Cohort 
2023

Mikel Gainza, PhD, BSc (Eng)

Music Software Entrepreneur

As a society, we must nurture lifelong learning, mental stimulation, and curiosity and support experts to explore and validate innovative solutions.

Current Work

Mikel is Co-Founder of GuitarApp, a startup dedicated to making music learning and teaching more accessible and engaging. GuitarApp offers a mobile app, diverse tools and content designed to empower musicians, companies, and music educators worldwide.

Personal Hero

My mother

Words of Strength

Creating and building relationships

Vision

To reduce dementia's impact, we, as a society, must nurture lifelong learning, mental stimulation and curiosity, and support an open platform for experts to explore and validate innovative solutions impacting all societal levels.

Strategy

Mikel's company, GuitarApp, focuses on making music learning and teaching as accessible as possible. When it comes to prevention, the impact of music learning, regardless of age or proficiency level, in combating dementia can be significant.

Impact

Through the interdisciplinary nature of the fellowship and expert mentorship, Mikel hopes to gain new perspectives, experiences and critical knowledge to help him achieve his goals of using music learning to scale mental health at any age and level.

Motivation

By lowering the over 90% failure rate in learning to play an instrument among older adults, Mikel aims to boost dementia prevention in society.

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Mikel

 a Note

Have ideas for global brain health or a collaboration? I would love to hear from you. Feel free to send an introductory note.