Swinging for the fences – Tristan Walker and Foursquare

“When I first heard about Foursquare, I emailed [co-founder] Dennis Crowley. He said, “Are you ever in New York?” I said, “Actually, yeah! I plan on being in New York tomorrow.” [Laughs.] I booked my flight that night, met with him and, a month later, I was working for Foursquare. ” says Tristan Walker responsible [...]

Book Review: TellMeWhy

A few weeks back my friend John recommended I read the story of karlssonwilker inc., called tellmewhy: The First 24 Months of a New York Design Company. The book is both absurd and interesting at the same time. Essentially it is the dueling stream of consciousness from the two founders and only employee’s of the [...]

What if record labels acted more like VCs?

Twins, two people that have similarity. Crazy enough, I’ve got a twin brother – and we aren’t identical twins (this is what he looks like). He knows a bit about music and music culture – he just finished up his Masters of Music Composition and Arranging at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. (Here’s a link [...]