Thank you for signing up to attend Friday's TAG luncheon featuring Derek Johnson, CEO/Founder of Tatango. Directions to our meeting place at 1315 Cornwall Avenue can be found in the email below.
If you have any changes (additions/cancellations) to your RSVP please let me know by tomorrow (Thursday) morning so that we can update the head count to the caterer if necessary. Please be aware that this is a lunch meeting and no-shows cost us money.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you Friday.
Anna Ehnmark
TAG
360-647-4220
Thank you
Anna Ehnmark
Dear Members & Guests: 
Join us on Friday October 17 for a presentation by Derek Johnson, CEO and Founder of local tech startup Tatango.
With the vision to provide groups a free, easy, and fast way to communicate with group members via SMS, Derek Johnson founded Tatango.com (formerly networkText) 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 this industry. As CEO, Derek is primarily focused on how to best translate user needs into a great service offering and strategic direction.
This is the fourth presentation in TAG's series of War Stories from local technology entrepreneurs. Derek's presentation will focus on the Tatango story, past current and the future. He will share the trials and tribulations of running a tech startup and important lessons learned.
This will be a popular meeting so please RSVP by clicking as soon as possible.
Date and Time: Friday, October 17 from 12:00 - 1:15 pm.
Location: DIS building at 1315 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA. For Directions >>
Cost: Free for members, $10.00 at door for non-members to cover lunch.
About Derek Johnson and Tatango
A 23-year-old dropout of the University of Houston Entrepreneurial program, Derek has raised half a million 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. In fact, Derek has been down this path before. First, he grew his high school staffing company up to 15 part-time employees, and then he built a high-end landscaping business, selling it before he turned 21.
Derek and Tatango.com have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, Mashable, TechCrunch and other national publications.
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