Every article we published in November 2020.
Taking a hard look at Substack’s top ten after yet another chaotic week for media (and for everything else), Dan and Nathan dig into the Pub
Hello and Happy Sunday! If you peek below, you may notice that this week’s index is a bit…Spartan. That’s partly because we’re rethinking th
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
Read to the end for influencer political marketing
Polls and pundits don't do a good job of predicting election results. But what about prediction markets? In this post, we discuss what makes a good market and what could cause it to be wrong.
And how the best of OnlyFans can be applied to other platforms
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The team talks to John H. Richardson, award-winning journalist for publications including Esquire and GQ — and Rachel’s dad! — about structu
Ant's IPO has been taken down. What happened, what do you need to know and what should we expect to see next?
We break down Nir Eyal's system for turning down the noise and getting work done
Weary of Election Discourse? Dan and Nathan are, too – but they also think there’s some use in paying attention to the world outside of work
Everything we published this week + Noted
Over the last year I filmed a short documentary on the life and artistic career of my father Wayne Forte. He has been one of the strongest
How a top venture capitalist uses Airtable to build a Personal CRM
Taking cues from Robert Yagelski’s Writing as a Way of Being, Rachel guides the panel through pedagogy. At the end of a taxing week, how can
Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators
Ask Jerry—Edition Nº 2
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A preview of Clay + access to Hebbia.ai
A special episode with your Means of Creation hosts
What is the Cash Conversion Cycle and why is it useful? In this post, we discuss the Cash Conversion Cycle formula, an example calculation, and a comparison of public retailer IPOs.
Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t
After reading Dan’s Superorganizers profile on people person Peter Boyce, Nathan wonders why his hands-on approach to social and business ca
Happy Sunday! Need to cope with the shrinking amount of daylight? Or the growing amount of time it’s going to take for your PS5 to arrive?
I dwell in Possibility -Emily Dickinson
Rachel and the writers (including guest panelist Fadeke Adegbuyi!) welcome the author of Writing as a Way of Being, Dr. Robert P. Yagelski—o
Read to the end to learn how a business model changed a company culture
The co-founder of Bark shares his 8 + 1 system for becoming excellent at life
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
And how software relates to the Passion Economy
Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc
How the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant curates wisdom
Newsletter Mania, plus: Announcing the Every Fellowship!
A hard look at leadership inspired a longtime CIO to transform diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the tech industry.
Read to the end for publicly listed TikTok Creator Mansion
Ask Jerry—Edition Nº 3
After a writing exercise where the panelists explored different career paths they might have followed, Dan, Adam, and Taylor talk through th
On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.
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
Happy Sunday! Charli D’Amelio may have 100 million TikTok followers, but we’ve got 7,000 words for you to read today. An hour of audio cont
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