Evan Armstrong

Evan is the lead writer at Every. He explores power and profit in technology in his twice-weekly Napkin Math column.

Feb 1, 2024

Crypto’s Prophet Speaks

A16z’s Chris Dixon hasn’t abandoned the faith with his new book, 'Read Write Own'

May 19, 2022

How Startups Can Survive the Creator Economy Winter

The Race for Revenue Share

Sep 30, 2021

NFT Projects are just MLMs for Tech Elites

A somewhat impartial review of current NFT business models

Nov 9, 2023

We Should All Want to Be Mitt Romney

What is the point of F U money if you never say F U?

Nov 10, 2022

Pinterest Has a Chance

The first full-stack shopping platform

Mar 7, 2024

Ads in the Age of AI

Weirder, different, and new

Feb 25, 2022

Joe Rogan: The Platform-Proof Creator

Spotify’s No-Win Predicament

Jul 27, 2023

Snap’s Probably Screwed (Again)

Maybe Elon should buy it

May 4, 2023

7 Reasons Media Is a No-Good, Horrible, Rotten Business That I Love Anyways

Plus a few things that bring me hope

Mar 21, 2024

Why Polarity Pays

The complicated social and financial incentives at the heart of online publishing

Jul 15, 2022

Has Venture Lost Its Soul?

A Book Review of The Power Law

Sep 22, 2022

The AI Writer

How tech is changing what it means to be an author

Apr 4, 2024

How I Use ChatGPT (As A Reasonable Person)

My AI awakening

Sep 14, 2023

Defense Tech Shouldn’t Be Sexy

Weapons are a necessary evil, not a hype-y consumer product

Jun 27, 2023

Shopping for AI Shovels: The MosaicML Acquisition

Why would Databricks spend $1.3B?

Jul 21, 2022

Crypto Has A Use Case

How Braintrust Used Tokens to Kickstart a Market

Nov 24, 2021

How Do You Compete with Free?

Notion: The Embattled Artist

Jul 20, 2023

Of Course You Can Beat the Market

Free your mind from the Efficient Market Hypothesis

Dec 7, 2023

The Impossibility of Being Charlie

RIP to nerd Jesus

Dec 1, 2021

Investing on Instinct

Why the best deals are done with no data at all

Jul 11, 2024

Searching for Signal

When building a startup gets hard, where should we turn?

Mar 26, 2024

How to Make Millions on Discord

A new distribution channel has opened

Mar 10, 2022

How To Get Leverage On Your Ideas

The Power Output Equation

Nov 16, 2023

COGS: How I Bankrupted MoviePass

An intuitive explainer for how to lose money and win anyway