Pitch Company
Mission Quest Academy
Michael Thoenes & Layne Laughter
Co-Founders
Summary
Mission Quest Academy, led by CEO Lane Lauder and co-founder Michael Thoenes (founder and CEO of Brainy Pixel Productions), is an innovative ed-tech platform delivering gamified, video-based learning quests designed for the rapidly growing Christian homeschool market. Serving as an engaging, supplemental educational tool, Mission Quest solves a major pain point for busy homeschool parents managing multiple children by replacing passive screen time with faith-aligned, character-building learning missions.
About Michael Thoenes
Co- founder
Michael Thoenes is the co-founder and CEO of Brainy Pixel Productions and a co-founder of Mission Quest Academy. His career spans newspaper graphics, sign making, corporate publishing and animation. He has helped build visual media studios from the ground up, bringing decades of experience in visual storytelling and educational content to his work. Michael and his wife, Andrea, live in Decatur, Alabama, and have four adult children.
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