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The Refugee Who Led a Software Revolution - with Ben Walter
Millionaire-making tech start-ups are most often associated with Silicon Valley. But this software revolution begins on a woman's kitchen table in rural Britain in the 1960s. Steve Shirley faced extraordinary odds. After...
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The Refugee Who Led a Software Revolution - with Ben Walter is an episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries. Millionaire-making tech start-ups are most often associated with Silicon Valley. But this software revol...
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Published Apr 7, 2026, 27:45 long, audio available.
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