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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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The return of Three Shorts!
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
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
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
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
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
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
A conflict of interest
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
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
As the Everything bundle grows, Nathan’s focus seems to have disappeared. Dan helps him troubleshoot, and by the end of the episode, we deci
News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
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