Gaming for Good – how wonderful is that?!

Our guest, Mariam Nusrat, is the Founder of GRID - Gaming Revolution for International Development, a tech start-up that aims to unleash the power of video games to educate, engage and empower people for positive behavior change.

GRID is powered by a global team of young professionals who share a passion for video games and social change. They have created games on reproductive health, climate change, health pandemics, animal welfare and STEM learning and have games in the pipeline on child abuse, financial literacy and skills for the future.

GRID grew as a Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) Commitment to Action and has been featured twice on the CGIU stage in sessions moderated by President Bill Clinton.

The team is currently building Breshna - a no-code platform that creates video games with no-code, at low cost and lightning speed.

Mariam, an Education Specialist at the World Bank, believes in the power of young people, especially women, and has a vision of a world where empowered girls are not a minority but a norm. Her favorite quote this year is “Why can’t “run like a girl” mean win the race?”

Mariam dropped gems the entire conversation, including:

00:00 Meet Mariam!
11:42 - why no code video game dev has not been mainstreamed
14:00 - being a woman in a male-dominated industry
16:38 - accepted into the Clinton Global Initiative University
20:55 - outstanding advice for side-hustling founders
23:25 - Andelicious Moment - Marian's terrific fund raising advice
28:00 - why it's time for a no-code video game building platform (think CANVA or SQUARESPACE)
28:50 - meet Breshna!
30:40 - why building in public helps you build your business
38:40 - be a category leader (Ocean Programs Accelerator: https://oceanprograms.com)
53:15 - Mariam's generous offer to share her dev team at cost - email her: mariam.adil@gamingfordev.com
54:25 - sign up for Breshna's game jam - July 17
58:25 - Stitch That on a Pillow!

To learn more about GRID, click here:

To learn more about Breshna, click here: https://breshna.gamingfordev.com/

Please connect with Mariam and follow GRID here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamadil
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gamingfordev
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamingfordev/

How Not to Waste Time and Money on Product Development: https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEMVP

What if Someone Steels My Idea: http://bit.ly/StealIdea

Scroobious Pitch It Plan: http://bit.ly/SLSScroobious

Ocean Programs Accelerator: https://oceanprograms.com/

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