Innovation in
Real estate, technology, and media.
In a world increasingly dominated by large institutions and very specialized businesses, John F. Groom has taken a different path, engaging in a wide variety of entrepreneurial ventures, always trying to find a new and better way of creating value, focusing on real estate, technology, and media.
Our current focus is Casa Command, an app we believe will change the way real estate is built, managed, insured, and fixed – and the way that people move.
People
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John F. Groom
Founder
John has been involved in digital technology since 1996 with the launch of the Positive Press website, which garnered wide publicity. In 1998 he became the 4th full time employee of AnnuityNet, the first company in the world to sell variable annuities online. The processing system developed by AnnuityNet is now used by every major insurance company in the US.
USA Groom VenturesJohn has 3 software patents:
- System and Method for Searching, Organizing, Exploring and Relating Online Content – issued in 2018
- Alternate Search Methodology – issued in 2021
- Multi-dimensional interaction with data stores related to tangible property – Pending, filed in 2020.
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Bryan Matott
Design Lead
Bryan has been with Groom Ventures since June 2020. During his time with Groom Ventures he has been working on design, research, and testing for development of Casa Command.
Previously, he held the role of Lead Designer for three years at Rome Technologies, a management software developer. He has a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design.
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Prudhvi Nag
Technical Lead
Prudhvi has been with Groom Ventures since 2019. He has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science & Applications and a Masters in Business.
Previously, he was a Software Engineer at Sigma Info Solutions, Bangalore.
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Ketut Adhi
Manager, Indo Art House and Virginia Groom Foundation
Adhi has a masters degree in Art Research for Visual Communication. He joined Groom Venture in early 2022 after successfully organizing various charity VGF events and art production for IAH.
Previously he worked on a startup project and creative production as a freelancer.
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Bobby Ketros
Bobby is an illustrator and has been freelancing for a number of years.
In the past, Bobby has been a sign installer, production person at a display company, and graphic artist for a sign company.
He also has experience with drawings for patent applications.
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Sancita Resen
Sancita has a bachelors degree in economics and is pursuing a masters degree in tourism and was previously head of public relations at a tech start up.
He has been involved in Virginia Groom Foundation programs since they began in mid 2021.
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Technology
Casa Command integrates imagery and data in a way that allows people to see information in a visual context. It combines innovations in imaging, OCR, Artificial intelligence, image recognition, valuation algorithms, and business models.
It is being developed by a team that includes Groom Ventures employees in the US and India, as well as contractors in Pakistan, Lebanon, and elsewhere.
Real Estate
Our Projects
GV has been doing real estate ventures in Northern Virginia since 1989. It’s interesting to take our first real estate project and compare it to our latest one; both 10 acres, but quite different.
In the early 90s, Groom Properties, Inc. did the grading, built the road, and installed the street and utilities, then sold 22 finished single-family lots to NV Homes, a division of publicly-traded NVR, for the Maple Valley Project in the Franconia area of Fairfax, Virginia.
Now our Rock Hill Development LLC affiliate is taking the same amount of land, very close to the future Innovation Metro Station in Loudoun County, Virginia, and partnering with Greystar, the biggest apartment developer in the US, to build 415 apartments.
Media
Groom Ventures has a long history working with cutting-edge technology. In 1996 one of our ventures, Attitude Media, launched the Positive Press website, followed by The Outrage in 1997. These early web ventures garnered a lot of high-level publicity.
THE OUTRAGE REVIEWS
- Web Magazine: “a brilliant use of the Web”
- Netscape’s Netcenter: “Unbridled rants that can brighten even the dullest day”
- The Boston Globe: “John Groom also understands that man’s nature is contradictory”
- Playboy: “Entertaining rants on topics such as NBA labor negotiations and government waste.
Through various entities such as Groom Books and Attitude Media, Inc., Groom Ventures has published a wide array of books, websites, email lists and social media.
You can sign up for the Positive Quote of the Day by email, running since 1996, here, or get it via Twitter here.
Books
Counting to God: A Personal Journey Through Science to Belief
Living Sanely in an Insane World: Philosophy for Real People
Life Changing Advice From People You Should Know
Official Lies
The Real Case Against Goldman Sachs
From Tragedy to Triumph : 100 Amazing and Inspiring Comebacks
New Home Buyers Guide
The 1.4 Billion Dollar Man
Web
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John F. Groom
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INDO ART HOUSE
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GROOM MEDIA
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POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY
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HOW MUCH RISK
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DAILY OUTRAGE
Social
Attitude Media Twitter
Groom Media Facebook
Indo Art House Instagram
Groom Media Twitter
Living Sanely Instagram
Indo Art House Twitter
Groom Ventures has worked with contractors and investors around the world for many years. A few of them are featured below.
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Brian Casey
Server Administrator
Madison, WI
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Thomas Drotar
Explore Media Designer
Venice, CA
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Douglas Ell
Author of Counting to God
United States
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Marty Turk
Real Estate Brokerage
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David Noon
Co-author of From Tragedy to Triumph: 100 Amazing and Inspiring Comebacks
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Rich Brittingham
Senior Associate at Dewberry
Leesburg, VA
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Marko Vandev
Social Media Handler
Skopje, Madeconia
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Josey Thomas M.
Cartoonist
Thiruvananthapuram, India
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Khangelani Hlongwane
Research on Sales and Financing
Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Jana Jelovac
Graphic Design
Serbia
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Noelle Mineweaser
Trademarks
United States
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Sergei Mochtchenko
Financial Tool Development
Ukraine
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Pablo Kanof
Graphic Designer
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gary Ford
Investor
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Stephen Saxon
Investor
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Evelina Simone
Image Librarian and Researcher
London, UK
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Dnyanesh Gawali
Project Manager of Attitude Media
Pune, India
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Amit Agarwal
Project Manager of Scrapbook & Explore
Bangalore, India
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Saskia Vola
Data Analyst
Berlin
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Sam Tuke
Project Manager & Technical Lead of Explore
Berlin
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Joel Burlin
Digital Books Sales Executive
San Diego, CA
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Gobinda Roy
Marketing & Sales Research
Kolkata, India
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Adam Sullivan
Social Media Promoter
Iowa City, IA
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Bryant Mitchell
Real Estate Broker
Virginia
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James Muchiri
Health Care Consultant
Nakuru, Kenya
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Amber Rhodes
US Based Admin Asst / WordPress Developer
Greensboro, NC
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Mercy McCulloch
UI Designer
Marsing, United States
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Denise Biggs
Business Research on Successful Conservative Digital Entrepreneurs
Elliot, South Africa
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Jatinder Singh
Web Design with focus on Images
Chandigarh, India
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Sergei Mochtchenkov
Financial modeling
kiev, Ukraine
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Olga Rybas
Business Development
Denpasar, Indonesia
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Svitlana Minazova
Art research and Photography
kiev, Ukraine
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Lana Praprotnik
Art Research
Dresden, Germany
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Timothy Snowden
Patents
United States
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John Sutton
Accounting
United States
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Kyle Scudiere
Trademarks
United States
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Melinda Bockewitz
Insurance Consulting
United States
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Gagandeep Sohanpal
Technology research
India
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Fahad Shaikh
Mobile Development Team Lead, CodesOrbit
Pakistan
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Zia Ur Rehman
Mobile Developer
Pakistan