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.
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Dan takes Nathan through his Superorganizers piece on Spatial Organizing. The technique is useful for a pretty much any project, from writin
How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
Good afternoon! Here’s the audio version of the Quibi essay that Adam Keesling and I published today. It’s narrated by me, and the first few
This is the audio edition of Inside the Clubhouse, narrated by me!
A radical new take on email
Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy
And what it means to be a journalist in 2020
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
Happy Friday! Above is a recording of me narrating this week’s essay explaining bundle economics, “Bundle Magic.” I tried something a littl
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
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
An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
File this one under “the unbundling of media”: Veteran reporter Casey Newton has left his job at The Verge and is launching his own Substac
Hey subscribers! Here is the audio version of the Jesse Beyroutey interview on Dominance Friction. If you haven’t already, I strongly encour
