My attempts to discover meaningful companionship using popular online dating sites proved feeble. As a result, I created and launched Sparkbliss which leverages what has always been the best way to meet people – introductions from your circle of friends. In fact, 63% of married couples met through a network of friends, according to a recent Temple University study. If it can help find your soul mate,

why not let friends and family play matchmaker?

A related problem with the majority of online dating sites is they require members to create a searchable public dating profile. My preference is to protect personal privacy, not surrender control of it. Today, public concern over personal privacy on the internet is a hot topic. This convergence has resulted in millions of single adults avoiding online dating rather than publish private information on public social networking and dating sites.

For many professional single adults exposing their personal lives on the internet can be quite embarrassing and potentially jeopardize careers. For example: a lawyer avoids online dating because his colleagues will ridicule him if they find him on a dating site; a teacher is reluctant because students and parents could easily search and find information which could compromise her authority. Studies suggest 40% of the 100 million single adults in the U.S. have visited online dating sites – what option do the rest of us have?

Sparkbliss helps discover meaningful companionship through your circle of friends while protecting your personal privacy. It works like this: each member decides who can view his/her bio with complete control over whom they invite into their private 'trusted' network and thus make romantic introductions on their behalf. In an era where the online dating market appears largely satisfied, Sparkbliss is remarkable by using a private social network to bring together individuals of similar interests, backgrounds and values.