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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.
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
You probably can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's just fine.
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
Six attributes of high-traction startups
Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.
The founder of Universe joins us to discuss how to democratize website creation
Nathan interviews Dan about the latest Bundle Digest experiment and the overall strategy to make it into its own newsletter. How did you fe
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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
The “divine discontent” critique
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new
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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It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
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
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company
Li Jin
Dan Shipper
Nathan Baschez
