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AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from March 29, 2013,“Leave the ladder down” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. In her dissertation on African-American leaders, Dr. Shanetta Robinson has a couple of memorable quotes on this topic. One […]

Throwback Thursday: Leave the ladder down: #41 of 55 things ...

April 2, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged Leave the Ladder Down / Throwback Thursday by AnnMaria De Mars

grandfather with deer in background — Make new friends, but keep the old, One is silver and the other gold. I really like that song they sing on New Year’s Eve because I think there is a lot of good advice to it. Lately, we have been working on both our newest game, Forgotten Trail, […]

We Haven’t Forgotten Our Old Friends

March 31, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Artwork in rest stop — Sometimes, you need to get out of your office and meet with people. The past three days, I have been in central California – Turlock, Livingston, Merced and Fresno. During that time, I met at least 100 people. Some of them I had long conversations with. Some just said, “Hello”. […]

Central California: First Stops on the 7 Generation Games Amazing ...

March 29, 2015 in AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

Fish Lake — We get this question a lot and it is actually not a simple answer. One character we plan on using in Forgotten Trail was intended for Fish Lake but we were told by some administrators in no uncertain terms that physical violence between characters in a game for children was […]

How Do You Create Your Characters?

March 26, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from March 1, 2013,“My Two Answers to Everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. When our Kickstarter campaign first started, I questioned the impact of social media. Despite being tweeted out by […]

A second look at social media and Kickstarter statistics

March 26, 2015 in AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday tagged friendship / Kickstarter by AnnMaria De Mars

dog — Each game we make is aimed at an older and wider audience than the one before. That is cool for a whole bunch of reasons. However, sometimes it’s good to loop back and see what you were working on years ago. Even six months ago can be a long time […]

Back to Square One Can Be a Good Thing

March 23, 2015 in AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress by AnnMaria De Mars

Help wanted — You Can’t Be Excellent in Your Spare Time Dr. AnnMaria De Mars Help. Thanks. Wow. Author Anne Lamott says that all prayers boil down to one of those three words. I know my life certainly does. So, first, thanks. Thanks to everyone who has backed us on Kickstarter, […]

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a newsletter from ...

March 23, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Educational Games / Game Progress / Women in Tech tagged Indian Country Today Media Network / Kickstarter / newsletter by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from September 10, 2013,“My Two Answers to Everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. I was going to write about item analysis today but all of the tweets and posts on […]

Throwback Thursday: My Two Answers to Everything

March 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Math / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged bullying / cowardice / sexism / Success is the best revenge by AnnMaria De Mars

A Lesson The most useful lesson I learned this year is this – you can’t be excellent in your spare time. I should know. I tried it. Up until this month, along with running 7 Generation Games, I was working as a statistical consultant, chair of a non-profit board and […]

Take the Plunge into Your Business

March 19, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech by AnnMaria De Mars

our office building — I’d like to answer two questions I have been getting A LOT about the tweet-up we are hosting with two other start-ups Evrybit and sabio.la What’s a tweet-up? Can I come? as well as three questions asked with lesser frequency: 3. Where is it? 4. Is the beer really free? […]

You’re Invited to the Tweet-up on March 27th

March 17, 2015 in 7GenGames / Events / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Going through our archives, we came across this great post from July 9, 2013,“How to succeed at everything” that we wanted to share with you in case you missed it the first time around. It all comes down to one word: Perseverance. Yesterday was the first time I got to read my […]

Throwback Thursday: How to succeed at everything

March 12, 2015 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria / Throwback Thursday / Women in Tech tagged How to Succeed at Everything / Perseverance / Success by AnnMaria De Mars

Exercise bike — You may have heard that you can’t do it all. If you’re working at a start-up, it is going to suck up your whole life into this black hole for time. You’re going to get fat. You’ll forget everything that doesn’t relate to making a robot shopper, or ecommerce site […]

Start-up life doesn’t have to make you fat

March 8, 2015 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars