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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!
The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation
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
A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
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
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
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Two theories; one of them good
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
Nathan and Dan discuss how they test for what kind of content resonates. P.S. — Here’s the essay on Oatly’s marketing by Nat Eliason just p
And the future of worker classification
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
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
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
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.