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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.
“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
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”
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
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
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Two theories; one of them good
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
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
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
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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 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
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
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Li Jin
Nathan Baschez
Dan Shipper
