improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message tatango founded october 2007 headquarters bellingham washington key people ceo derek johnson cto adrian pike vp of marketing andrew dumont website tatango.com alexa rank 79 439 april 2014 update 1 registration required current status active tatango is a u.s. mobile group communication service that allows users to send messages to a group of people through sms and voice messaging . messages come with an attached advertisement at the end which allows the service to be free but adverts can be removed by paying for the service . tatango has 400 000 members sending five to six million text messages a month . citation needed contents 1 history 2 features 3 press 4 references 5 external links history edit derek johnson the ceo founded the service originally named networktext out of his parent s basement in october 2007 when at the university of houston s bauer college of business . 2 initially started as a solution for his fraternity delta upsilon to communicate with his fraternity brothers tatango has since grown to become one of the industry leaders in the mobile marketing space . tatango works with a broad spectrum of clients ranging from small to fortune 500 businesses . johnson left college and moved to bellingham where he had family friends and business contacts and founded networktext with matt pelo who left the company later that year . in 2008 the company was renamed to tatango and offices were found . tatango moved from being a limited liability company to a corporation late in 2008 . features edit tatango allows a group leader to set up a free account through the website then allows the leader to invite contacts to join their group . once members are in a group the group leader can message the entire group through tatango by sending one message from their computer or mobile phone . advertisements attached to the bottom of messages allow the service to be free to any member and group leader . in november 2008 tatango started a service where for a fee a user can send ad free messages as well as have access to additional features . press edit techcrunch 3 cnet 4 the seattle times 5 and lifehacker . 6 tatango ceo derek johnson has also been featured in the wall street journal in the article what sneakers say about your soul . young workers rebel against standard business attire ; the significance of chuck taylors . references edit tatango.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . http www.facebook.com thederekjohnson info tatango opens their group sms service to the public techcrunch september 5 2008 greg kumparak http www.techcrunch.com 2008 09 05 tatango opens their group sms service to the public tatango makes sending group voice messages free cnet october 15 2008 don reisinger http news.cnet.com 8301 17939 109 10066712 2.html tag mncol texting simplifies group messages the seattle times october 15 2007 charles bermant http seattletimes.nwsource.com html businesstechnology 2003950337 btinterface15.html tatango mass messages your opt in friends for free lifehacker september 7 2008 kevin purdy http lifehacker.com 5046148 tatango mass messages your opt in friends for free external links edit official website twitter page tatango on crunchbase retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tatango & oldid 691625775 categories mobile telecommunication serviceshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2009articles needing additional references from july 2009all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 november 2015 at 02 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view