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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.
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t
Today only: a bundle of your favorite Substack publications for 60% off
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
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
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
A conflict of interest
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
As the Everything bundle grows, Nathan’s focus seems to have disappeared. Dan helps him troubleshoot, and by the end of the episode, we deci
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
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
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
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
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
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
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Hints that your strategy isn't working
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
And what it means to be a journalist in 2020
For our guest this week on Means of Creation we welcomed Joseph Albanese, co-founder and CEO of Stir!As we’ve discussed on the show before,