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You may not know that, before I founded or co-founded four companies and a non-profit foundation, I was the first American to win the world judo championships. I also taught Entrepreneurship at California Indian Nations College. At first glance, it might appear that judo and entrepreneurship don’t have all that […]

Entrepreneurship Advice from a World Judo Champion

May 8, 2024 in Educational Games / Founders Corner / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games by AnnMaria De Mars

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

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

As a student, I see a lot of things from a very different perspective than some of my coworkers. Hi, I’m Aaliyah a 16 year old high school student who is going into her junior year, I don’t have a lot of job experience. So when I heard about 7 […]

What It’s Like Being a Game Tester: From a Different ...

June 15, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Game Progress / Intern Diaries / Newsletter / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games / Game Testing / intern diaries / Video Game Testing by 7 Generation Games Intern

March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD). This UN-sanctioned day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements women have made and serves as a call to action for women’s equality. According to the IWD site, the first IWD was in 1911. Today, it is not country, group, or organization […]

Happy International Women’s Day 2021

March 8, 2021 in 7GenGames / Women in Tech tagged iwd by Christy Hanson

As a woman-owned and led company that prides itself on ambitiously getting game development done, we think kids should give technology and coding a shot with 7 Generation Games. Recently we unveiled a learning opportunity for students aged 11-15 to take game development with Dr. De Mars. We want to […]

Learn game development with us!

June 10, 2020 in Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged Digital Learning / Educational Games / summer learning by Christy Hanson

One thing I gained from judo was the importance of persistence. There are no doubt a lot of people who have better technique than me. They had better instructors who came from famous clubs, maybe even the Kodokan. I started at the Alton YMCA. There are probably lots of people […]

How judo taught me to avoid Startup Burnout

January 17, 2020 in AnnMaria / Bilingual Education / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged startup / startup advice by AnnMaria De Mars

Train to San Diego — In today’s episode of Startup Travel , Latinas in Tech or Where in the World are the Founders …. I’m writing this from the Pacific Surfliner, the train that runs between Los Angeles and San Diego. Being an American living on the west coast, every single time I go to […]

UnidosUS: Trains, planes and social impact startups

August 2, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Latinx startups / social impact startups / UnidosUS by AnnMaria De Mars

cash in the air — Can we stop with all the events and sessions for women and minority – especially minority female – founders on “Empowerment” and “Finding Your Voice”? Every day, I get email invites to or see social media posts on how women and minority entrepreneurs can “build their businesses.” The other day, […]

Less Pep Talks, More Money: How to Support Female Founders

October 22, 2018 in Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Video from demo day presentation — Life has really taken an unexpected turn lately. If you follow this blog you know that I have been in Chile since February, making bilingual games that teach math and history. It’s been a great experience, but we also have a U.S. company in which I’m a co-founder, so as […]

An entire country bet on you

September 17, 2018 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Guess who is graduating from UCLA in less than 10 weeks? Me! As graduation is approaching, I have spent a lot of time considering what career field I am interested in. Not only has 7 Generation Games shown me that the tech industry needs more writers like myself, but it has […]

Intern Diaries Part 5: Girl Power and Diversity in Tech

April 18, 2018 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged intern diaries / Women in Tech by Hannah Wren

Maria and AnnMaria — If you’ve been on the Internet today, you’ve probably noticed it’s International Women’s Day. From the Google Doodle to news stories to social media posts to subject lines for various emails, the annual celebration of “the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women … [and] call to action for accelerating […]

9 Insights on Being Women in Tech on International Women’s ...

March 8, 2018 in Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz