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The children are heading back to school, you’re thinking about putting away the decorations, swearing you really will send out Christmas cards next year. To finish off the season, here is our annual holiday letter, sent when we all have a moment to get a cup of coffee and catch […]

A Christmas Letter from 7 Generation Games

January 14, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Math / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Game Improvements / Spirit Lake by AnnMaria De Mars

I attended an event the other night where, as it does from time to time, the topic of women founders came up. One of the speakers, a very nice and unquestionably successful investor, mentioned that he had just closed his first deal with a female-led company. He noted that out […]

How “Easy” It Is For Women-Led Startups To Get Funding

November 14, 2014 in Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Earlier this month I attended a Tech Coast Venture Network event on Crowfunding that was hosted by Howard Leonhardt. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this event, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to go listen to some pointers from someone who has raised over $145 million to crowdfund new inventions and startups […]

How to Succeed at Reaching Your Crowdfunding Goal

October 31, 2014 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged crowdfunding / entrepreneur / Lenard Leonhardt / successful businesses by admin

tank — If I see one more tweet, video or Facebook post lamenting “if only there were women making games” or “how do we get women in technology”, I think I am going to go all Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto and steal a car loaded with weapons […]

What do women in tech need to do to get ...

October 26, 2014 in AnnMaria / Founders Corner / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Women in Tech / Women that make video games by AnnMaria De Mars

Girls — I have mixed feelings whenever I read about the diversity efforts in the tech industry. On the one hand, as a Hispanic woman over fifty, I am certainly in favor of increasing diversity. There is research showing more diverse teams are more effective, and that only makes sense. Why would […]

Diversity in tech teams is good and we walk the ...

September 25, 2014 in AnnMaria / Education: Innovation and STEM / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Really useful advice for start-ups on How Not to Die from Paul Graham emphasized The number one thing not to do is other things. If you find yourself saying a sentence that ends with “but we’re going to keep working on the startup,” you are in big trouble…. We’re taking […]

The Pros and Cons of Being Obsessed

March 3, 2014 in AnnMaria / Women in Tech tagged obsessed by AnnMaria De Mars

Now for something a little bit different. In our last update, we unveiled a new $50 reward and talked about the role of UFC champion Ronda Rousey in our game’s development. However, we get a lot of questions about the tech, development and design side of our game as well. Today we unveil […]

Developer Diary, Part I: Something for our tech savvy friends

February 17, 2013 in 7GenGames / Code Talk / DevDiary / Women in Tech tagged 7 Generation Games by Maria Burns Ortiz