Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Lynn.
Michael, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
It started with one machine in my closet and a dream to make 3D printing affordable for people. That grew to five machines in the living room, then 35 machines in the garage. Since then, I’ve had a few different locations and business partnerships over the years — most of which created challenges to overcome. I’ve been put into difficult positions by bad business partners more than once, but each experience has been a lesson that helped me grow. In May of 2025, I moved my setup to a luxury storefront location in Frisco, Texas, and business has been booming ever since.
We have many customers who have stayed with us for years and order on a semi-regular basis, while we continue welcoming new customers every day.
I’ve also leveraged 3D Print Everything as a way to meet new people across different fields of business, connecting them with other businesses I’m involved with.
Currently, I am the founder of three companies, on the board of a fourth, and I’m likely soon going to take a position at a new company while hiring someone to replace me at 3D Print Everything — all while investing a considerable sum into 3D Print Everything and two other companies for rapid growth.
One of the ventures I’m connected to involves building all the infrastructure for new data centers. My business partner developed a new building design that constructs them faster, cheaper, and without water usage. We will also be checking as many factors as possible to ensure there are no negative health effects for anyone working in them or for surrounding businesses and residents in the area — and then applying some of those solutions to existing data centers.
Needless to say, you could potentially look at me as someone who is close friends with a person like Bezos or Elon right before they skyrocketed from nearly nothing to becoming a multi-billionaire — without any of the moral baggage that seems to follow most people who reach that level of wealth.
For me, 3D Print Everything pays my bills, but it’s even more valuable for the connections it has brought me. Owners of multi-billion-dollar companies walk in like any average person wanting their personal printers worked on, and through my social skills I ask the right questions, learn more about them, become friends quickly, and find opportunities to create value — either directly together or indirectly by connecting them with someone else in my network.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, it hasn’t been. More than I could write here. To start with, older 3D printers were so much worse than the ones we have today. My days used to be filled with fixing my own machines every single day — it ground at my core on some days. Today, 98% of that time has been reclaimed, thanks to the excellent machines Bambu Labs makes.
Beyond that, I made choices that made sense in the moment and that I had high hopes for — particularly around bringing in new business partners to take over operations — but both of those efforts led to me losing $30,000 or more at a time when paying bills was already a struggle. It hit me hard. There have been multiple times I considered getting a regular job, but the desire to be there for the good clients and relationships I’ve built has kept me striving to keep the company alive.
Even recently, I was put in a position where an unexpected $40,000 was needed just to keep my doors open — again related to a business partner — but at least this time there is light at the end of the tunnel, and I still trust and believe in him to come through.
Not to mention taking on jobs where each one is unique and often brings its own challenges, forcing me to learn something new or find a new resource to get the job done.
It’s always a challenge, but I seem to thrive especially well when my back is against the wall. That’s generally when I feel an overwhelming sense of appreciation for the friends and connections I’ve made in 3D printing — because out of nowhere, people offer their help to keep me going. These past two weeks have been exactly that. I was deeply moved by how well people treated me, and I want to make sure that’s paid not only back to them, but forward to the people in need that I have the chance to help.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
So, I’m a car guy — I’ve owned over 170 different cars, mostly affordable ones. That passion follows me into my work. I also met a local company owner with a subwoofer startup, and through working with him I discovered that I’m also an audiophile. Looking back on my teenage years, the times I built sound systems for my car and garage, I was always chasing music that would make the speakers hit hard — whether from bass or punch. Then one day I saw a meme that said, “Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to music… they use music to listen to their equipment.” That was a defining and knowing moment for me.
That path led to me working with Bill from Sonofinity to have my own hand and input in the design of new speakers and subwoofers, which we then built together with my money and our combined effort. Now I have an $18,000 sound system in my shop that rivals the best clubs in DFW — venues that spent far more on their systems.
I’m a snob for equipment and room acoustics now, judging every venue and every set of speakers playing anything I can hear. I truly enjoy finding a spot with good acoustics and great speakers. Those moments bring me to tears — it’s so fleeting and rare to find someone who cares enough to get both right for their space.
I also notice the difference of being in what I’d call the “business owners’ club.” There’s something unique about the connection one business owner makes to another — the offers and benefits extended to people in this position versus how regular clients are treated.
I also hold some unique beliefs on life, death, karma, and so on.
Listening to a guru a long time ago, I adapted something I heard him say into my core principle of existence: “It’s my goal to end as much human suffering as possible.”
Since then, it’s been a goal to accumulate large amounts of wealth so I can spend it as quickly as possible helping others. There is only so much relief I can provide with my own hands, but if I can pay tens of thousands of people to use theirs, macro-level impacts can be made.
I personally want to become a multi-billionaire and create a club called “Building Better Billionaires” — a place to lift others up and instill morals and boundaries within that class of people. If we can’t eliminate the problems that come with extreme wealth before my death, I can only hope to have an impact on improving these individuals as human beings and on how their choices, money, and reach affect people.
Do you have any advice for those looking to network or find a mentor?
Vibe check, ask personal questions, become friends — especially with the class of people you want to become. People who are smarter and more successful than you are the top priority. But also be aware and do your due diligence to avoid getting too deep with the wrong people. I notice that people who get trapped in situations they feel they can’t or shouldn’t get out of tend to get worn down morally over time. I noticed it in myself just from following the Ukraine war daily — the amount of up-close combat footage I consumed shifted me in ways I only recognized when I said something out of place or tried to discuss the subject and got reactions I wasn’t expecting. Those moments became a check on myself and a reminder to adjust, to make sure I don’t get fully consumed by something that isn’t ideal for my long-term wellbeing.
Finding mentors is tricky, as many are scams or simply in it for the money. Go where these people are instead. Become their friends, be interesting, and you might get lucky finding someone who wants to mentor you purely for the love of watching growth and being a part of it. I’ve had that a few times, though things didn’t stick long-term. Most of the mentoring that has been most helpful in my life comes from David Snyder on YouTube, who teaches NLP and hypnosis.
That field of study fundamentally changed everything for me and is the single thing I give the most credit to for helping me become the person I am today.
It gave me the tools to see through the manipulation behind companies and scammers who influence us through media and language. The tools to understand who and what I am — and who I want to become and how to get there. The tools to become a better son to my parents, a better partner to my girlfriend, a better friend, a better business partner, and to sharpen my sales skills.
It was like relearning the English language entirely. I’ve found this subject doesn’t interest many people — likely less than 0.01% of the people I’ve spoken to about it have any prior knowledge or seek it out after I introduce them to it.
The first step toward achieving what I have is digging through your own past — your own trauma — and shedding the weight that is likely holding you back. Only then can you build on a new foundation. What David made unique is that you don’t have to relive those experiences directly; instead, you transform those feelings and that energy into something more manageable. Changes that leave you with the feeling of: “I don’t know exactly what just happened or what was released, but my shoulders feel lighter, the colors are brighter, and I’m excited for what comes next.”
This may or may not be typical interview material, and it might place me in an off-beat category — but as someone who could be days, weeks, or perhaps just a few months away from becoming a multi-millionaire, while still facing the day-to-day challenge of paying the bills, I think that story is a unique one. I look forward to taking these skills and using them, once I reach that position, to better the world.
Personally, I believe NLP and hypnosis should be taught as a class in schools, starting as early as fifth grade and continuing through college.
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