Every article we published in December 2020.
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
A look inside the S-1 of Wish. Included is the background of Wish, a look at their margins, how the universal postal union is changing their cost structure, how their CAC is rising and if they are viable long-term.
"I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed."
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
Ali Hamed of CoVenture shares his tools for getting to the people who can make a difference
How the professional platform makes networking weird
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
Reacting to the news of Slack’s purchase by Salesforce, Nathan gets into the different opportunities in hardware vs. software and Dan goes d
A scheduling update for our next episode
Plus: Today's the last day to enter our Writing Contest!
Read to the end for a 9-year-old YouTube star who launched a Roblox world
Ask Jerry—Edition Nº 4
In China, livestreaming has changed eCommerce. Learn about how it works, what the hosts do during the steam, and how it could impact American eCommerce.
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
How you can use psychology to get unstuck
And what content creators can learn from open-source developers
Nathan loops Dan in on something he thought was a problem: falling in and out of love with different software too quickly. Turns out, it’s m
Why get rich slowly?
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
Everything we did this week, plus: Startupy, Disney+, & the subscription boom
"a ringing sense of mortality underscores everything we write" -Maggie Nelson
After talking through questions of editorship and delegating, Rachel, Dan, Nathan and Adam turn their attention to the week’s reading: Helen
The bestselling novelist shares his recipe for taking notes that spark novels.
News Roundup #13: lottery meets YouTuber, Reddit’s Dubsmash acquisition, and a database with 20,000+ newsletters
And the product dynamics that drive social platforms
The strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible
Visakan Veerasamy on building an audience by making internet friends
Dan and Nathan address the news that’s been dominating the Everything Slack all day: Substack’s long-awaited reader, which collects your new
How media creates power
The National Magazine Award winner and Buzzfeed News data editor relies on transparency, generosity, and collaboration to hold power accountable
Nathan takes Dan behind his latest Divinations essay, “Why Content is King,” from the writing process—which included drafting the piece in l
It's the final Digest of 2020, but we're focused on this week
Having spent the week responding to a prompt—What does it feel like to be alive?—Rachel and the Bundle writers spend their final hour of the
A competition to predict the events of 2021 for a tantalizing prize
Dan and Nathan welcome Andre Plaut, creator of The Prediction Game—a competition to predict the events of the coming year for a tantalizing
