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This category is for posts written by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars.

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from May 20, 2014 “Is Social Media a Waste of Time?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I was asked to comment on how my use of social media contributed to my career as […]

Throwback Thursday: Is Social Media a Waste of Time?

March 10, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Social Media / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from April 16, 2014 “The Benefits of Being Uncool” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Tom Peters has written quite a bit about the huge market opportunities in providing goods and services designed for […]

Throwback Thursday: The Benefits of Being Uncool

March 3, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Educational Games / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday / Uncool by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from March 28, 2014 “My best advice to myself” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Sometimes, like Alice in Wonderland, I give myself very good advice. Unlike Alice, though, I occasionally take […]

Throwback Thursday: My Best Advice To Myself

February 25, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Advice / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Life / Life Lesson / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Door leading into the jungle — We’re knocking off the last few edits on our grant proposal, we completed the pretest of math scores with 125 students with another 150 to take the test next week. We have hundreds of players participating in the beta tests for Forgotten Trail and Aztech. So, now that we have […]

The week of 1,000 changes

February 21, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Iowa map, with corn inset — I don’t think a lot of video games are set in Iowa. Our game under development, Aztech, begins in Iowa. We didn’t pick Iowa for any specific reason. We just wanted a state that was rural and far away from central America. Very early in the game, our heroes are […]

Here’s to you, Iowa

February 19, 2016 in AnnMaria / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from February 27, 2014 “Taking All of your Children to Work Days; My Take Away From Let’s Move” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. When I add up all of the ad […]

Throwback Thursday: Taking All Of Your Children To Work Days; ...

February 18, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Children to Work Days / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Sam Kass / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

house — So … this is what I am working on today …. In short, and this is a rant for another day, we found through our pretests that the average student needed FAR more remedial help in mathematics than we had expected. Each time you go up a level in the […]

Game Design: Reusable Code, Part 1

February 17, 2016 in AnnMaria / Code Talk / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Dog — If you are thinking of joining a start-up, take this advice to heart: There is no room for specialists here! This weekend (yes, I know it is the weekend and Valentine’s Day, but we’re a start-up) – as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted – this weekend, […]

Variety is the spice of start-up life

February 16, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Happy Freebie Friday and Valentine’s Weekend! We know that most of you cupids are working on plans to spend time with your special someone this upcoming Valentine’s Day. In the spirit of love and caring for others, we wanted to offer up some FREE resources to parents with children with special […]

Freebie Friday: Tools To Help You Help Your Child With ...

February 12, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Freebie Friday tagged Course / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Freebie Friday / Special Education / Workshop by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from January 21, 2014 “What’s Really Needed for Date Science, Start-Ups & Life” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. There’s been quite a bit of discussion on twitter lately regarding generalists versus […]

Throwback Thursday: What’s Really Needed For Data Science, Start-Ups & ...

February 11, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged AnnMaria De Mars / Data Science / Life / Start-Up / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from July 7, 2010 “What Small Businesses Need to Create Jobs” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. I’ve been in business for over twenty years. All of that time, I have run […]

Throwback Thursday: What Small Businesses Need To Create Jobs

February 4, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Jobs / Small Business / Throwback Thursday by Erick Salomon

Adam, me and others — What can a start-up learn from a comedian? Why did I start a series of youtube videos on free advice to make you smarter? Why is it Adam Hunter’s fault? Calm down and I will explain. A few weeks ago, after Adam’s latest show, we were talking about my idea […]

What can a start-up learn from a comedian?

February 2, 2016 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars