Startups are young, sexy--and therefore sometimes have growing pains. Which is why it can be really smart to bring some been-there gray hairs into the mix.
When Yahoo announced its flashy hire of 18-year-old Nick D’Aloisio, his age got top billing as onlookers marveled at how a teenager built a multi-million-dollar business that could shake up the mobile offerings of a tech giant. That’s impressive, certainly, but in some ways, D’Alosio’s algorithmic app invention may turn out to be the easy part.
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