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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.
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
The return of Three Shorts!
How to understand the essence of any business
Dan and Nathan discuss an existential question for any creative and ambitious person: How do you choose to work with someone or on something
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
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
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
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
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
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
Dan Shipper
Li Jin
Nathan Baschez
