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July 28, 2017Lessin left The Wall Street Journal to launch The Information in 2013 and retains full ownership of the profitable company. In the seven years since the first WordPress post, Lessin has been tapped for advice particularly on recreating her publication’s envy-inducing subscription business by newsy startups including The 19th, Punchbowl, and Rest of World. She’s mentored a dozen more emerging outlets through The Information Accelerator, half of which have at least one female founder.
Lessin is sharp, thoughtful, and downright bullish about what subscriber-driven journalism can do. The Information itself is planning a newsroom expansion in 2021, including a just-hired tech and media reporter covering antitrust and other regulatory issues. (Sure to be a quiet beat!) We talked about mentoring, the best advice she got as a new founder, and what matters more than building “the fanciest website.” My conversation with Lessin, edited for clarity and length, is below.
The Champagne Toast Takes on Extra Special Meaning
When my parents first met the man who would become my husband, they ordered a bottle of Piper-Heidsieck and waited for news of a proposal.
Vanessa Hua and her husband, Marc Puich, on their wedding day in 2004.Credit.Julie Mikos
By Vanessa Hua
When my father ordered champagne, it baffled my boyfriend, but not me.
We’d been dating for about six months, and my parents were meeting him for the first time in 2001 at brunch at a French brasserie in San Francisco. It was the first time they’d ever met any of my boyfriends.