Welcome!...and we invite you to join Linda and I in our quest to discover whether this path we are on is truly our destiny for this part of our life. We know believing and having faith is crucial, but the question remains whether we have developed this business out of our own will to find fulfillment in life or is it really a God-ordained plan for Linda and I to help singles and send a message to society about healthy dating based on biblical standards.
The two of us started this business a little over a year ago and it has been a roller coaster ride of ups and downs to say the least. We started as a personalized service February 14, 2007 and after gaining some national attention, http://thescroogereport.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/christian-dating-site-we-are-not-here-for-the-desperate/
have been on a long and difficult journey to restructure to an online national business. We have spent the last several months preparing the business plan and seeking investors. Our travels have taken us to New York and Atlanta and we have learned how to talk the investor lingo with the best of them. I do have to say "value proposition" is my most favorite phrase now. ha! Even though we were graciously accepted and have made some new well-to-do contacts, it doesn't seem like it's the plan for us to bring others into the business at this point. Doors open and doors close and it seems that in this case the door has closed for investors, which led us to discover maybe the resources we need to continue have actually always been available to us in an unexpected way. Upon this discovery, I confess I felt like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz when she discovers what she had went across the country looking for was at her disposal all along. "There's no place like home, there's no place like home."
Nevertheless, we are pushing onward, but at the appropriate pace as we found it is never a good idea to jump ahead of God. Right now the launch date is scheduled for May 20th! The ideas and plans are coming together, but there is still a lot to accomplish. The encouragement from our clients and the confirmation of the need has kept us going during the most difficult days.
This is one of my favorite quotations. I have it on my refrigerator to inspire rejuvenation during those dark moments of doubt and confusion. (Linda says it's too long)
"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who, at the best, knows in the end of the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory not defeat."
(I believe this was written by Theodore Roosevelt, but correct me if I'm wrong.)
We welcome your comments and responses, and if appropriate we'll post them for others to see. Stay tuned....
The two of us started this business a little over a year ago and it has been a roller coaster ride of ups and downs to say the least. We started as a personalized service February 14, 2007 and after gaining some national attention, http://thescroogereport.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/christian-dating-site-we-are-not-here-for-the-desperate/
have been on a long and difficult journey to restructure to an online national business. We have spent the last several months preparing the business plan and seeking investors. Our travels have taken us to New York and Atlanta and we have learned how to talk the investor lingo with the best of them. I do have to say "value proposition" is my most favorite phrase now. ha! Even though we were graciously accepted and have made some new well-to-do contacts, it doesn't seem like it's the plan for us to bring others into the business at this point. Doors open and doors close and it seems that in this case the door has closed for investors, which led us to discover maybe the resources we need to continue have actually always been available to us in an unexpected way. Upon this discovery, I confess I felt like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz when she discovers what she had went across the country looking for was at her disposal all along. "There's no place like home, there's no place like home."
Nevertheless, we are pushing onward, but at the appropriate pace as we found it is never a good idea to jump ahead of God. Right now the launch date is scheduled for May 20th! The ideas and plans are coming together, but there is still a lot to accomplish. The encouragement from our clients and the confirmation of the need has kept us going during the most difficult days.
This is one of my favorite quotations. I have it on my refrigerator to inspire rejuvenation during those dark moments of doubt and confusion. (Linda says it's too long)
"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who, at the best, knows in the end of the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory not defeat."
(I believe this was written by Theodore Roosevelt, but correct me if I'm wrong.)
We welcome your comments and responses, and if appropriate we'll post them for others to see. Stay tuned....
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