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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.
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The return of Three Shorts!
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
And the future of worker classification
Li Jin, who co-hosts Means of Creation with Nathan, comes on the show to discuss the economics of her partnership with Every. How did you
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
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
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Two theories; one of them good
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
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How to understand the essence of any business
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
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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
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
Li Jin
Nathan Baschez
Dan Shipper
