Michael is the founder and inventor of the Kuzma Self Playing Guitar, a groundbreaking instrument that combines his lifelong passion for music with his expertise in electrical engineering and entrepreneurship. Starting as a college side project, Michael turned a wild idea into a tangible product now sought after by music lovers and innovators worldwide. His journey is not only a testament to technical ingenuity and perseverance, but also to the power of storytelling, collaboration, and fearless iteration in building something truly original.💡 What You’ll Learn from Michael's Journey:🔸 The Power of Asking for Help: Michael shares how consistently reaching out for advice and support accelerated his progress and solved seemingly insurmountable challenges.🔸 Iterate Relentlessly and Embrace Failure: Discover the crucial role of rapid prototyping, learning from mistakes, and pivoting when approaches hit a dead end.🔸 Building a Product through Community Inspiration: Michael illustrates how customer feedback, unexpected conversations, and crowd-sourced ideas shaped both his product and its unique "artist you can own" market positioning.🔸 Turning Passion into Opportunity: See how Michael leveraged his personal love for guitar, curiosity for engineering, and desire for adventure to carve an entrepreneurial path, and how you can, too, by following what excites you.You can connect with Michael on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow his journey.🎥 Big thanks to VidOps for supporting Founders Voyage. Use code voyage at ⁠vidops.io⁠ for 10% off expert audio, video, animation, and photography services.👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.🥂 Want to support the journey? Join us on ⁠Patreon⁠ and help amplify more voices like Michael.#FoundersVoyage #Entrepreneurship #Podcast

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