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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.
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Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
How to understand the essence of any business
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
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The return of Three Shorts!
Li Jin, who co-hosts Means of Creation with Nathan, comes on the show to discuss the economics of her partnership with Every. How did you
And the future of worker classification
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
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
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Two theories; one of them good
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
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News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
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The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
Li Jin
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