Tony Lashley

Up until 2008, there was a blockage, the present just wasn’t happening, until suddenly we had this trifecta: the Financial Crisis, Obama in power, and the rapid expansion of the internet. We were flooded with innovation while the economy was completely off the rails. This is the context that gave way to DIS Magazine and dump.fm, Marisa Olsen coinin... See more

The answer was to create a multi-genre playlist that featured the best new music from both popular and underground musicians who shared a similar artistic mentality.

Although the playlist is intentionally broad in sound, it maintains fluidity by speaking to a community of artists and fans who are connected by shared lifestyle and cultural tendencie... See more

Because of our emphasis on the long term, we may make decisions and weigh tradeoffs differently than some companies.

2. Incentivize team members for the long term: make them owners.

1. Write out new ideas.

Principle one: ‘Turn every goddamned page’

Principle two: ‘The facts alone aren’t enough’

Principle three: ‘Truth takes time’

Yet unbelievably, Caro is not a slow writer by nature. He admits how when he wrote copy in the newsroom, it was a pace judged “astonishing” by his colleagues. No, Robert Caro is actually a slow writer by choice. Before starting... See more