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.

Apr 30, 2022

Twitter as a City-State

The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace

Jan 27, 2021

Twitter Acquires Revue

Also in this week’s roundup: Clubhouse’s $1b valuation, a16z’s new media property, Forbes’s new deal for writers, and Instagram’s plan to keep up with TikTok.

Jun 5, 2020

What good is strategy right now?

A conflict of interest

Feb 14, 2022

Introducing Wordie Bird

It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby.

Aug 20, 2021

Twitter’s Longform Strategy

What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?

May 1, 2021

Spotify’s Upcoming “Open Access Platform” is as Surprising as it is Awesome

I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy

May 21, 2021

Why I Love Working at Startups

A friendly rebuttal

Nov 16, 2022

Technology Waves and How to Ride Them

Advice for Generalist Founders

Nov 4, 2021

How Valuation Works

A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”

Jan 16, 2020

Your actual competition

A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify

Mar 27, 2021

Unpacking The David Dobrik Controversy

Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more

Dec 7, 2022

My Philosophy of Product Building (Part III)

On launching and learning

Apr 10, 2021

Assessing Clubhouse’s Post-Pandemic Future

Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more

Jul 19, 2020

Disrupting Disruption

Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong

Feb 11, 2020

The Four Strategies

How to understand the essence of any business

Jul 11, 2020

Strategy should be painful

Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat

May 12, 2022

Why Sh*t is Hitting the Fan

How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained

Dec 6, 2021

The Three Systems Beneath Network Effects

An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem

Sep 7, 2021

How Power Works in Venture Capital

Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?

Jan 25, 2022

DeFi Explained

Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles

Apr 2, 2020

Why is Netflix more profitable than Spotify?

Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020

Nov 30, 2022

My Philosophy of Product Building (Part II)

Building your v1

Jan 4, 2022

A Look Inside Pinterest’s Creator Strategy

Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators

Dec 17, 2019

How Competition Works

It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.