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Dallas Social Startup Wins Weekly National Competition
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dream Big America
(www.DreamBigAmerica.us), the first-ever "reality radio show" hosting
a weekly startup pitch competition, announces TangoTab as this past
week's winner. Dream Big America also reveals the competition's April
22nd startup contestants from New York, Omaha, and Missouri.
TangoTab (www.TangoTab.com) based in Dallas, TX and presented by
founder and CEO Andre Angel, is a phone app that provides restaurant
offers to diners and a free meal to a person in need for every
redeemed offer. To date, TangoTab has donated over 468,000 meals. On
April 15th, Angel pitched against Ficks (www.FicksDrink.com), an all
natural cocktail fortifier based in San Francisco, CA, and Blade
Butter, a razor oil company from Odessa, FL. TangoTab secured the
highest votes among the three startups, and will continue on to
compete in the Finals Round on April 29th against last week's winner,
Treeson Spring Water, and the victor of next week's competition.
"TangoTab is an inspiring social startup," said the Dream Big America
host Doug Stephan. "They are just one example of the immense good that
entrepreneurs provide to our society."
On April 15th, three more startups will compete to join Treeson Spring
Water and TangoTab in the Finals Round: Scough, Nobl, and
HallExchange.
Scough (www.WearAScough.com) based and manufactured in Brooklyn, NY is
a fashionable scarf that incorporates an activated carbon filter to
ward of germs. Scough will be presented by co-founder Alexa Nigro.
Nobl (www.NoblHealth.com) based in Omaha, NE improves the process of
hourly rounding in healthcare facilities to increase efficiency and
patient satisfaction. CEO Brett Byman will be pitching Nobl on
Tuesday.
HallExchange (www.HallExchange.com) is a free classifieds service
exclusively for college students based in Columbia, MO. HallExchange
will be pitched by co-founder Connor Hall.
The Dream Big America Show features three entrepreneurs pitching their
business ideas for two minutes each, followed by an expert panelist
who offers feedback and suggestions. Tapping into the surging
entrepreneurial movement spreading across the country, Dream Big
America strives to educate and support startups, all while providing
an exciting venue for America to choose which new businesses it wants
to see hit the market.
Dream Big America airs each Tuesday at 9:10am to 9:40am EDT on Doug
Stephan's Good Day Program (www.DougStephan.com), syndicated to over
500 markets across the United States with a weekly listening audience
of 3.5 million. In addition to being broadcast on the radio, the Dream
Big America Show can be heard via live podcast on the
DreamBigAmerica.us website.
For more information about the Dream Big America competition or to
schedule an interview with any of the Dream Big America participants
please call Beth Chapman at 816.835.0306 or email her.
Read more news from Dream Big America.
SOURCE Dream Big America
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