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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.
What happens when an economy holds its breath?
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Hey Talk Therapy listeners! We hope your holidays were restful, and that you’re having a productive start to this year. We’re pausing Talk
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
A radical new take on email
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
The “divine discontent” critique
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
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
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
Special Emergency Pod! We invited our friend Mario Gabriele on the show to talk about his experience this week publicly staring down a $6 b
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
Nathan Baschez
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