Interviewing outstanding educators as part of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps we found three needs stood out.
Start-up Diaries
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
1 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
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
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
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
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
2 We'll be giving six conference presentations over the next seven weeks, in North Dakota, South Dakota & Minnesota.
On the road again – conference season!
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
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
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
How is moving our startup to the Midwest going? If you’ve been following along, you know that we’re opening a 7 Generation Games office in Minneapolis this month. If you want to meet and talk about educational software that teaches Native American history, math and English/ Language arts for grades […]