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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.
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
The Divinations Podcast is back! (If you want to add it to your podcast app, press “add to podcast app” by the audio player above!) This wee
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
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Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
And the future of worker classification
The return of Three Shorts!
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Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
How to understand the essence of any business
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
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Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
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Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t
Dan Shipper
Nathan Baschez
Li Jin
