassports.lv
Main business · Since 2011
Pulsometrs.lv — Sports tech for people who actually move.

Latvia's specialist shop for Garmin, Polar, Therabody, Brooks, Maurten. Physical store in Rīga's Barons kvartāls, e-commerce across Latvia. Built from scratch, still run day to day.

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Passion project · Sports calendar
tautassports.lv

A calendar and guide for Latvian amateur sports events — running, cycling, triathlon. Built for the community of people who show up to start lines just because they love it.

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AI experiment · Chrome Extension
BoogSuggest

My first AI-powered project — a Chrome extension that suggests smarter bookmarks as you browse. Built to scratch my own itch and to learn how AI tools actually work from the inside.

Learn more →
40 Challenges of Running a Small Business
Treat Social Media Like Alcohol
What I've Read to Become a Better Leader
Building a Chrome Extension with AI — What I Learned
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Running

Amateur sports is how I think best.

I run marathons, sign up for races I'm not quite ready for, and follow Latvian amateur sports obsessively. Tautassports.lv started because I wanted a better way to find local events.

Running and business have more in common than you'd think — both are about showing up consistently when it's inconvenient.

Browse Latvian sports events →
14
Marathons finished
47
Events catalogued
42km
Most beautiful distance
Start lines left to cross