by Mike Shannon | Mar 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
You can’t spend a decade building a curiosity focused ed-tech company without being wildly & continuously curious about understanding exactly how learning works. At Packback, we fuel our own curiosity on this subject matter via primary research studies,...
by Mike Shannon | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I love looking back and reviewing the books I read in a year. As part of a yearly personal wrap up, the practice helps me to reflect & connect the dots in a continuous pattern of learning and exploring. Here are the books I read in 2019, and the first thought that...
by Mike Shannon | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
My good friend Kasey Gandham and I showed up on TV screens nationwide this past Friday. By the time the clock struck 9:00CT, over 8 million people had watched us shake hands on a quarter million dollar investment with Mark Cuban. 250+ of those were watching (and...
by Mike Shannon | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
(Left to right: Mcdonald’s CEO Donald Thompson, Ben Horowitz, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Amy Rule, J.B. Pritzker, Howard Tullman) Part of the privilege of being in the 1871 community is the opportunity to observe and interact with the “big dogs” of entrepreneurialism...
by Mike Shannon | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
One more post here addressing Shark Tank. Any viewers might recall Kevin O’Leary declaring that Kasey and I will look like him (not as a compliment) by the time we are done fully establishing Packback as a staple of the higher education industry. Well, Mr....
by Mike Shannon | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
I know it’s only Thanksgiving break -a short but sweet week off from class for rambunctious college students- but this means one thing: it’s time to start game-planning how to properly spend the precious minutes of the soon-to-come winter break. For...
