Mango Languages

Oakland Press News 9

Check out this review of Mango on the Oakland Press website!

“Have you ever been on a trip somewhere in the world and wished you were able to talk to the locals more effectively in their language?

That’s something that’s easily achievable through a variety of computer programs, and one Oakland County company – Farmington Hills-based Mango Languages – has its own offering in this category.

I recently gave the company’s Mango Passport a whirl, learning Italian, and was impressed with what I saw.”  Read More…

patch news article 8

People aspire to learn a new language for many reasons; work, travel, studying abroad. Whatever your reason, there’s a Farmington Hills company ready to teach.

Mango Languages, which has been serving the library market, K-12 school systems, universities and government, has launched new software called “Mango Passport” with the average traveler in mind. After receiving numerous requests for a retail version of their program, the company decided to expand its customer base, offering language learning software you can use at your own pace. Read More…

Detroit Free Press

Shortly after Jason Teshuba founded Mango Languages, the company was nearly out of money when an employee said they both needed to fly to New York City.
“What do you mean ‘Go to New York?’, Teshuba remembers asking Ryan Colpaert, his sales director. “Who’s going to pay for this?”

Crain’s Detroit Business News 6

About two years ago, Richard Wallace got nervous.
“People used to kid me: ‘Get rid of that Wall Street Journal, quit reading this negative news,’ but I sense that something was going wrong here,” said Wallace, president and owner of Clawson-based ND Industries Inc., an adhesive manufacturer founded by his father in 1955.
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Crain’s Detroit Business News 5

When Mango Languages started in 2007, the company had one mission: Launch the website.
“We were putting on foot in front of the other, said Jason Teshuba, CEO of the online language learning company. “Get the website up, get the product done. We knew we were on some very limited funds, so we had to come up with some creative financing.”
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Crain’s Detroit Business News 3

Area executives discussed managing businesses through times of rapid growth today at a workshop sponsored by Crain’s Detroit Business and Walsh College.

The event, “Scaling Up Fast,” held at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy, featured a panel discussion of some of Southeast Michigan’s growing second stage firms followed by roundtables on hiring practices, growth management and technology implementation. Read more…

Crain’s Detroit Business 2

When a big contract comes in, a second-stage company can double in size overnight. Executives who managed a specific area of a company through sudden growth will share their stories at the Crain’s Second Stage Workshop: Scaling Up Fast, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 7:30-10:30 a.m., at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy. Read more…

Crain’s Detroit Business News

“We were putting one foot in front of the other,” said Jason Teshuba, CEO of the online language-learning company. “Get the Web site up, get the product done. We knew we were on some very limited funds, so we had to come up with some creative financing.”

In 2009, Mango reported roughly $3 million in sales, up from $1.3 million in 2008, and 27 employees in its Farmington Hills headquarters, with another 80 workers worldwide. Read more…