There is a generation of skimmers. It's not that they don't want to read in-depth content, but they want to evaluate what the content is before they commit time. Especially on a mobile phone - you don't have the phone, or cellular data, or screen size to be reading full-length content.
Nick D'AloisioIt's the scale that Yahoo brings - and that user base - that I really want to build products for.
Nick D'AloisioI put together an iPhone app called TrimIt and released that in July 2011. About a month later, the private fund of the Hong Kong billionaire Li-Kashing cold emailed me and expressed an interest to invest, but they didn't realize I was 15. They thought it was a U.K. company with a team.
Nick D'AloisioYahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those classic Internet companies.
Nick D'AloisioOne thing I'd like to do is angel investing in small companies. That's what's exciting, and if you are lucky to have a bit of money, you can take those risks.
Nick D'Aloisio