https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/28/yousician-series-b/

By his own admission, Chris Thür wasn’t the most obvious person to start a music education startup.

Thür (previously a laser researcher) recalled an early meeting with an investor who asked whether he and co-founder Mikko Kaipainen (an electrical engineer) were music teachers or musicians, ultimately going “down the list of all the things that would somewhat qualify us for that world.” Each time, they had to tell him no.