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Sphere has raised $30m from backers but its long gestation has puzzled the sector
Silicon Valley group paid $30m in 2011 to 17-year-old who won high-profile backing
Tech group’s snappy news app chosen as launch partner for Apple Watch
The 18-year-old who sold his start-up to Yahoo for an estimated $30m talks to Jonathan Ford about the business of skim-reading and being a time-poor teenager
Can students learn how to be entrepreneurs?
Nick D’Aloisio, the 17-year-old who sold his news app to Yahoo, calls to mind a few other early starters
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