Score one for Seattle startup partnerships: Tatango, Julep team up for text-message campaign

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As the Seattle startup scene continues to grow, so do opportunities to form partnerships with neighboring companies. And that’s exactly what happened with two fast-growing startups here in the Emerald City: group-SMS service Tatango and cosmetics company Julep. Both companies knew each other because of shared mutual investors. When Julep launched their e-commerce site, Tatango… Read More…

Tatango to add 20K new clients, open NYC office with Broadtexter acquisition

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Tatango, the Seattle-based group SMS service, today announced the acquisition of Broadtexter, a New York-based entertainment text-messaging marketing platform. The move brings on an additional 20,000 clients to the Tatango platform, including big names like Reel Big Fish, Los Lonely Boys, Sister Hazel, Candlestick, Big Head Todd and The Monsters. Tatango will also be opening up a… Read More…

Group text developer Tatango eats up restaurant SMS service HungryThumb

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Tatango, the Seattle-based group SMS service, today announced the acquisition of restaurant text messaging marketer HungryThumb. Tatango allows people or businesses to send unlimited group texts from both their computer and mobile phone for a fee dependent on the amount of phone numbers. Scottsdale-based HungryThumb specializes in text message marketing for restaurants. Tatango CEO Derek… Read More…

13 ways to nail your pitch to angel investment groups

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Below I am going to focus on the stuff that I wish I would have know when I started pitching my startup company, Tatango, to angel groups. In addition to giving a few of my ideas, I also asked Eric Pratum, a past applicant screener and part of the screening committee for the Bellingham Angel… Read More…