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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.
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
What happens when an economy holds its breath?
The “divine discontent” critique
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
A radical new take on email
Brian Wang joins Nathan and Dan on a special episode that’s longer than usual! Brian’s an executive coach who helps founders with the emoti
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Nathan and Dan talk through the experiments they’ve run with the weekly Sunday digests and what they’re going to try next. Here’s the link t
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
Dan and Nathan commiserate over their writing slump and strategize how to escape it. Meanwhile, Adam’s essay hits the top of Hacker News! T
Nathan Baschez
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