Nathan Baschez

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.

Apr 2, 2020

Why is Netflix more profitable than Spotify?

Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020

Feb 11, 2020

The Four Strategies

How to understand the essence of any business

Sep 28, 2021

Packy McCormick on Web3 (how he got sucked in)

Packy McCormick, author of Not Boring, one of the most widely-read analysts in tech. His newsletter now has more than 75k subscribers and he

Dec 17, 2019

How Competition Works

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

Nov 30, 2022

My Philosophy of Product Building (Part II)

Building your v1

Mar 5, 2020

Dominance Friction

Jesse Beyroutey, partner at IA Ventures, on why some companies achieve dominance while others get bogged down.

May 9, 2020

How creators can go “on tour” on the internet

Growing an audience ain’t what it used to be

Dec 14, 2021

Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it

Oct 5, 2021

What is “Intrinsic” Value?

And does it matter?

Apr 10, 2020

Notion’s $2b Valuation is Sensible, Probably

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

Jul 3, 2020

Product Case Study: HEY

A radical new take on email

Feb 20, 2021

Why I like Dispo

David Dobrik’s new photo-sharing app just might be a winner.

Oct 17, 2022

🤖 How to Get Lex Access

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

Sep 4, 2020

Strategy Smells

Hints that your strategy isn't working

Nov 18, 2021

Notes on ConstitutionDAO

A few quick observations

Nov 12, 2021

The two biggest critiques of web3, analyzed

With a little help from Clay Christensen, strategy legend

Feb 5, 2020

How Clay Christensen’s failure helped me process my own

A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker

Sep 19, 2020

#28 - Can Roam justify the $200m valuation?

Dan interviews Nathan about his latest essay on Roam, the $200 million dollar note-taking app. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing

Oct 6, 2020

Passion Economy News #3: TikTok’s Creator Fund, Amazon Explore, The Edtech Explosion, and More

Read to the end for why Warner Music Group paid $85m for a meme-making company

Aug 3, 2022

How Power Works in the Writing Industry

A market analysis, Divinations-style

Feb 19, 2020

Great strategies depend on great inputs — here’s how to find them.

Hiten Shah on why “garbage in, garbage out” applies to strategy, too.

Aug 27, 2021

Spotify Bets on Apple Antitrust

Their new paid podcast feature only makes sense in a world where in-app purchase rules are relaxed.

May 20, 2020

PepsiCo goes DTC

One new strategy. Two new websites.

Dec 15, 2019

Strategy Drunk

A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,And drinking