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When it comes to doing business abroad, you may picture yourself traveling a lot, having meetings scheduled all over the country that you’re in and attending networking events. The truth is that in places like Chile, where our office for Latin America is located, doing business is quite different from […]

What You Need to Know Before Doing Business in Chile

March 17, 2020 in Educational Games tagged Business / chile / Start-Up / startup advice by Daniel Mondaca

In December, 2015 we were on a roll. We raised our first seed round of $250,000 , released a beta version of our fourth game and were getting mentioned in the education press. We’d just finished our first accelerator, along with seven other edtech companies. Fast forward four years later […]

Pushing Water Uphill: The Startup Phase No One Mentions

February 13, 2020 in Educational Games tagged startup advice by AnnMaria De Mars

As I write this I’m starting to feel as if I’m ready for another accelerator, but that’s a post for a different day. In my last post, I mentioned what we gained from being in an accelerator. Today’s is about what you actually DO in an accelerator program. I’m assuming that […]

How do accelerators accelerate?

February 6, 2020 in Educational Games tagged startup advice by Daniel Mondaca

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

Chris Round, More Than Ordinary podcast guest, with friend and Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison — More Than Ordinary - the podcast that makes you smarter. How do you balance international competition, graduate school and a career? Chris Round, former Olympic hopeful and current environmental scientist joins AnnMaria De Mars to discuss current events from climate change to student debt to the difference between corporate life and startup culture.

Student Debt, Corporate Shills & Judo

August 1, 2019 in More Than Ordinary tagged climate change / Judo / startup advice / student debt by AnnMaria De Mars

I have been working ever since I got my first job at a tennis club snack-shack when I was fourteen-years-old. I have had jobs everywhere from snack-shacks to film production companies, but 7 Generation Games is the first start-up I have worked at and it’s a definitely a unique experience. […]

Intern Diaries Part 4: 5 things every intern should know ...

March 9, 2018 in Start-up Diaries tagged intern diaries / startup advice by Hannah Wren

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from April 29, 2012,“Useless & useful advice for SOME small businesses” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. Being sick with only half of my brain cells functioning, I spent the weekend reading […]

Throwback Thursday: Useless & useful advice for SOME small businesses

April 23, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged keep the rights / speak your mind / startup advice / Throwback Thursday by AnnMaria De Mars