We live in LA so we know that looking good is important to a lot of people. (We personally don’t worry too much about it because we’re just naturally ridiculously good looking – and humble.) We also recognize that when launching and running a company public appearance is important. Not […]
Maria Burns Ortiz
Do you have a dog? Do you think your dog is awesome? Would you like to see your dog in an actual video game? Then we have just the thing for you. A while back, we — along with Derek Landy, author of the super amazing Skulduggery Pleasant series — […]
Calling All Dogs! A Casting Contest for Pups to Appear ...
Look for life lessons in unexpected places. Given the story that’s about to follow, it would be awesome if I could say that was the fortune that came in my fortune cookie when I ordered Chinese on Monday night. My fortune actually was “Your opinions are highly regarded by others.” […]
The Power of Great Customer Service (Or Why You Should ...
Before co-founding 7 Generation Games, I worked 10-plus years as a journalist. The last three of those years, I was juggling being both a journalist and journalism professor. In both positions, I expected perfection from myself and those around me. The expectation for journalists is that you put out something […]
Making Things Pretty – And Perhaps Watching Too Much HGTV
Our CEO, Dr. AnnMaria De Mars, just returned from Iowa where she had the opportunity to speak to a group of 100 middle school students about striving to fulfill the tremendous amount of potential each one of them has. It was a big weekend for us in Iowa in general, […]
Our CEO Talks to Sioux City Middle School Students
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Incorporating Culture Into Curriculum Is Easy and Essential
1 In the final installment of my accelerator application trilogy — because trilogies are very de rigueur — I will tackle some of what we at 7 Generation Games have deemed largely to be pointless accelerator questions. I intentionally say tackle as opposed to answer, because I’m not really sure I […]
Accelerators, Part 3: What Do You Want Us to Say?
This post is was written by Dr. Erich Longie, Senior Cultural Consultant for 7 Generation Games. Erich is part of the founding team of 7 Generation Games and oversees our cultural staff to ensure all cultural content is vetted and historically and culturally accurate. He is a long-time educator – […]
Applying Traditional Dakota Values in a Middle School Math Classroom
If you haven’t yet read Frank Catalano’s latest column for GeekWire, you should. “Generational blindness: Is sexism in tech forever?” tackles a very relevant subject – sexism in the tech industry. And best of all, it quotes our CEO Dr. AnnMaria De Mars saying insightful things like, “When I do […]
Our CEO Shares Her Thoughts on Sexism in Tech in ...
Let’s talk about team. This is one of the buzziest of Silicon Valley buzzwords. The whole “we invest in people, not products.” I’m not going to lie and say that think that’s awesome. I’m also unsure if I actually believe that refrain. I am not calling people liars, I’m just […]
Accelerators, Part 2: So… How did you guys meet?
The 7 Generation Games team has just got back from Vegas so odds are on our minds. We were in Vegas where our CEO’s daughter/CMO’s sister/our celebrity endorser was headlining UFC 170. We also hosted a 7 Generation Games tweetup tied to the event. Vegas is all about odds: slot […]
Accelerators, Part 1: A roll of the dice
A while back, Venture Beat ran a piece on why most ed tech startups suck. We had to agree — and felt slightly superior knowing that we definitely do no fall under that suck category. It’s a good read on what ed tech startups should and shouldn’t do. And one […]