The journey begins…
Yesterday, we were sitting in the office looking at the data numbers on one of the TVs when one of our team members said, “Wait, is this real? We passed 40,000 members on our platform and we are growing by the hundreds every day!”. That’s when it hit us. We are making a change. We are redefining what lending platforms are all about. We, LendConnect, are creating a movement.
Today, we decided to take a step back and look at the journey that brought us to where we are and what we have achieved so far. Take a seat, fasten your seatbelt because our final destination is the MOON.
July, 2017 — Our First Meeting
It was short. We knew what needed to be done. We wrote our mission statement, business model and roadmap. Heck, it was so short we barely got to finish our coffees.
November, 2017 — Dashboard v1 Released & ICO
Preparing for our pre-sale and crowd-sale, we created the first version of our platform. It consisted of a register page, login page, dashboard with limited data, and our referral system. Looking back at it today, well, lets not look back. It wasn’t the prettiest piece of art we created, but you have to start somewhere, right?
November 23rd, 2017 was the most frightening day of our lives. We launched our pre-sale at $0.5 per LCT token and allocated 1 million tokens. November 28th, 2017 was round 1 of the crowd-sale. Investors were able to purchase tokens at $0.6 per LCT. December 2nd, 2017 was round 2 at $0.75 per LCT. December 7th, 2017 was the last round of the ICO at $0.9 per LCT.
We never reached the total amount of tokens we wanted to sell in the ICO, so we decided to cut the ICO short on December 12th, 2017. We sold a total of 3 million tokens. This day was one we will never forget. We gathered the funds we raised, and compared it to our roadmap. It didn’t align with our plan. We were nervous. We sat days and nights to figure out what changes needed to be made. We were committed. We found the solution. We built a smaller team, but brought on board only those that we knew will grind their teeth day and night.
And thats exactly what happened. We got to work.
December, 2017 — Dashboard v2 Released
During the ICO, we started working on the new version of the platform. We knew we needed a solid platform that was stable and secure, different from the other platforms. The day came. December 10th, 2017. Our lead developer said, “It’s ready. Can I deploy?”. We didn’t know if to release the new version or wait until the ICO was over. But why wait? Let’s show our investors we are dedicated and committed. This was our platform, built from scratch. We clicked on “Deploy” and there it was.
As days and weeks progressed, we hired more developers. Working on weekends and holidays, we finally got our platform to be fully function. With over 2000 deployments, we knew this version was a success. It includes the following:
- Dashboard
- Login/Register
- 2FA Security
- LCT / ETH Wallets
- Deposit / Withdraw Systems
- Lending Systems: auto-reinvest
- Support Ticket System
- Promotion Material
- and last but not least, Internal Exchange
With the release of v2, we decided to rebrand.
March, 2018 — Dashboard v3 & Marketing
So here we are today, looking back at the couple crazy months, sleepless months. It has been a rollercoaster. But we aren’t here to build 1 ride, we want to build a whole park! We have 13 developers working around the clock continuing to build the strongest and most secure platform to date.
Before we continue to talk about what is expected, we want to take a pit stop to say Thank You. The amount of support and positive feedback we get from this community is what continues to bring us the drive to build, create and fight. From comments left on Facebook, to tweets being shared on Twitter, we don’t take that for granted. Telegram chat, what else can we ask for? Your positivity, support and activeness is something we never imagined we would see. We have built a family, and we want you to know, that this family is here to stay.
In case you are not following us on our social media platforms, see below.
- Telegram Announcement Channel: https://t.me/lendconnect
- Telegram Community Channel: https://t.me/lendconnectofficial
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lendconnect/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lendconnect
We hope you are enjoying the ride so far, but lets increase the speed and take a look at what the future holds.
In the upcoming weeks, we will be releasing new features and programs on the platform which will be part of v3. We will explain more into detail each program here on our Medium page, so make sure to follow and check back.
- ETH Staking
- LCT Staking
- Internal Exchange with ICO listings
- LCT Signals
- UI Improvements
- More Security Enhancements
It’s time for marketing. We built a platform we are happy to share and we started taking big steps to promote it. We have a lot of interesting campaigns and partnerships coming up which we are sure will bring new investors to enjoy the services we provide. In order to help our marketing team, we created a questionnaire to better understand our audience. We would appreciate it if you took the time to answer all the questions.
We will be landing back shortly but we appreciate you joining us on this exciting journey. Our next flight’s destination will be to the MOON, so make sure to grab a seat!
Thank you for flying with LendConnect.
