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.
Apple has two choices: adapt or die
Untangling the complex causal chain that makes good times go bad
Or, how NounsDAO plans to take over the world
Also in this week’s roundup: Clubhouse’s $1b valuation, a16z’s new media property, Forbes’s new deal for writers, and Instagram’s plan to keep up with TikTok.
It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby.
To Axie Infinity And Beyond!
The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace
Recent news from TikTok, ConvertKit, and Ditto reveal an emerging new funnel for music creators to directly acquire, engage, and monetize fans.
Short-form premium video is here to stay.
Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry
Also: Getty Images acquires Unsplash, LinkedIn’s new creator mode, the math behind MrBeast’s businesses, and more
Rating my predictions from 2020: what worked, what didn’t, and what I learned along the way
Advice for Generalist Founders
Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles
Opening up to external content is the only way to ensure durability, scalability, and defensibility.
A messy slog that changed everything for me
The future of social networks is in smaller communities
As a paid subscriber to Every, you get access to Lex before anyone else. We realize many of you signed up for Lex with a different email tha
Say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. What now?
A force to be reckoned with
Packy McCormick, author of Not Boring, one of the most widely-read analysts in tech. His newsletter now has more than 75k subscribers and he
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
On launching and learning
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