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Inside the Clubhouse

The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life

Apr 24, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Complexity Convection

The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.

Jul 24, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Will HEY Work?

The dust has settled. Now what?

Jun 26, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Finding Power

An introduction to Clay Christensen’s most underrated idea: “The Conservation of Modularity”

6 May 4, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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The open podcast ecosystem is dying — here’s how to save it.

It’s time to compete. Not complain.

May 21, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Bundle Magic

How to make 1 + 1 = 3

1 Apr 16, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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How Domino’s Stock Returned 4,595%

The original cloud kitchen, ten years before it was cool

May 15, 2020 by Adam Keesling

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Why Content is King

How media creates power

5 Dec 18, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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healthOS

Apple is building an operating system for health

Jun 12, 2020

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Quibi Will Be A Multi-Billion Dollar Company

Short-form premium video is here to stay.

Apr 6, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Trade-offs are your friend

You probably can't have your cake and eat it too. But that's just fine.

Dec 31, 2019 by Nathan Baschez

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Sahil’s Second Act

Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.

Jan 9, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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“The value chain” is the DNA of business

An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks

Jan 8, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Understanding the Covid-19 Recession

What happens when an economy holds its breath?

Mar 27, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Introducing Divinations

A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy

Dec 12, 2019 by Nathan Baschez

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What good is strategy right now?

A conflict of interest

Jun 5, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Roam’s road ahead

How the tool for networked thought can grow into its $200m valuation

Sep 18, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Strategy should be painful

Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat

Jul 11, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Your actual competition

A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify

Jan 16, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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The Four Strategies

How to understand the essence of any business

Feb 11, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Strategy Smells

Hints that your strategy isn't working

Sep 4, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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How Competition Works

It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.

Dec 17, 2019 by Nathan Baschez

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Disrupting Disruption

Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong

Jul 19, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Product Case Study: HEY

A radical new take on email

Jul 3, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

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Notion’s $2b Valuation is Sensible, Probably

Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”

Apr 10, 2020 by Nathan Baschez