“There’s nothing to do around here.” Anyone who has lived in Southeast Texas has heard it. It isn’t true. There’s the fish fry and the church fundraiser, the Friday night gig, the homecoming game, trivia at the bar down the street and the touring Broadway show. The problem isn’t the events. It’s that they’re scattered across a hundred Facebook pages, flyers, websites and group texts.
WhatsUp! brings them together. It’s a Forge portfolio company with a simple promise: everything worth doing, all in one place.
One list, from every source
WhatsUp gathers events, recurring activities, places and organizations from across an area into one list, with duplicates cleaned up and every listing linked back to where it was found. Then it turns that list into picks for you and plans you can keep.
It’s built for phones and for the moment you actually ask the question: what’s happening tonight? What can we do this weekend? Where should we take the kids?
Local first
WhatsUp is built in and for Southeast Texas: Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Mid-County and the rest of the Golden Triangle. It should feel like it belongs here, not to a tech company. The small local events sit right next to the big ones, because that’s what a town actually looks like.
There’s a second side, too. Local businesses, venues, churches, schools and groups can claim their page, keep their events up to date and get found by people nearby.
Why it’s in the portfolio
A town with more going on is a better place to live, work and start a company. That’s the same bet The Forge makes every day at 268 Pearl Street. WhatsUp helps people see how much is already happening here, and helps the people making it happen fill the room.
Find something to do tonight at whatsup.org.
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