Photo by John Rigg
Photo courtesy Techno ChaosArmed with an extensive engineering background, Mike Hinkle spent 10 years mentoring high school students in areas of math, science and engineering. After some time, however, Hinkle said he saw an issue with how some of his students were learning.
"I wanted to help the kids do more exciting and challenging things," he said. "While it was clear these students were smart, they were turned off to learning."
In 2010, Hinkle—along with his wife, Jeanette Breton—began working on a business model to help bring innovation, creativity and learning into the same space. After a year of brainstorming, the couple opened Techno Chaos in Sugar Land in June 2011.
"This is a place we created so all youth who may not get these services through traditional schooling can have a place to learn and create," Hinkle said. "So much of education today is focused on the who, what, when and where. We are all about the why and the how. That is our passion, and we have a commitment to our youth, to the future and to the community."
