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.
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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
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Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
Six attributes of high-traction startups
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
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Ian Borthwick’s secrets of influencer marketing
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Nathan and Dan discuss how they test for what kind of content resonates. P.S. — Here’s the essay on Oatly’s marketing by Nat Eliason just p
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Read to the end to learn how a business model changed a company culture
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
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Dan and Nathan discuss the art and science of starting a newsletter business. And how they’re probably more on the art side than you might g
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
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
“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
Two theories; one of them good
