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Meet the 17-Year-Old Who Is Reinventing News
Earlier today on CNBC, a very precocious entrepreneur joined the Squawk Box team to talk about his new app, Summly. Joe, Becky and Andrew were all impressed. But they weren't the only ones.
- First of all, what is Summly? It's an app that allows users to quickly consume online content in summary form. Founder Nick D'Aloisio hopes to disrupt the mobile media landscape. Don't take my word for it. Here he is on Squawk:
- Nick immediately made friends with the folks on set.
- Really good guy - Nick D'Aliosio, and Austan Goolsbee. Austan's a good guy, too. instagr.am/p/SF08nQQ-8-/
- And once the interview kicked off, the tweets started pouring in.
@squawkcnbc @cnbc Awesome--16yr old invented app Summly. He is amazing!!! Going to download app.
@SquawkCNBC @Summly @nickdaloisio I like his concept. E-news is overwhelming. This makes it manageable and helps increase retention- Nick's talent wasn't lost on some of our own CNBC anchors and reporters.
If I could buy stock in a person, it would be this guy, on Squawk this morning. cnb.cx/ZX99Zd
I wanted to give him all the $ in my wallet. RT @robtfrank If I could buy stock in a person, it would be this guy. cnb.cx/ZX99Zd- Summly is just getting started. Right now, it's only available for iOS, but will be expanded to accommodate Android platforms. And, Summly hopes to offer summaries in French, German, and Spanish by year's end.
If you missed our interview w/ @Summly founder @nickdaloisio, watch it here: cnb.cx/ZX99Zd. He's only 17!! #disruptors- That's right folks. He's only 17. Do we have the next Mark Zuckerberg on our hands?
