Women in Tech

It is International Women’s Day, so if you’re a woman congrats to you! If you’re a man, then congrats to you too, because you’re blessed with the presence of women every day! Despite how great it is to be a woman, it does come with its challenges, especially when you’re […]

Woman-Led Companies That Are Making The World Smarter

March 8, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Women in Tech tagged international women's day by Victoria Moll-Ramírez

7 Generation Games baseball jersey — It’s International Women’s Day and kudos to those of you who are supporting women in any way. You never know how far your efforts will reach. Some of you are staying home to support Day Without a Woman. Others have decided not to spend any money except in women- and […]

4 Ways to Support Women-Owned Business (besides hashtag)

March 8, 2017 in AnnMaria / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Squirrel — At least a hundred times, I’ve wanted to find whoever coined that phrase, “Fake it until you make it” and scream in their face “Look at the idiocy I have to put up with! See what you started!” Then, I calm down and realize that I have used that exact […]

Your Guide to Faking It Until You Make It

February 26, 2017 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Here’s one of the things that separate successful startups from people who have good ideas: Execution. In other words, it’s easy to be a “big picture” visionary, it’s doing the million little details that is the hard part. We met on our AzTech Games series earlier this week. Going over […]

Startup Success: Why Little Details Matter As Much As Big ...

February 17, 2017 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Eventually, you have to say something. At 7 Generation Games, we’ve decided today is that day. We – like so many others in education – watched the news with great disappointment as someone with no experience in public education was selected by the thinnest of margins to lead the Department […]

For Kids Who Don’t Have a Choice and Kids Who ...

February 9, 2017 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Dennis on a computer — I was doing an interview for an upcoming article about women and the challenges they face when it comes to getting funding, when the interviewer mentioned how investors, VCs and all around tech startup folks love to throw around the word “rock star.” They want to invest in “rock star” […]

We Are Rock Stars

January 9, 2017 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

We’re in the Tech Inclusion Top 10!

October 17, 2016 in 7GenGames / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

I’m up in San Francisco for three days where I presented on educational games at the annual California Association of Bilingual Education conference – and left all three of my kids at home. It’s a change as I was really fortunate to be able to travel with my baby for […]

All By Myself: Reflections from the Road

March 25, 2016 in Parenting Like I Know What I'm Doing / Women in Tech by Maria Burns Ortiz

Eva, Maria and me — If you have not read Sojourner Truth’s inspiring speech, Aint I a Woman , you are missing out. You can click on this link right now to read it, and don’t skip scrolling down to hear Alice Walker read the speech. You’ll be glad you did. Now, sitting here in […]

Not Sure About Women in Tech Events

March 22, 2016 in AnnMaria / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

Indians with a dog — You know that list of things that you’re going to do when “you get a free minute,” but then you never get a free minute? If you’re like us, you probably find that list keeps growing. We found that happening to our list of “game improvements we want to make” […]

How A “Hackathon” Leads To Make Many, Mini Improvements

March 9, 2016 in 7GenGames / Newsletter / Women in Tech tagged forgotten trail / Hackathon / Lists / Maria Burns Ortiz / newsletter by Erick Salomon

If you are an old friend (or stalker), you probably know that I attended Washington University in St. Louis, where I was first introduced to the Central Limit Theorem, and frat parties. Coming full circle, I’ll be back in the old neighborhood on December 29th for a 7 Generation Games […]