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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.
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
Plus, find new Substacks, a16z on the Passion Economy, and how to grow your podcast
One new strategy. Two new websites.
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
Two friends start a business together. What could go wrong? Click here to read the transcript for this episode.
Six attributes of high-traction startups
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 interviews Dan about the latest Bundle Digest experiment and the overall strategy to make it into its own newsletter. How did you fe
Nathan interviews Dan about his latest Superorganizers article, “Dopamine Stacking.” Why are we always compelled to try new tools, which of
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
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A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
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
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
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
Li Jin
Nathan Baschez
Dan Shipper
