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.
Dan and Nathan discuss one of many recent takes on Substack, and try to offer a counterpoint to the idea that newsletter writers need to mak
Also: Dispo’s $200 million valuation, MrBeast sells 1 million burgers, Spotify’s latest announcements, and more
The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life
What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?
After giving Nathan proper credit for getting him to finally listen to—and enjoy—podcasts, Dan takes a pressing question from a recent one t
Hey Talk Therapy listeners! We hope your holidays were restful, and that you’re having a productive start to this year. We’re pausing Talk
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
News Roundup #15: Solutions for creator burnout, Substack announces new features, Cameo reveals 2020 stats, and more
Dan interviews Nathan about his latest essay on Roam, the $200 million dollar note-taking app. How did you feel about this episode? Amazing
My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.
“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström
The Consumer Social innovator on how audiences become communities — and how you should monetize them
European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?
Special Emergency Pod! We invited our friend Mario Gabriele on the show to talk about his experience this week publicly staring down a $6 b
Also: Clubhouse’s accelerator program, Twitter’s new monetization tools for Spaces, a platform that lets fans control creators’ lives, and more
Three Shorts: Notion, Roam, and “Time Preference”
Dan talks with Nathan about his latest article, Intangible Returns, and they reflect on their own prioritization strategies as a company. W
Four months ago, when we only had a couple hundred paying subscribers, Adam Keesling made a financial model that predicted we’d have 1,462 c
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
Also: Mark Cuban’s plan to take on Clubhouse, Influencer unions, Triller’s latest content strategy, TikTok’s recipe-saving feature, and more
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
