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If you’re going to run a startup, you have to be able to accept a certain level of uncertainty. You never know what’s going to work – or not work. Will this social media approach be the right one? Will this blog topic generate a bunch of views? Will going to […]

You Never Know

February 28, 2020 in Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

World's Largest Pheasant I met on Innovation Corps tour — Interviewing outstanding educators as part of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps we found three needs stood out.

What day is it? NSF I Corps Week 2-3

February 12, 2020 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Start-up Diaries tagged Innovation Corps by AnnMaria De Mars

Flight 1 of 13 in NSF Innovation Corps Program — What exactly is the Innovation Corps? Why is AnnMaria not returning my calls/ emails / meeting requests? Will Maria, AnnMaria and Juliana ever sleep again? Which of them lives at LAX Terminal 7 and which in the Delta terminal at MSP? Read on to have all of these questions answered. […]

We’ll never sleep again. NSF I-Corps Begins

January 26, 2020 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

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

Maria Burns Ortiz — Our CEO, Maria Burns Ortiz, never stops! She'll be on a fireside chat at the ED Games Expo January 9 in DC, doing game demos and then heading for a school site visit.

Meet our Traveling CEO in DC : ED Games Expo

January 5, 2020 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries tagged business travelers by AnnMaria De Mars

Sunset on the Standing Rock reservation — I get stressed that I have not accomplished enough in a week. Then I look at what has happened this decade. Weeks add up. People are awesome.

Word of the Decade: Gratitude

December 31, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Before I started working here, my knowledge of Native American history was what I learned in middle school, basically a watered down unit on The Trail of Tears. There is so much more history than what is taught in schools, – and at 7 Generation Games, we work really hard […]

My Top 5 Native American History Video Resources

November 14, 2019 in Educational Resources / Intern Diaries tagged Native American heritage month by Sabrena Youngerman

User support can be messy — User support is everyone's job in a small company, but I'm happy to do it. Help requests mean people are actually using our software.

User support and big fat liars

September 16, 2019 in Educational Games / Game Progress / Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Sunset in South Dakota - Indian education conference travel has its perks — We'll be giving six conference presentations over the next seven weeks, in North Dakota, South Dakota & Minnesota.

On the road again – conference season!

August 21, 2019 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries tagged road trip by AnnMaria De Mars

Train to San Diego — In today’s episode of Startup Travel , Latinas in Tech or Where in the World are the Founders …. I’m writing this from the Pacific Surfliner, the train that runs between Los Angeles and San Diego. Being an American living on the west coast, every single time I go to […]

UnidosUS: Trains, planes and social impact startups

August 2, 2019 in AnnMaria / Start-up Diaries / Women in Tech tagged Latinx startups / social impact startups / UnidosUS by AnnMaria De Mars

Learn division with refrigerator magnets — Intern Diaries contribution from Irma Barcena I remember in kindergarten, I would give my mother my work and she would hang it on the fridge. It varied from art and colored pictures. As I got older, it became assignments and tests where I did well, and eventually only the As […]

From papers on the refrigerator to division magnets

July 23, 2019 in Division / division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Intern Diaries / Math / Mathematics by Julia De Mars

Everyone has biases. “But wait Sabrena, what do biases have to do with checking yourself?” Well, let me tell you. I’m sure we’ve all heard the phrases “check yourself before you wreck yourself” and “take a look in the mirror before you judge anyone else.” As much as we try […]

Checking Myself Before I Wreck Myself

July 22, 2019 in Bilingual Education / Intern Diaries tagged education / intern diaries by Sabrena Youngerman