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Inc.com has the story of how Parnell went from dropping out of The University Of Michigan to securing the historic start-up investment for PlayVS:

Unable to find a balance between school and work, though, he dropped out after one semester. Around that time, he started reading about a startup with Detroit roots: Groupon, which was based in Chicago but co-founded by two Motor City natives.

“I was mad fascinated with their story, and how they were using software to help brick-and-mortar businesses with customer retention,” he says. “I fell in love with tech, head over heels.” When a friend gave him a ticket to the startup-centric Launch Festival in San Francisco, he was in heaven. “I talked to everybody,” he says. “Every person I could possibly find.”

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Hustle & Motivate: This 25-Year-Old Raised Over $25 Million For His Video Game Business  was originally published on globalgrind.com

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