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.
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
And what it means to be a journalist in 2020
Dan and Nathan discuss adding Tiago Forte to the Everything bundle, and take bets on how the launch will go. Click here to read the transcri
Hello! Welcome to Three Shorts, a recurring series where I unpack the strategy behind the news in as few bullet points as possible.Enjoy!Fas
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
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
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
A radical new take on email
Dan takes Nathan through his Superorganizers piece on Spatial Organizing. The technique is useful for a pretty much any project, from writin
This is the audio edition of Inside the Clubhouse, narrated by me!
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
On newsletters, platforms, marketplaces, and more
An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,And drinking
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
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
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