Nathan Baschez

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.

Jan 25, 2023

Advice for Building in AI

Separating the signal from the noise

Jan 8, 2020

“The value chain” is the DNA of business

An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks

Sep 14, 2022

What is a Business?

An expansive question that has surprisingly practical value

Sep 13, 2021

Overcoming Web3 Bias

How to navigate strange new paradigms that could change everything—unless they don’t.

Mar 22, 2022

Screw it, I’m investing in Peloton

I’m in at $22.51—we’ll see what happens next.

Feb 22, 2023

Five AI Products You Can Build With GPT-3 Today

I’m surprised these don’t exist yet

Apr 5, 2023

Updating iOS for the AI Era

Apple has two choices: adapt or die

Dec 31, 2019

Trade-offs are your friend

You probably can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's just fine.

Dec 12, 2019

Introducing Divinations

A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy

Sep 28, 2022

The Infinite Article

How close are we to having a personal AI that can write the perfect thing just for us?

Jun 5, 2020

What good is strategy right now?

A conflict of interest

Feb 26, 2022

Peloton’s Next Move: Become a Platform

Opening up to external content is the only way to ensure durability, scalability, and defensibility.

Dec 14, 2022

How to Prioritize a Roadmap

10 theses for building better products

Feb 8, 2023

Chatbots’ Time Has Come. Why Now?

Narratives have network effects

Jul 20, 2022

Finding Power: How To Do Market Analysis

A step-by-step process for uncovering the power dynamics that govern any industry

May 6, 2022

Map of a Downturn

Untangling the complex causal chain that makes good times go bad

Jan 9, 2020

Sahil’s Second Act

Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.

Sep 21, 2021

Will DAOs replace Corporations?

Or, how NounsDAO plans to take over the world

Mar 31, 2022

Recursive Publishing

A force to be reckoned with

Apr 6, 2020

Quibi Will Be A Multi-Billion Dollar Company

Short-form premium video is here to stay.

Jul 19, 2020

Disrupting Disruption

Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong

Nov 18, 2020

Three Shorts: Instagram, Spotify, Substack

The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible

Mar 27, 2020

Understanding the Covid-19 Recession

What happens when an economy holds its breath?

Jan 21, 2022

Year Two

A messy slog that changed everything for me