Archive for October, 2009

Guys And Girls Next Door

Angel Cruzado moved to Seattle to pursue a romantic relationship in 2006. When things didn’t work out, he found himself single last year. As a single and busy professional, he explored all his online dating and matchmaking options. He took time out of his workday and evenings to compose multiple online matchmaking profiles, and even placed online matchmaking ads with no lasting or real results.

When the cyber world failed him, Angel tried local franchises for dates and events. Exorbitant prices and uncomfortable high-pressure sales tactics sent him out the door. The whole experience left him feeling even more lonely and isolated than when he started.

As a busy or single professional, your experience should never be like his. Angel left his job at Microsoft in June of 2009 and created GND-Seattle LLC (dba GuysAndGirlsNextDoor.com) to take online dating offline for Seattle Guys And Girls Next Door.

Guys and Girls Next Door (GND) is a new matchmaking service that combines face-to-face events, coaching and feedback. It is designed to meet the needs of today’s busy singles, creating social scenes for people with an interest in dating and extending their social circle.

GND offers three distinct services:

• Matchmaking: one-to-one personalized introductions.
• Social Matchmaking: an invitation to meet new people in fun, comfortable social settings.
• Relationship Coaching: have a one-to-one session or take a dating class to develop the skills you need to enter a new relationship.

Prior to starting the company, Angel was a Management Development Consultant with Microsoft and worked as a Human Resources Business Partner and Coach with employees in multiple professions in global Fortune 100 companies located across the United States. Angel graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a graduate degree in Management and Human Resources and Bentley University with a undergraduate degree in Management.

Mary Starks, Allen Rodriguez and Angel Cruzado are the founders of http://www.GuysAndGirlsNextDoor.com.

Angel Cruzado, Executive Director

Do you know that according to the MBTI there are 16 different personality type preferences – each equally valuable with its natural strengths and weaknesses? Rather than limiting your understanding of yourself by stereotyping yourself, we use the MBTI to help our members better understand themselves and find their complements.

The feedback that we are receiving from our members (busy, single professionals, ranging from mid 20s to late 50s) is that they wished they had learned about their Type in prior relationships.  Understanding your Type enables each person to understand his or her values, drives, and motivations.

We use the powerful tool of the MBTI to provide our members with common language of their Type and their opposite/complement prior to introducing them to other members.

We are a new matchmaking company. We created this start-up from the ground up for Seattle singles.  We are investing in Seattle.  We are increasing our database every day.  If you have single friends, family members and business colleagues, please tell them about our new matchmaking company and our services:

• Matchmaking: one-to-one personalized introductions.
• Social Matchmaking: an invitation to meet new people in fun, comfortable social settings.
• Relationship Coaching: have a one-to-one session or take a dating class to develop the skills you need to enter a new relationship.

By discovering your Type you can learn how to understand, accept, and appreciate yourself and your new romantic interest for who they really are.  By investing in Guys And Girls Next Door, you and your Seattle single friends can Meet People… Not Their Profiles. Check out our MBTI services now in our Relationship Coaching webpage: www.GuysAndGirlsNextDoor.com/services? 

Guys And Girls Next Door

Thank you for being our friend and supporting our new matchmaking company. We had a great weekend visiting neighborhoods in the Greater Seattle area on the Conference Bike promoting the Group Date .

Since April 10, we have been working with a team of individuals to start a matchmaking company for Seattle singles. Some of these individuals have donated their time, others have worked with us to get experience, but most have come to us because they hate the dating options that are available to them.

The feedback has been crystal clear: “Dating online can be lonely and isolating. How many online matchmaking profiles do I really need to meet someone? Going to franchise matchmaking companies is an option, but it’s just cost prohibitive.”

Here is the deal. We have invested a lot of time, energy and money to create a local Seattle company that meets your needs and the needs of your single friends, family and business colleagues. No more hiding behind profiles: Meet People. Not Their Profiles.

Our ask. Our ask is that you and your friends make the switch from online matchmaking companies to Guys And Girls Next Door. We have a great promotion that ends in 15 days, October 31. Seeing someone? Forward this blog. Intrigued? Visit us online.  Want to show us some love? Post this blog on your profile.  Want us to make some changes?  Provide us feedback.  Want to meet singles in Seattle?  Sign up.

Joining is easy: Your next step is to have you or your friends call us now at 206-866-5783 or complete your membership profile online and we’ll meet you offline.

We offer three distinct services:

• Matchmaking: one-to-one personalized introductions.
• Social Matchmaking: an invitation to meet new people in fun, comfortable social settings.
• Relationship Coaching: have a one-to-one session or take a dating class to develop the skills you need to enter a new relationship.

Check out the “hands on,” AMAZING WORK that Allen, Amy, Brittany, Brooke, Colleen, Charm, Chuck, Flora, Fred, Jennifer, Jude, Justin, Manjusha, Mrigendra, Mary, Nick, Rajesh, Renae, Richard, Saba, Sanjeev, Terri, Vibhasha, Vickie, Vipin, Zac, etc. have done at http://www.GuysAndGirlsNextDoor.com.  Thank you www.dibpace.com, www.odesk.com, www.99designs.com, www.craigslist.org, www.biznik.com for your online collaboration and support of Guys And Girls Next Door.

Angel

Angel Cruzado
Executive Director
GuysAndGirlsNextDoor.com

Conference Bike Group Date Promotion

As part of its launch, Guys And Girls Next Door has partnered with Dutch Bike Seattle to create Promotion Conference Bike Group Dates in neighborhoods like Ballard, Belltown, Capital Hill, Fremont, Queen Anne, Kirkland, WA, Madison Park, etc. using the innovative 7-person working bike — the schedule of neighborhood appearances is below and on the GND events calendar.

It’s is FREE. You don’t have to be single to ride the Conference Bike… singles, parents, partners, divorced, etc. are all welcome to experience the Conference Bike.

If you have an interest in riding the Conference Bike next weekend, our schedule is below.  The weather forecast for the weekend is partly cloudy, in the 60s.  If you want to see the Conference Bike in action, please check out the following YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cDDBM9gJts. The Conference Bike  is HILARIOUS!

Guys And Girls Next Door (GND) is a matchmaking service that combines face-to-face events, coaching and feedback. GND is designed to meet the needs of today’s busy singles, creating social scenes for people with an interest in dating and extending their social circle.

We offer three distinct services:

 Matchmaking: one-to-one personalized introductions.
 Social Matchmaking: an invitation to meet new people in fun and comfortable social settings.
 Relationship Coaching: have a one-to-one session or take a dating class to develop the skills you need to enter a new relationship.

In celebration of its launch, Guys And Girls Next Door is offering free Social Matchmaking Memberships for two months for members who sign up by October 31, 2009. Initiation fees of $50.00, which cover set-up and MBTI fees, are not included in this introductory offer.

Everyone is welcomed to ride the Conference Bike. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!