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Start-up Diaries
"If you could be profitable, even if it’s just barely profitable, then it allows you to live forever. And then it allows you to grow and crescendo upon something very real."
Matt Dalio
Since 7 Generation Games is now profitable, hearing this just made my day, and it is totally true. So much of what is broadcast by founders is having that $1 million contract or raising that $500,000 seed round. We have been there and that is very cool to be able to tell people. The fact is, though, no matter how much revenue you have or the size of your Series A, if at some point your income doesn't exceed your expenses, your company is going to die.
Paying technical (and other) debt: Non-sexy but happy times
Before I started my first company, before I earned a Ph.D. , I was a judo champion. I competed for 14 years - and I was pretty good at it. I won international competitions on every continent except for Antartica and Australia, and culminated by winning the world championships. Then I went off and did something completely different - was a professor teaching statistics, then a consultant doing statistical programming. Now I'm running a company, making educational games and, more importantly, creating a platform so anyone can make educational games.
3 Ways Becoming a World Champion is Like Making a ...
We've finished a code library that enables millions of possible game designs, built out 10 games and even included a little AI in the process.
The Massive Progress of 7 Gen Blocks
Hi! My name’s Aahanaa and I’m an intern at 7 Generation Games. I go to college in Saint Paul but I’m originally from Kolkata, India. Why 7 Generation Games: I knew early on that I had a passion for both art and technology but for a good chunk of my […]
Intern Spotlight: Meet Aahanaa!
Melvin, our new software development intern, is more than just a gifted coder.
Intern Spotlight: Meet Melvin!
Last year, 7 Generation Games was selected as one of 150 U.S. companies featured by Google Play as part of its global #WeArePlay campaign, telling the stories of the people behind the apps you download. And earlier this year, they reached out about further telling our story. Now, a lot of […]
Google Play Captures Life at 7 Generation Games in #WeArePlay ...
We’re happy to announce that our very own Maria Burns Ortiz has been chosen as a 2022 Do You Fellow for digitalundivided‘s 2022 Do You Fellowship. Designed specifically for Latina and Black women founders and entrepreneurs, Do You Fellowship is a one-year program that supports founders in their quest to […]
2022 Do You Fellowship – Maria is a Fellow!
Wharton Impact Venture Associates, a student-run impact investing program out of the University of Pennsylvania, announced this week that it has sourced 7 Generation Games as a deal to connect for community round investment. In sourcing 7 Generation Games, WIVA wrote: Beyond the impact, the student team was incredibly impressed […]
Wharton Impact Venture Associates Selects 7 Generation Games as Deal
So I’ve got a bit of news to share. They say good things come in threes – and in the case of 7 Generation Games making headlines today, that was certainly true. Featured as part of Google’s #WeArePlay I knew this feature was coming out today – and I’m so […]
#WeArePlay, EdWeek and MPR: Good News Cubed
Will you be at South Summit in Madrid? We will! The international tech summit, now in its 10th year, drew over 22,000 attendees last year and is set to surpass that for 2022. Speakers are set to include former U.S. vice president Al Gore, Spanish World Cup winning goal keeper […]
7 Generation Games at South Summit in Madrid
You're in luck! If you have not yet read our long-running family group text in "A Different Kind of Text-Book", here is your chance. We are giving away the hilarious and PG-13 family text-book.