Something known by all good teachers – but not all software developers – is that good education is complicated and difficult. Let’s talk about a simple concept in math. Division is multiplication in reverse. If 4 x 7 = 28 then 28 /4 = 7. Also, 28/7 = 4. Easy, […]
AnnMaria De Mars
Last week, an investor told me, “You talk too much about why your games work to teach kids and how you know there is an impact. I don’t care. I just want to make money.” This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this and every time the person has been […]
I care about how our games are made & you ...
It’s been a very productive week, and it’s only Thursday. Yesterday, we had our Ed Tech Demo Day at Co-Work Latam in Monjitas in Santiago and as you can see, it was standing room only. Seven of the eight educational technology companies from Start-up Chile had tables where you could […]
Coming up for air: Start-up Diaries, Santiago
One sign you are in the right line of work is when you are just as excited for Monday to come around as you are for Friday. Well, I might be a little more excited most Fridays because on the weekend I can work on the games without too many […]
Super-excited for Monday: Another Start-up Diary, Santiago
1 For the 5th time in 2 months, I found myself on a 6,000 mile flight between Santiago and somewhere in the United States. I got a nice view of Panama City from the airport – nice enough to convince me that I’m going to have to find time to vacation […]
There and back again: More Start-up Diaries, Santiago Edition
I keep getting messages from people asking how is it going in Chile. It’s the second-most common question right after, “Why haven’t you answered my email / phone call / carrier pigeon?” The answer to both of these is that Chile is great in many ways but conducting business in […]
I’m glad I’m Writing this Blog in English
If you’ve been following the Start-up Diaries, Chilean Edition, you’ve read about my family’s desire to re-brand our company in Latin America under the name 7 Llamas Games. Further, you’ve noted our dreams being crushed by llama-hating colleagues in Start-up Chile. In the end, we took the 11 names our […]
Our new name: Introducing… Strong Mind Studios !
3 If you have been following AnnMaria’s Chilean Adventure, you know that the topic of discussion has been coming up with a new name under which to sell our games in the Latin American market. I asked my colleagues at Start-up Chile if they liked Estudio 7 Llamas o 7 Llamas […]
A new English name to sell in Spanish-speaking countries
1 How it went when we tried to come up with a name for our Latin American subsidiary
What’s in a name? Apparently not llamas
You’re nowhere near finished with this school year yet and it’s already time for those curriculum meetings, budget meetings. You need to let the IT department know what software you want so they can buy it and install it over the summer. Professional Development? That’s in August, do we really […]
How is it already time to start planning for the ...
Actually, I expected that Chile would be an entirely different country from the U.S. but I wouldn’t have known that from the not-so-helpful advice from many of my fellow Americans. As a public service, let me tell you that these two pearls of wisdom I heard over and over before […]
Turns out, Chile is a foreign country. Who knew?
I’m going to presume you read I’m learning a Gang of S$#@ in Chile, Part 1 so I won’t repeat the story. As I have said multiple times now, one of the best things about Start-up Chile is the other companies. It’s not that the staff aren’t good – but […]