Google’s Eric Schmidt backs gift card operator Tango Card

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Tango Card, a Seattle gift card startup, has reeled in $1.8 million in cash from Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Western Technology Investment. That follows $2.1 million which flowed into the company last year. In addition to the new cash, Tango Card announced that former Westpac general manager of technology and Boeing Joint Strike Fighter IT director… Read More…

This 19-year-old just dropped out of Wharton to sleep on an air mattress and build a new startup

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When we introduced you to Wesley Zhao back in April, he was just a fresh-faced 18-year-old kid kicking around a new Twitter application with his high school buddy Ajay Mehta. At the time, we were extremely impressed with the smarts and entrepreneurial energy of both Zhao and Mehta, and a bit disappointed when the rising stars from… Read More…