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.
Gumroad’s founder shares what he’s learned about strategy, product, and growth.
Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?
What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?
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.
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
A guide to the “right way” (discounted cash flow analysis), and why “everything is dumb right now.”
Advice for Generalist Founders
A friendly rebuttal
(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
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Also: OnlyFans is launching a creative fund for musicians, #BookTok is leading to a resurgence in book sales, and more
An exclusive excerpt from a16z general partner Andrew Chen’s new book, The Cold Start Problem
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more
How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators
Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital
Is being Sequoia actually pretty easy?
On launching and learning
Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge
Strategy’s most famous theory could be wrong
