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Company History
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1983. Friend Steve and I call in sick to
our day jobs, and exhibit the Calculated Couples concept to the public at a local trade show.
We collect names and addresses from
the participants... but have no idea when we'd be holding our first party! |
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Here I am, taking information at
another show. We waited until we had a few hundred names and addresses, then we rented a place, created a postcard invitation... |
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And hosted our
first party. We had hundreds of people show up. So many,
in fact...
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The restaurant reached capacity,
and made us post a sign on the door telling people the "party is now closed until 10pm".
The reflection you see is
people waiting to get in.
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We knew we had a hit.
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TV reporters started
showing up, asking what made us so unique.
On the left I'm being
interviewed at a party.
On the right I'm a guest on
a TV news show.
(Guess I only had one
sport jacket! |
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After people
saw us on the news, anyplace we went we had singles flock to our table to hear more about us. |
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We were hired to host a singles
weekend in upstate New York. The crowd of 800 was overwhelming...
but fun!
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A local New York
nightclub hired us to match their patrons. This event STARTED at midnight! |
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We ventured into Manhattan,
and ran a bunch of parties at some ritzy bar/restaurants. |
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Wherever we went,
we had hundreds of singles. |
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In February 1991, Entrepreneur
Magazine did a feature on us.
Now people all across the country
knew our name. A few months later, I moved to Arizona, and Steve and I went our separate ways. |
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I watched the local market,
checked out advertising, and started running Phoenix area parties. Since then, my staff and I have walked for causes... |
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Set up
picnics...
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And delivered
food and toys to needy families. |
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I've written a
book about the singles industry. |
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We've held
parties in saloons... |
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Dressed
up for
Halloween... |
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Taught singles
how to hula... |
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Got them to
two-step...
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And led dozens
of pre-party workshops. |
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Run black-tie
affairs under the stars at the local Science Museum.. |
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.. and taken over
as producers of the largest trade show for singles in Arizona. |
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We've watched
our single
party guests
become 'Calculated Couples'... |
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... and met the kids
they brought back to 'meet the people that matched their mommy and daddy'. |
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In 2003 we had our
20th Anniversary Dance, and had a
few dozen of our
'couples' come
back to visit.
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Here's to
another 20 years! |
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And lots of fun.
Here Steve and I are meeting two ladies at one of our events. |
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We've been around for a long, long time...
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Company History
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