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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.
And the future of worker classification
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
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
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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
The return of Three Shorts!
“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games
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Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
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
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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Nathan and Dan discuss how they test for what kind of content resonates. P.S. — Here’s the essay on Oatly’s marketing by Nat Eliason just p
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Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
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
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