Jim VandeHei is the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Axios, a media company focused on breaking news and invaluable insights across business, politics, technology and the world. Before Axios, VandeHei co-founded and was CEO of Politico, the media company that upended and revolutionized political and policy journalism in Washington, New York, and Europe. Mike Allen is a co-founder of Axios and Politico, where he created the Playbook franchise and helped build the company for its first decade. Roy Schwartz is the co-founder and President of Axios.
""If getting your message across matters to you, this is the way to do it."" -- Arianna Huffington ""Smart... [it offers] ways to communicate in a short-attention-span world."" -- The New York Times' DealBook ""A slick, engaging and...laudable effort to help communicators reach through the verbal haze and grab readers by the lapels."" -- The Wall Street Journal ""The writing of Smart Brevity is refreshingly taut and punchy; most of the sentences are finely crafted, short, and to the point, and rip across the page."" -- The New Republic ""The Axios founders' new book makes the case for condensed communication - in an increasingly complex world."" -- The New Yorker