Nathan Baschez

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.

May 19, 2020

PepsiCo goes DTC

One new strategy. Two new websites.

Jun 6, 2021

The Creator Economy Just Went Mainstream. Why?

Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators

Sep 9, 2020

Improve Your Content Diet, with Polina Marinova

She distills the secrets of the world's most successful people & companies

Jun 15, 2021

The Creator MBA

Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.

Sep 1, 2020

How to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy

Or, why friendly ambitious nerds will change the world

Dec 15, 2020

Side Hustle or Job Replacement? What Platforms Like Poshmark Are Really Providing

News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters

Oct 14, 2020

Striking Out as an Independent Tech Journalist, with Casey Newton

And the future of social media platforms

Apr 8, 2020

Divinations Podcast #004 - On Quibi

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

Jul 3, 2020

#9 - Tech vs Media hits a new low

Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.

Aug 5, 2020

#17 - How should we compensate creators?

Nathan and Dan discuss how a new kind of media business model requires them to rethink how to fairly compensate writers for the bundle. Ho

Apr 29, 2020

Sonos Radio: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Moat

What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about

Jun 12, 2020

Why I wouldn’t invest in consumer health hardware

(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)

Oct 28, 2020

Building The Best Tools for Creators, with Joseph Albanese

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,

Jul 29, 2020

Means of Creation #4: Leah Culver & Erik Berlin

The co-founders of Breaker, on podcasting, platforms, and media

Jul 10, 2020

#11 - Two entrepreneurs and a journalist walk into a podcast

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

Jul 15, 2020

#12 - It’s Disruption Week!! (part 1)

Dan and Nathan are both writing about Clay Christensen’s iconic theory of disruption, so we decided the second week of July every year is go

Jan 5, 2021

“Why Content is King” Follow-ups

Your questions and critiques, answered!

Nov 11, 2020

Three Shorts: Fast’s 1b valuation, McPlant’s power move, and Apple’s disruptive M1 chip

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

Oct 20, 2020

Understanding How Internet Culture Works, with Taylor Lorenz

And what it means to be a journalist in 2020

Jun 23, 2020

5 interesting strategy decisions from WWDC

Decoding Apple's intentions

Dec 3, 2020

All Things Technology, Film, and Media, with Eugene Wei

And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior

Sep 4, 2020

Strategy Smells

Hints that your strategy isn't working

Dec 1, 2020

Why Slack Was Willing to Sell

Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.

Dec 6, 2021

Should Creators Own Their Means of Creation?

Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy