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 mind-expanding conversation with Kat Tenbarge
10 theses for building better products
I’m in at $22.51—we’ll see what happens next.
Also in this week’s roundup: Clubhouse’s $1b valuation, a16z’s new media property, Forbes’s new deal for writers, and Instagram’s plan to keep up with TikTok.
Advice for Generalist Founders
Apple has two choices: adapt or die
Is now a great time to buy? Or a terrible one?
Smaller, faster, cheaper, weirder
If you’re building the tech equivalent of balsamic strawberry ice cream, don’t expect vanilla scale
Introducing our newest publication, Glassy! (A weekly study of technology through the lens of gender.)
They’re betting the farm on Reels. Will it blow up in their face?
“There’s a massive appetite for content that goes beyond 280“ - Head of Longform Content Nick Sallon
The future of social networks is in smaller communities
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
A market analysis, Divinations-style
How I learned to stop worrying and love the robots that tell me what to do
How to gain serenity *and* success with one weird trick (care less about results, and learn to love the process)
BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
The point isn’t just to make money—it’s to change the systems that human attention flows through. You can’t understand Substack without understanding this.
25,000 users in 24 hours
The past, present, and future of writing on the internet
Mastering the art of 0 to 1
(Spoilers, as usual!) In the this episode of Ted Lasso, Higgins decides to take Coach Beard aside and ask him whether he really thinks it's
Full transcript of our conversation with Allen
