My recent interview with Jesse Beyroutey solidified a hunch that I’ve been nursing for awhile: Incentive alignment is one of the most import
13 🔒 Mar 12, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
It’s weird, but in some ways, side projects require better strategy than regular businesses. They’re so easy to quit. Even if you love it, y
13 Dec 19, 2019 by Nathan Baschez
Today only: a bundle of your favorite Substack publications for 60% off
12 Apr 13, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
11 1 🔒 Dec 12, 2019 by Nathan Baschez
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
11 🔒 Dec 16, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
This week on the Divinations podcast, Adam Keesling and I are interviewed by our pal Dan Shipper about our Quibi prediction piece! How to Li
11 Apr 8, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
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
11 Mar 6, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
All reviews of books, podcasts, articles, etc
11 🔒 Dec 12, 2019 by Nathan Baschez
Your questions and critiques, answered!
11 1 🔒 Jan 5, 2021 by Nathan Baschez
Geoff Atkinson, the former SVP Marketing at Overstock, explains how strategy shifts can emerge through experimentation
11 Jan 28, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
10 🔒 Apr 29, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Two new things this week for subscribers! I narrated an audio version of this article just for paying subscribers like you. I’m going to do
10 🔒 Feb 19, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
How Spoonbill reveals our obsession with identity
10 2 Feb 9, 2021 by Fadeke Adegbuyi
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
10 🔒 Apr 17, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
9 🔒 Dec 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
The “divine discontent” critique
9 🔒 Aug 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
9 Feb 21, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
9 🔒 Dec 9, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.
9 🔒 Nov 25, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Two theories; one of them good
8 🔒 Aug 9, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Whether or not you’ve already had the chance to read Does Sonos have a moat?, I think you’ll love this week’s conversation with Adam Keeslin
8 Mar 23, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
On the unbundling of Reddit into vertical communities
7 🔒 Jul 16, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
Good afternoon! Here’s the audio version of the Quibi essay that Adam Keesling and I published today. It’s narrated by me, and the first few
7 🔒 Apr 6, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
On newsletters, courses, and creator marketing
7 🔒 Aug 2, 2020 by Nathan Baschez
I'm interviewing Li Jin and Adam Davidson on Friday!
7 Aug 12, 2020 by Nathan Baschez