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.
Hello! Welcome to Three Shorts, a recurring series where I unpack the strategy behind the news in as few bullet points as possible.Enjoy!Fas
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Hints that your strategy isn't working
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
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
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi
One new strategy. Two new websites.
For our guest this week on Means of Creation we welcomed Joseph Albanese, co-founder and CEO of Stir!As we’ve discussed on the show before,
The co-founders of Breaker, on podcasting, platforms, and media
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
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
Decoding Apple's intentions
