Our one-line pitch is…
Connect people online with the aim of creating a real-life exchange based on skills they can learn from each other.
Introduce your team, and tell us one interesting thing about each member. We are…
Daniel Gallner is a Vienna-native and has been working in real estate development for the past seven years. Prior to founding his own company he spent more than a year in Beijing, where he worked for an international consulting agency. He spends his free time traveling and playing soccer.
Iky Sandorffy was born and raised in Vienna but moved to Tel Aviv at the age of 19 to study molecular biology at Bar-Illan University. Iky is working full-time as strategic partner lead for Google. Iky enjoys traveling, extreme sports, chess and live music – but not necessarily in this order.
Alma Mautner worked as spokesperson at Nokia, where she was responsible for 15 markets in CEE, and in product PR at the Austrian mobile phone provider A1. She has eleven years of experience in communications.
Baking the perfect cake Photo credit: 2TangosWe received our initial capital through…
Private savings from Daniel and Iky. The initial investment of 6.000 euros was used for the development and design of the web service as well as for video production and marketing.
The real pain about starting a business in Austria is…
The “limitations” we have in Austria are not very supportive for startups of our kind. This is why 2Tangos was initially founded as a “Verein” (association). We are still focusing on increasing the number of submissions and related matches but as soon as the first business cooperations are in place, we’ll need to rethink our legal structure so we are able to earn money. Hopefully we won’t be forced to move the company out of Austria.
The person that inspires us is…
Elon Musk because he knows how to satisfy society’s needs, and goes out and implements his ideas. He created and launched PayPal and since then risked his personal wealth to make his projects work.
The one app/service that we couldn’t live without is…
Google Hangouts – it’s the key to the way we communicate and collaborate, given the international nature of our company.
The one thing we would save from our burning office is…
Each other! Everything else is replacable.
The worst piece of advice we ever got was…
“You need a lot of cash to make an internet venture work.”
The one thing that will make us quit is…
We don’t think about that. We strongly believe in our idea and the success rates prove that we are on the right track.
Our inside joke is…
If you don’t like where you are, change it. You’re not a tree.
You might not believe it, but we…
… are here to change the paradigm of education. Everyone can be a great teacher.
We’ll call ourselves successful when…
We have helped people all over the world exchange their skills and when we’ve made knowledge easily accessible to everyone. This is why every single match can be evaluated as a success. Apart from this, our mission consists in achieving 5.000 matches a day within our primary cities. We know our mission is ambitious but high set goals are the key to success.
The startup we really want to see on inventures’ Startup Pick is…
Have you heard of Mopius? They’re worth keeping an eye on, as we think they’ll become very successful in the near future.
Visit 2tangos.com to get in touch.
