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The Media Operator’s Mindset: Nathan Baschez on Substack, Virality, and Building Ideas in Public

The Media Operator’s Mindset: Nathan Baschez on Substack, Virality, and Building Ideas in Public

Update: 2025-06-10
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In this episode, we sit down with Nathan Baschez—founder of Lex, former co-founder of Every, founding team at Substack, and creator of Divinations—to unpack how he thinks about building internet-native businesses. Nathan shares the operating principles behind virality, the power of writing as leverage, and why product intuition matters more than process in the earliest startup moments. We also explore what it takes to build ideas in public—and how to know when one is worth chasing.

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The Media Operator’s Mindset: Nathan Baschez on Substack, Virality, and Building Ideas in Public

The Media Operator’s Mindset: Nathan Baschez on Substack, Virality, and Building Ideas in Public

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