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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.
How to understand the essence of any business
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
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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
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
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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(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
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Dan and Nathan discuss balancing meetings with getting writing done. They also discuss balancing living a happy life with trying to put out
Dan and Nathan address the news that’s been dominating the Everything Slack all day: Substack’s long-awaited reader, which collects your new
And the future of social media platforms
Or, why friendly ambitious nerds will change the world
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
Nathan and Dan discuss how a new kind of media business model requires them to rethink how to fairly compensate writers for the bundle. Ho
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
Hints that your strategy isn't working
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