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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 discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
And the future of worker classification
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
A conflict of interest
Two new things this week for subscribers! I narrated an audio version of this article just for paying subscribers like you. I’m going to do
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
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