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.
How the tool for networked thought can grow into its $200m valuation
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The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life
A few quick observations
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
Two things today: First, a bit of follow-up from last episode. We’re alternating weeks where one of us is in “maker mode” and the other is i
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
Using the exciting new launch of Ask Jerry as a springboard, Nathan and Dan parse out the importance of radical self-inquiry in business, an
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
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Four months ago, when we only had a couple hundred paying subscribers, Adam Keesling made a financial model that predicted we’d have 1,462 c
The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.
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Dan interviews Nathan about his latest essay on Roam, the $200 million dollar note-taking app. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing
After reflecting on their expectations for the (extremely successful) Almanack launch, Nathan takes Dan through his new investigation of the
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
Nathan loops Dan in on something he thought was a problem: falling in and out of love with different software too quickly. Turns out, it’s m
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
The dust has settled. Now what?
The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
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