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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.
A conflict of interest
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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
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A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
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
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
How to understand the essence of any business
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Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy
Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
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
Or, why friendly ambitious nerds will change the world
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
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
Nathan Baschez
Dan Shipper
Li Jin