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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.
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Six attributes of high-traction startups
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
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
Read to the end to learn how a business model changed a company culture
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
A mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
The “divine discontent” critique
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
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The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
And the future of worker classification
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
Two theories; one of them good
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