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AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from March 1, 2013,“My Two Answers to Everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. When our Kickstarter campaign first started, I questioned the impact of social media. Despite being tweeted out by […]

A second look at social media and Kickstarter statistics

March 26, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged friendship / Kickstarter by AnnMaria De Mars

dog — Each game we make is aimed at an older and wider audience than the one before. That is cool for a whole bunch of reasons. However, sometimes it’s good to loop back and see what you were working on years ago. Even six months ago can be a long time […]

Back to Square One Can Be a Good Thing

March 23, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Help wanted — You Can’t Be Excellent in Your Spare Time Dr. AnnMaria De Mars Help. Thanks. Wow. Author Anne Lamott says that all prayers boil down to one of those three words. I know my life certainly does. So, first, thanks. Thanks to everyone who has backed us on Kickstarter, […]

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a newsletter from ...

March 23, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Women in Tech tagged Indian Country Today Media Network / Kickstarter / newsletter by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 10, 2013,“My Two Answers to Everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to write about item analysis today but all of the tweets and posts on […]

Throwback Thursday: My Two Answers to Everything

March 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged bullying / cowardice / sexism / Success is the best revenge by AnnMaria De Mars

A Lesson The most useful lesson I learned this year is this – you can’t be excellent in your spare time. I should know. I tried it. Up until this month, along with running 7 Generation Games, I was working as a statistical consultant, chair of a non-profit board and […]

Take the Plunge into Your Business

March 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

our office building — I’d like to answer two questions I have been getting A LOT about the tweet-up we are hosting with two other start-ups Evrybit and sabio.la What’s a tweet-up? Can I come? as well as three questions asked with lesser frequency: 3. Where is it? 4. Is the beer really free? […]

You’re Invited to the Tweet-up on March 27th

March 17, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from July 9, 2013,“How to succeed at everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. It all comes down to one word: Perseverance. Yesterday was the first time I got to read my […]

Throwback Thursday: How to succeed at everything

March 12, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged How to Succeed at Everything / Perseverance / Success by AnnMaria De Mars

Exercise bike — You may have heard that you can’t do it all. If you’re working at a start-up, it is going to suck up your whole life into this black hole for time. You’re going to get fat. You’ll forget everything that doesn’t relate to making a robot shopper, or ecommerce site […]

Start-up life doesn’t have to make you fat

March 8, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

If you are serious about making your start-up a success, make that your sole focus. Don’t do anything else. Don’t write a book. Don’t teach a class. Don’t take a consulting contract. Don’t volunteer for a board. The biggest mistake I made last year was doing all of those things. […]

The Biggest Mistake I Made Last Year

March 4, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Filling out accelerator applications, a common question is, “What makes your company different?” I think they want us to say something along the lines of “We make robots that can manufacture anything, including themselves. We promise they will never turn on us and destroy humanity, or at least not until […]

No One Wants to Be Dumb – and why being ...

March 3, 2015 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from Dr. AnnMaria De Mars. This blog was originally posted on June 7, 2013 on “Jealousy is Toxic, Honesty is Good and other things I’ve learned in (almost) 55 years” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the […]

TBT: Jealousy is Toxic, Honesty is Good and other things ...

February 26, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Criticism / Honesty / Jealousy by AnnMaria De Mars

old schoolhouse — “That’s academic.” is a term of dismissal. It means that the argument you just raised has no practical importance. There may be times when that aspersion is true (see my next post). It is also true that work life in general, including at start-ups , is closer to school than […]

Five Ways School Teaches You to Run a Start-up

February 25, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars