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.
Nathan and Dan discuss how a new kind of media business model requires them to rethink how to fairly compensate writers for the bundle. Ho
How the founder of WorkLife Ventures built one of Silicon Valley’s most sought after emerging funds from scratch.
My wife and I recently bought our first home and we’re expecting our first child soon, so, as you can imagine, we’ve been doing a lot of wor
Hello again! Yesterday after I published the Sahil Lavingia interview I received a tweet from my friend Alex: https://twitter.com/CantHardyW
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Also: Patreon’s push towards creator equity, SMS platforms for creators, podcast advertising consolidation, and more
How strict prioritization processes cause malaise, and why you should take gut instinct more seriously in your planning process.
We’re launching a new series to bring you along the journey of figuring out Every’s visual identity! The first episode (which is longer tha
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
And what the next phase looks like for Teachable
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
Coordinape co-founder Tracheopteryx on how DAOs function, and what they entail for the future of work
Li Jin, who co-hosts Means of Creation with Nathan, comes on the show to discuss the economics of her partnership with Every. How did you
It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”
