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.
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
The Divinations Podcast is back! (If you want to add it to your podcast app, press “add to podcast app” by the audio player above!) This wee
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
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
Today only: a bundle of your favorite Substack publications for 60% off
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Dan and Nathan address the news that’s been dominating the Everything Slack all day: Substack’s long-awaited reader, which collects your new
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
This is the audio edition of Understanding the Covid-19 Recession. If you’d like these to be delivered to your podcast app every week, clic
News Roundup #14: Twitter acquires Breaker, Clubhouse announces a Creator Pilot Program, Substack’s SEO issues and more
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
A conflict of interest
Two theories; one of them good
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
(Ceci n’est pas investment advice.)
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
She distills the secrets of the world's most successful people & companies
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
Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi
The co-founders of Breaker, on podcasting, platforms, and media
