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Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
A radical new take on email
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
The “divine discontent” critique
Brian Wang joins Nathan and Dan on a special episode that’s longer than usual! Brian’s an executive coach who helps founders with the emoti
She distills the secrets of the world's most successful people & companies
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
Nathan and Dan talk through the experiments they’ve run with the weekly Sunday digests and what they’re going to try next. Here’s the link t
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
Nathan Baschez
Li Jin
Dan Shipper