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.
10 theses for building better products
Untangling the complex causal chain that makes good times go bad
Or, how NounsDAO plans to take over the world
It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby.
The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace
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.
To Axie Infinity And Beyond!
Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry
Rating my predictions from 2020: what worked, what didn’t, and what I learned along the way
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
Recent news from TikTok, ConvertKit, and Ditto reveal an emerging new funnel for music creators to directly acquire, engage, and monetize fans.
Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
Advice for Generalist Founders
A messy slog that changed everything for me
The future of social networks is in smaller communities
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Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?
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Opening up to external content is the only way to ensure durability, scalability, and defensibility.
A force to be reckoned with
On launching and learning
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How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
An introduction to one of Michael Porter’s most enduring frameworks