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.
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
I'm interviewing Li Jin and Adam Davidson on Friday!
Dan and Nathan commiserate over their writing slump and strategize how to escape it. Meanwhile, Adam’s essay hits the top of Hacker News! T
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
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
In a follow-up to their conversation with executive coach Brian Wang last episode, Dan and Nathan discuss addressing small pain points — bot
Read to the end for publicly listed TikTok Creator Mansion
The “divine discontent” critique
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
After reflecting on their expectations for the (extremely successful) Almanack launch, Nathan takes Dan through his new investigation of the
Dan and Nathan welcome Andre Plaut, creator of The Prediction Game—a competition to predict the events of the coming year for a tantalizing
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation
You probably can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's just fine.
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
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
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
Nathan interviews Dan about the latest Bundle Digest experiment and the overall strategy to make it into its own newsletter. How did you fe
A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
