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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

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Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. Universities often ask to get a product for free, promising to be a reference or case study. I do not doubt their sincerity, but rarely does it work out.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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Planet3 found its biggest backer in Rob Roy, CEO of Las Vegas-area data center services company Switch, which invested $10 million in the company in 2015. That year, the company received a $150,000 grant Small Business Innovation Research grant from the federal government to prototype its product in two classrooms.