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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.
And the future of worker classification
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
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
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
The return of Three Shorts!
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
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
A conflict of interest
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
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
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
How to understand the essence of any business
Li Jin
Dan Shipper
Nathan Baschez
