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Hi! My name’s Aahanaa and I’m an intern at 7 Generation Games. I go to college in Saint Paul but I’m originally from Kolkata, India. Why 7 Generation Games: I knew early on that I had a passion for both art and technology but for a good chunk of my […]

Intern Spotlight: Meet Aahanaa!

February 19, 2024 in Educational Games / Intern Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / interns by Diana Sanchez

Melvin, our new software development intern, is more than just a gifted coder.

Intern Spotlight: Meet Melvin!

February 5, 2024 in Educational Games / Intern Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Games / interns by Diana Sanchez

Last year, 7 Generation Games was selected as one of 150 U.S. companies featured by Google Play as part of its global #WeArePlay campaign, telling the stories of the people behind the apps you download. And earlier this year, they reached out about further telling our story. Now, a lot of […]

Google Play Captures Life at 7 Generation Games in #WeArePlay ...

April 26, 2023 in Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

We’re happy to announce that our very own Maria Burns Ortiz has been chosen as a 2022 Do You Fellow for digitalundivided‘s 2022 Do You Fellowship. Designed specifically for Latina and Black women founders and entrepreneurs, Do You Fellowship is a one-year program that supports founders in their quest to […]

2022 Do You Fellowship – Maria is a Fellow!

December 12, 2022 in 7GenGames / Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games by Diana Sanchez

Wharton Impact Venture Associates, a student-run impact investing program out of the University of Pennsylvania, announced this week that it has sourced 7 Generation Games as a deal to connect for community round investment. In sourcing 7 Generation Games, WIVA wrote: Beyond the impact, the student team was incredibly impressed […]

Wharton Impact Venture Associates Selects 7 Generation Games as Deal

September 14, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

So I’ve got a bit of news to share. They say good things come in threes – and in the case of 7 Generation Games making headlines today, that was certainly true. Featured as part of Google’s #WeArePlay I knew this feature was coming out today – and I’m so […]

#WeArePlay, EdWeek and MPR: Good News Cubed

June 29, 2022 in Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Will you be at South Summit in Madrid? We will! The international tech summit, now in its 10th year, drew over 22,000 attendees last year and is set to surpass that for 2022. Speakers are set to include former U.S. vice president Al Gore, Spanish World Cup winning goal keeper […]

7 Generation Games at South Summit in Madrid

June 7, 2022 in Conferences / Events / Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by admin

Rousey - De Mars - Burns Ortiz Family photo — You're in luck! If you have not yet read our long-running family group text in "A Different Kind of Text-Book", here is your chance. We are giving away the hilarious and PG-13 family text-book.

The Family Text-Book is Back!

June 3, 2022 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries tagged Family Textbook / newsletter by Diana Sanchez

I spent all of last week in New York for the final – and in-person! – week of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program as part of the national cohort. It was an incredible end to a really worthwhile experience. If you’re not familiar with 10KSB, it’s a program […]

Lessons I Learned in Goldman Sachs 10KSB Program

June 1, 2022 in Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

I wrote a blog post last week about community rounds and how we had been asked if we’d consider doing one. And since posting it, I have gotten a handful of questions that I figured I’d tackle in a single post that I could share more widely. In fact, some […]

Top Community Round Questions I’ve Gotten From Regular Folks, Traditional ...

May 16, 2022 in Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

Recently, I was asked if we would ever consider raising capital for 7 Generation Games via a community round. My answer was that I had not considered it – but now that the subject had been raised, I was interested in learning more. I mean, learning is literally the foundational […]

Would You Ever Consider Doing a Community Round?

May 9, 2022 in Founders Corner / fundraising / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

In a recent conversation it became clear to me that I am not very good at explaining how 7 Generation Games is a profitable and growing business. That probably was made worse by the fact that we are re-releasing two of our apps using different technology to be able to […]

How we make money when content is not ours to ...

August 24, 2021 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / blogposts / Code Talk / Customized Games / DevDiary / Educational Games / Founders Corner / Game Design / Game Progress / Newsletter / Start-up Diaries tagged 7 Generation Games / 7GenGames / Cultural Content / devdiary / entrepreneur / software developer / successful businesses / women-owned business by AnnMaria De Mars