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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.
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
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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
The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life
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
Also: Clubhouse’s accelerator program, Twitter’s new monetization tools for Spaces, a platform that lets fans control creators’ lives, and more
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
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
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
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
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
Dan interviews Nathan about his latest essay on Roam, the $200 million dollar note-taking app. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing
News Roundup #15: Solutions for creator burnout, Substack announces new features, Cameo reveals 2020 stats, and more
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
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
The dust has settled. Now what?
Nathan Baschez
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