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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!
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
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Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
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
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
Two theories; one of them good
And the future of worker classification
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
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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
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
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This is the audio edition of Understanding the Covid-19 Recession. If you’d like these to be delivered to your podcast app every week, clic
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
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