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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.
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
“Quantify the impact, reduce it as much as possible, and offset the rest” says Joseph Pallant - founder of the Blockchain for Climate Foundation
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
One new strategy. Two new websites.
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
Six attributes of high-traction startups
Two friends start a business together. What could go wrong? Click here to read the transcript for this episode.
My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
Nathan interviews Dan about his latest Superorganizers article, “Dopamine Stacking.” Why are we always compelled to try new tools, which of
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
Nathan interviews Dan about the latest Bundle Digest experiment and the overall strategy to make it into its own newsletter. How did you fe
Also: Spotify’s answer to Clubhouse, Cameo’s $1 billion valuation, Substack’s $650 million valuation, and more
How to understand the essence of any business
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
Get your questions answered by your Means of Creation hosts
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
Hey Talk Therapy listeners! We hope your holidays were restful, and that you’re having a productive start to this year. We’re pausing Talk
Dan Shipper
Nathan Baschez
Li Jin
