The father-son duo transforms the computer skills of naval veterans in a mobile game company

Howard County, MD. – After years of service, structure and technological problems in the Marine Corps and on Capitol Hill, Willie Blount is now resolving a very different challenge: how to bring pleasure to neighborhoods throughout Maryland.

Blount is the founder of Next Level Gaming, a high -tech mobile game celebration bus built from zero using his expertise – and a passion shared with his son, Mike.

Look at the father-son duo explain how the game business works

The father-son duo transforms the computer skills of naval veterans in a mobile game company

“It looks like a mobile arcade,” said Blow, standing in one of his personalized game trucks. “But what you really see is military discipline, technological training and a lot of father-son links … All wrapped in a single bus.”

Willie Blount served in the US Marine Corps from 1994, where he worked in the aviation radar and communications. After eight years in uniform – six active, two inactive – he was released as a sergeant and then spent more than two decades working there for the American Congress.

“While I was in the body, I started learning computer stuff-it was the 90s, and it just clicked with me,” he said. “This path led me to DC, and finally here in this company.”

Blount describes himself as a “serial entrepreneur”, but said that the following level game is the one that allowed him to fully combine his passions for games, technology and family. He and Mike have linked for long hours of calling the duty when Mike was a child. One day, an idea struck them – that if they could bring this experience to others?

“My computer experience allows me to wire things, to make things work as they do,” said Blount. “Once the trucks are built, I bring them back to Maryland here, I prevent them and we are ready to drive.”

The result is an elegant and custom -designed festive bus charged with hundreds of video games, multiple monitors, configurations of laser beacons and reactive sound lighting. But for the Blounts, it is never just a technology.

“It started as a passion, but it turned into something in which we really believe,” said Mike Blount, who is now working as director of mobile operations. “Few people can say that they work with their father, that their father is their boss, and still loves what they do every day. I am really grateful. “

Willie said he considers higher level games as more than a company – it is a possibility platform, especially for veterans who seek to go to entrepreneurship.

“There are resources, especially for veterans-if you want to build something,” he said. “The first part is to find mentors, people who have been there. If you really see the vision, take the plunge. The worst thing that can happen is failure – and I see failure as a lesson.”

As a business belonging to veterans, Blount hopes to inspire others to believe in their own potential, whatever their journey.

“You connect to the dotted line when you reach the army, saying that you are ready to give your life for the country,” he said. “This experience taught me discipline, confidence and conduct. Now I can use it to build something for the community – and with my son by my side, it's the real reward. ”

From birthday party to community events, the next level game now takes place in the region's neighborhoods, increasing the scene of the party – a game at a time.

To find out more about higher level games or book the mobile experience, click here.

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