President of Everything!
Dan and Nathan welcome Andre Plaut, creator of The Prediction Game—a competition to predict the events of the coming year for a tantalizing
4 Dec 24, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
Nathan takes Dan behind his latest Divinations essay, “Why Content is King,” from the writing process—which included drafting the piece in l
7 Dec 19, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
How media creates power
356 4 Dec 18, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Dan and Nathan address the news that’s been dominating the Everything Slack all day: Substack’s long-awaited reader, which collects your new
9 Dec 17, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
And the product dynamics that drive social platforms
10 1 Dec 16, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
26 Dec 16, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
16 Dec 16, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
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
5 Dec 12, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
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
3 Dec 10, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
And what content creators can learn from open-source developers
2 Dec 10, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
7 Dec 9, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
13 Dec 8, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
8 Dec 3, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
6 Dec 3, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
8 Dec 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Welcome to Issue #11 of the Means of Creation weekly news roundup where we break down the latest news on the passion economy, including the
4 Dec 1, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Dan and Nathan discuss one of many recent takes on Substack, and try to offer a counterpoint to the idea that newsletter writers need to mak
5 Nov 26, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.
24 Nov 25, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Read to the end for publicly listed TikTok Creator Mansion
13 Nov 24, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc
3 Nov 19, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
59 Nov 18, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
1 Nov 18, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
Read to the end to learn how a business model changed a company culture
9 Nov 17, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
4 Nov 13, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t
2 Nov 12, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez
