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Derek Johnson
CEO , Tatango (Owner)
http://thederekjohnson.com/
Seattle, Washington, United States
Business owner
Member since: August 17, 2008
CEO , Tatango (Owner)
http://thederekjohnson.com/
Seattle, Washington, United States
Business owner
Member since: August 17, 2008
About Derek
Bio
With the vision to provide groups a free, easy and fast way to communicate with group members via SMS, Derek Johnson founded Tatango.com in 2007. Initially started as a way for his Fraternity to communicate with his Fraternity brothers, Tatango.com has grown to become a multi-million dollar leader in it's industry. As CEO, Derek is primarily focused on how to best translate user needs into a great service while directing Tatango.com in their strategic direction.
A 23-year-old dropout of the University of Houston Entrepreneurial program,Derek has raised half a million dollars in investments for the company from private investors and the Bellingham Angel Group. Tatango.com has done over 25 million messages since their launch and services all types of groups such as College organizations, churches, athletic teams, political candidates and non-profit groups.
As any entrepreneur will tell you, launching a company is hard work. Derek, a self proclaimed workaholic puts in 100+ hour workweeks to fulfill his vision of Tatango.com.
To make all the effort of launching Tatango.com as rewarding as possible for his employees, Derek has tried to keep the atmosphere a fun and exciting place to come to work everyday. The company's current office is located just outside of Seattle, WA. In the office you will find fridges stocked with energy drinks for the long hours the team puts in, a plasma TV for movie nights, blaring music, and walls covered with whiteboards as employees are always brainstorming new ideas.
Derek and the Tatango.com team have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Mashable, TechCrunch and other national publications.
A 23-year-old dropout of the University of Houston Entrepreneurial program,Derek has raised half a million dollars in investments for the company from private investors and the Bellingham Angel Group. Tatango.com has done over 25 million messages since their launch and services all types of groups such as College organizations, churches, athletic teams, political candidates and non-profit groups.
As any entrepreneur will tell you, launching a company is hard work. Derek, a self proclaimed workaholic puts in 100+ hour workweeks to fulfill his vision of Tatango.com.
To make all the effort of launching Tatango.com as rewarding as possible for his employees, Derek has tried to keep the atmosphere a fun and exciting place to come to work everyday. The company's current office is located just outside of Seattle, WA. In the office you will find fridges stocked with energy drinks for the long hours the team puts in, a plasma TV for movie nights, blaring music, and walls covered with whiteboards as employees are always brainstorming new ideas.
Derek and the Tatango.com team have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Mashable, TechCrunch and other national publications.
Education
| 2005 - 2007 University of Houston Entrepreneurial Studies |
Derek's connections (11)
| Adrian Pike | CTO, Tatango |
| Andrew Dumont | VP Business Development, Tatango |
| Bambi Francisco Roizen | CEO and Founder, Vator, Inc. |
| Meliza Solan | Producer, VatorNews |
| Nathan Carnes | |
| Ezra Roizen | General Manager, STRATEGYfx, LLC |
| Richard Jalichandra | President and CEO, Technorati Media |
| Lauren Valinoti | |
| RICHARD PEASAH FRIMPONG | |
| Kedric Van de Carr | VP Marketing and Business Development, Vator, Inc. |
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Derek's comments (2)
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Thomas, you obviously haven't used Tatango. If you would have used Tatango you would have first realized that each SMS is monetized via advertising and second, we are not only text messaging, we also offer ad-supported group voice calling. If I was you, I would find a different venue to bad mouth competitors. * Just to clarify, Teleflip was a completely different product as they offered the ability for peoples email to be converted into SMS. We do group text & voice messaging, not even close.
on Connecting Groups Through Text Messaging (November 26, 2008)
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@Ezra &,, Richard - Yea I've played my fair share of Quarters and Beer Pong in my fraternity days. If you are ever in Seattle, look us up and we can set up a game, maybe even VatorTV can broadcast it. On a serious note, you both had great advice and very interesting insight into the company, thanks for your time. If anyone has any feedback or questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Derek Johnson (CEO Tatango) djohnson@tatango.com 206.334.4012
on A look at iPhone apps and group SMS (September 22, 2008)
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