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Tatango

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Founded by Derek Johnson in his parent’s basement at the age of 22, Tatango is a group text messaging service that allows any group to communicate through SMS.

With one message from the computer or mobile phone, the service has the ability to reach thousands of people, instantaneously. Initially built as a service to help fraternities communicate via text messaging, Tatango has grown to a leader in the industry, with groups ranging from the generic organization to fortune 500 businesses.

The Tatango service doesn’t require any special phone or its users to download any software to use the service.

Tatango is the redesign of networkText, a website that grew to over 260,000 users and 30 million text messages sent following their launch in October of 2007.

Milestones

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  Tatango — Tatango Voice launched (10/15/08)
  Posted 10/19/08 at 9:41pm
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  Tatango — Launched Tatango to the public (9/5/08)
  Posted 10/19/08 at 9:40pm
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  Tatango — Angel Funding Raised - Bellingham Angel Group (5/1/08)
  Posted 10/24/08 at 5:36pm
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  Tatango received in Angel funding. (12/07)
  Posted 6/25/08 at 7:17pm
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  Tatango — networkText launched to the public (10/1/07)
  Posted 10/19/08 at 9:35pm
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  Tatango added Adrian Pike as CTO/Founder.
  Posted 6/25/08 at 7:17pm
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  Tatango added Derek Johnson as CEO/Founder.
  Posted 6/25/08 at 7:17pm
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  Tatango added Andrew Dumont as VP Business Development/Founder.
  Posted 6/30/08 at 10:07pm
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  Tatango added Amiel Martin as VP of Engineering.
  Posted 11/29/08 at 1:34pm
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  Tatango added Alex Mittelstaedt as VP of Community Relations.
  Posted 1/17/09 at 10:35pm
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  Tatango added Daniel Brusilovsky as Advisor.
  Posted 9/21/09 at 12:26pm
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  Tatango added Adrian Pike as CTO.
  Posted 10/10/09 at 2:51pm

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Sources

1. Bellingham Angel Group Provides Capital to Local Technology Start-up (piersystem.com) [edit]
2. NetworkText.com Unites Internet and Mobile Phones to Revolutionize Group Communications (tmcnet.com) [edit]
3. Tatango Opens Their Group SMS Service To The Public (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Tatango Makes Sending Group Voice Messages Free (news.cnet.com) [edit]
5. Bellingham Angel Group Provides Capital to Local Technology Start-up (piersystem.com) [edit]