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.
Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital
The origins of economic progress, and what comes next
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators
Advice for Generalist Founders
Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more
A new conduit for knowledge of business strategy
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.
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
(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
As a paid subscriber to Every, you get access to Lex before anyone else. We realize many of you signed up for Lex with a different email tha
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
On launching and learning
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
A conflict of interest
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
A friendly rebuttal
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge
