Congratulations to the entire team over at Tatango. Derek, Andrew, Alex & Adrian joined us and are having one of their best days ever. This is what a startup is all about, enjoying the ride!! Tatango was covered by Scoble, Mashable, and several other publications today. You can watch them *live* 24/7 at Tatango.tv

You guys are killing it! congrats again…

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I started Tatango in my parent’s basement just a little under two years ago. While I owe a lot to my parents for allowing us to work rent-free in their basement, to be honest, it sucked. The basement was dark, cramped and the complete opposite of fun.

When it came time for us to move the company into a real office, I knew we would do things a little different. Why not? Most of our employees are college dropouts and even though we work our asses off, we are still college students at heart and love to have fun.

So when we moved into the new office, we said goodbye dress codes, 9-5 hours and anything else that seemed too corporate to be considered cool. In the spirit of doing things our own way, we installed a full size basketball hoop where the reception area used to be, painted the walls bright orange, hired graffiti artists to do the decorating and nearly gave our landlord a heart attack during the whole process.

What we ended up with was a place that we loved to work in, even so much that employees tend to hang around the office even after they have finished work.

So why broadcast everything 24/7 and let the whole world watch us? Why the hell not! If people want to watch us, let them watch us. I think we have a pretty cool story to tell with our startup, and what better way to tell that story then to watch it play out in real time, live over the internet.

With all that being said, sit back, grab some popcorn, your favorite soda and enjoy!

- Derek Johnson (CEO – Tatango.com)