Maker LOOG GUITARS

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image Loog Guitars founder Rafael Atijas assembling a guitar kit.

Sebastiàn Ribeiro

STRUMMING UP A BUSINESS

How a kids’ bike inspired the creation of a cool new guitar kit.

By Rafael Atijas

It was out of pressure that I came up with the idea of building a three-string guitar for kids and parents to build at home. I was completing a master’s in integrated marketing at New York University, and for the thesis I had to write a business plan for a company I had to invent. And that was really it. An idea on a piece of paper.

How I came up ...

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