Nathan Baschez

@nbaschez

President of Everything!

Talk Therapy

#26 - A post-vacation catch-up

Nathan and Dan discuss Superorganizers and Bundle Digest updates and the books they read on vacation. Books mentioned: Of Mice and Men by J

Sep 9, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Strategy Smells

Hints that your strategy isn't working

🔒 Sep 4, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Announcement!

Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy

🔒 Sep 3, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#25 - Behind the scenes of our first ad deal

Nathan and Dan talk to Brian McCullough, host of the Techmeme Ride Home podcast, about how the ad deal in last week’s Bundle Digest came abo

Sep 2, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Means of Creation

How to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy

Or, why friendly ambitious nerds will change the world

🔒 Sep 2, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Disrupting Disruption: Helmer’s Razor

Can disruption be simplified?

🔒 Sep 1, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#24 - Are we a tech or media company?

Dan and Nathan discuss productivity cycles, the latest version of Sparkle, Dan’s file management system, and how they relate to Nathan’s new

Aug 28, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Means of Creation

The Art of Unbundling, with Greg Isenberg

The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them

🔒 Aug 27, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#23 - Designing our visual identity

We’re launching a new series to bring you along the journey of figuring out Every’s visual identity! The first episode (which is longer tha

Aug 26, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Instagram can’t recreate TikTok’s Magic

The content format is a red herring. What really matters is the structure and purpose of TikTok’s network, which is antithetical to Instagram.

Aug 24, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#22 - A behind-the-scenes look into a media deal ft. Li Jin

Li Jin, who co-hosts Means of Creation with Nathan, comes on the show to discuss the economics of her partnership with Every. How did you

Aug 21, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Means of Creation

Sahil Lavingia wants creators to get interest on their interests

Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are

Aug 20, 2020 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#21 - What’s the right kind of bad?

In a follow-up to their conversation with executive coach Brian Wang last episode, Dan and Nathan discuss addressing small pain points — bot

Aug 19, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#20 - Couples therapy ft. executive coach Brian Wang

Brian Wang joins Nathan and Dan on a special episode that’s longer than usual! Brian’s an executive coach who helps founders with the emoti

Aug 14, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

The inventors of “the passion economy” thesis, live on Zoom

I'm interviewing Li Jin and Adam Davidson on Friday!

Aug 12, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#19 - What should we do with our weekly digest?

Nathan and Dan talk through the experiments they’ve run with the weekly Sunday digests and what they’re going to try next. Here’s the link t

Aug 12, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Disrupting Disruption: Alex Danco

Two theories; one of them good

🔒 Aug 9, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#18 - How do we decide what to publish?

Nathan and Dan discuss how they test for what kind of content resonates. P.S. — Here’s the essay on Oatly’s marketing by Nat Eliason just p

Aug 7, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#17 - How should we compensate creators?

Nathan and Dan discuss how a new kind of media business model requires them to rethink how to fairly compensate writers for the bundle. Ho

Aug 5, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Means of Creation #5: Nathan Barry

On newsletters, courses, and creator marketing

🔒 Aug 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Disrupting Disruption Pt. 2 — Ben Thompson

The “divine discontent” critique

🔒 Aug 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#16 - Should you follow your heart?

Nathan and Dan discuss his latest Superorganizers essay on the framework he developed to help him follow his heart — and filter for the best

Jul 31, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Means of Creation #4: Leah Culver & Erik Berlin

The co-founders of Breaker, on podcasting, platforms, and media

🔒 Jul 30, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Divinations

Complexity Convection

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

Jul 24, 2020 by Nathan Baschez

Talk Therapy

#15 - Maker weeks & feedback loops

Two things today: First, a bit of follow-up from last episode. We’re alternating weeks where one of us is in “maker mode” and the other is i

Jul 24, 2020 by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez