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
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After giving Nathan proper credit for getting him to finally listen to—and enjoy—podcasts, Dan takes a pressing question from a recent one t
Six attributes of high-traction startups
David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
On the unbundling of Reddit into vertical communities
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
With a little help from Clay Christensen, strategy legend
A market analysis, Divinations-style
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
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Nathan takes Dan behind his latest Divinations essay, “Why Content is King,” from the writing process—which included drafting the piece in l
Nathan and Dan talk to Brian McCullough, host of the Techmeme Ride Home podcast, about how the ad deal in last week’s Bundle Digest came abo
Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
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(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Trying something new - what do you think?
