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Napkin Math

Is YC the Monopoly It Thinks It Is?

The Pricing Power Flex

Feb 10, 2022 by Evan Armstrong

Divinations

Year Two

A messy slog that changed everything for me

2 Jan 21, 2022 by Nathan Baschez

Napkin Math

What the hell is going on with Lambda School?

The complicated business of selling social good

2 Jan 6, 2022 by Evan Armstrong

Means of Creation

Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it

Dec 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

Means of Creation

Should Creators Own Their Means of Creation?

Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy

Dec 7, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Li Jin

Napkin Math

How Chegg Grew Their Share Price 20x In Four Years

Chegg grew their stock price from under $10 to over $85. They did it by changing their business model from the ground up and investing in digital media content.

Sep 18, 2020 by Adam Keesling