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Marylander Makes an Imprint in Marketing
Seth Weiner and Sonic Promos featured on washingtonpost.com
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Supermarket Sweep
Nutritionist Randi Weissberger featured on Daily Candy
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Jaw Breaker
Jaw Massage at Be You Bi Yu Spa featured on Daily Candy
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Bucking the Trend, Md. House Prices Edge Up
Ron Sitrin interviewed by the Washington Post concerning trends in the DC Metro real estate market.
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FHA loans open doors to area housing
Ron Sitrin interviewed by the Washington Post concerning FHA loans.
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Gaming Centers to Open
A few years back, when John Borland and I were writing our book, we hung out quite a bit in a gaming cafe in San Francisco. Actually, it wasn't much of a cafe. It was more like a big room with lots of computers -- and darkened windows to keep the glare of the screen.
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Business combines tech, training and gaming
A Rockville company is maximizing its return by turning its training site for technology neophytes into a haven for late-night Guitar Heroes.
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Gaming centers try to cash in on booming industry
Before a Starbucks appeared on most every corner, people sat around their kitchen tables drinking coffee. Then someone got the idea that an entire industry could be built around the concept that java drinkers liked to be around other people who enjoyed coffee and, well, you know the rest.
Entrepreneurs such as Biju Thomas and Michael Feldman think they are onto something similar, only it’s in the realm of video games. Last year, the industry reached $7 billion in U.S. software sales — about double from 1996, according to the Entertainment Software Association of Washington, D.C.
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North Bethesda center cashes in on multi-billion dollar industry with plenty of PCs and big-screen TVs
Michael Feldman received a few raised eyebrows when he first talked about opening a gaming center in North Bethesda, where players could come to play video games on PCs and home game systems like the Xbox 360.
‘‘People would always say to me, ‘I can buy an Xbox and go home and play it, so why would I come to your center?’” he said. ‘‘My response is.... You can buy a six-pack of beer and you can go home and drink that beer, but chances are you’ll go to a bar. Why is that? Because of the social environment.”
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X3O Takes Computer Gaming Out of the Basement
The terrorists they're battling are digital, but their passion is real. And that, says Michael Feldman , is exactly why there's so much money to be made in the computer gaming industry.
Feldman doesn't design or sell games, but he's hoping to cash in on the $7.3 billion market just the same. He and a group of investors are launching a chain of "gaming centers," to bring players out of their basements by offering them a communal space to play on the latest equipment.
"There's a thrill in being able to look at the person next to you and say 'Ha, I beat you,' " said Feldman, president of X3O Emerging Technologies . "Kids don't want to be sitting at home in their rooms."
After a friend mentioned the concept, Feldman, an information technology professional by training, fell in love with the notion and spent two years preparing to launch the company.
The first X3O center, which opened in May, is a modern space at the corner of a strip mall. Twenty-three personal computers line sloping walls painted a deep blue and lime green. Couches and oversized beanbags provide resting spots for spectators, while the gamers sit in cushy executive-style chairs.
The goal was to create a distinct but easily replicable design, Feldman says, referencing Starbucks, master of that concept. On a recent weekend, 40 teenage boys -- and one girl -- crammed in to compete in a marathon Counter-Strike tournament.
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More Females Are Playing Video Games
More Females Are Playing Video Games
Shannon Bream Reporting:
New statistics say more women are playing video games.
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X3O Inspires RockStar Wanabes with NBC 4
Channel NBC 4, NBC News, came to X3O Gaming Center, a home to some of Montgomery County's rockstar wanabes. NBC 4 interviewed several local gamers about their experience with Guitar Hero III and other music games.
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Home Value Highwire
Long and Foster Real Estate Agent Ron Sitrin is concerned about the impact of all the doom and gloom.
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Ready or Not...
Read this insightful article about life transitions focusing on retirement.
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