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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.
The return of Three Shorts!
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
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
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
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This week on the Divinations podcast, Adam Keesling and I are interviewed by our pal Dan Shipper about our Quibi prediction piece! How to Li
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
A conflict of interest