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.
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
What does the future hold for readers and writers on Twitter?
Hints that your strategy isn't working
The Divinations Podcast is back! (If you want to add it to your podcast app, press “add to podcast app” by the audio player above!) This wee
Nathan interviews Dan about his latest Superorganizers article, “Dopamine Stacking.” Why are we always compelled to try new tools, which of
Dan and Nathan are both writing about Clay Christensen’s iconic theory of disruption, so we decided the second week of July every year is go
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How media creates power
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
After reflecting on their expectations for the (extremely successful) Almanack launch, Nathan takes Dan through his new investigation of the
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
Welcome to Issue #11 of the Means of Creation weekly news roundup where we break down the latest news on the passion economy, including the
Mastering the art of 0 to 1
“Quantify the impact, reduce it as much as possible, and offset the rest” says Joseph Pallant - founder of the Blockchain for Climate Foundation
A post-mortem for a failed prediction, and a failed startup
Dan interviews Nathan about his forthcoming series of Divinations essays that explore critiques of the traditional theory of disruption. In
A friendly rebuttal
Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital
How the founder of WorkLife Ventures built one of Silicon Valley’s most sought after emerging funds from scratch.
And the future of worker classification
Nathan interviews Dan about the latest Bundle Digest experiment and the overall strategy to make it into its own newsletter. How did you fe
Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc
Their new paid podcast feature only makes sense in a world where in-app purchase rules are relaxed.