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.
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
A radical new take on email
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
This is the audio edition of Inside the Clubhouse, narrated by me!
Can disruption be simplified?
What happens when an economy holds its breath?
Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators
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
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
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
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
Hints that your strategy isn't working
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
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
Nathan and Dan discuss Superorganizers and Bundle Digest updates and the books they read on vacation. Books mentioned: Of Mice and Men by J
Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be
Decoding Apple's intentions
Dan takes Nathan through his Superorganizers piece on Spatial Organizing. The technique is useful for a pretty much any project, from writin
This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath
Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc
Dan and Nathan eulogize Quibi – and extend some sympathy to anyone who has a big idea. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing • Good
