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.
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"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka
Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?
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25,000 users in 24 hours
Dan talks with Nathan about his latest article, Intangible Returns, and they reflect on their own prioritization strategies as a company. W
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The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.
It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby.
Sonos filled homes with silky smooth sound, but it’s questionable if their strategic decisions made them anything more than commodity hardware.
This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
Nat Eliason talks to Dan and Nathan about Almanack, his brand-new Bundle newsletter exploring everything it takes for you to live a life tha
It’s not like war, but it’s not like art class, either.
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
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BitClout is a new service that allows anyone to create a publicly-tradable token. Will it work? What effect could it have?
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Today, Dan and Nathan welcome guest Alex Kantrowitz to Talk Therapy! (This is a special episode that’s twice as long as usual!) Alex left hi
