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.
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.
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby.
A conflict of interest
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?
A friendly rebuttal
Advice for Generalist Founders
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
On launching and learning
Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
How to understand the essence of any business
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Building your v1
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge
