No 120: Have you heard of WhatsApp?

Of course you have. You are a well-connected, ultra-hip, modern day professional. Or are you? Have you heard of Tengi? It is like WhatsApp, but better. You still get the free messaging, free photo sharing and all the other delights of WhatsApp, but with Tengi you also get prizes!

Tengi was launched less than a month ago following a series of trials in Sheffield. Those of you who are not familiar with the UK geography, Sheffield is a dark place about half way up the country where people grow rhubarb and speak in a luxuriously soft South-Yorkshire cadence.


The man behind Tengi is Michael Stein, who I first came across when he was part of the inspirational crowd-funding business Trillion. Michael is one of those mind-blowingly innovative, never-stops-moving entrepreneurs. He is always challenging the norm, always finding new ways through old problems. Like all good entrepreneurs he is impatient and revels in breaking rules. I suspect one of his hobbies is kicking hives.


You can download Tengi from their website (www.tengi.com <http://www.tengi.com> ). Currently it is only available in the UK but give it a few weeks and the international launch will be underway.
 Their website also has lots of photos of recent happy winners, each one holding a 'Tengi Winner' sign. Most look truly delighted. Apart from one, who looks bizarrely pained. I have a suspicion this is because he has broken his arm (it seems to be bent
an unnatural 180 degrees).

 
I trust it goes without saying that I am writing this introduction to Tengi purely out of a love and devotion to all things that my good friend Mr Stein does. That said, should any of you actually win any prizes then I do expect a small payback: in your Tengi winner photo I want you to include in the background to your winners photo something watery (a glass of water, a water bottle, a reservoir...).

Michael might be about to create a whole new Tengi-community but we are going to create a new sub-community of Water-Tengists!

Enjoy.