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The Science of Habit-Forming Products β (and how to build them)
Nathan Baschez
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Nathan Baschez
Lex
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Hey! Thanks so much for checking this out - hope the story is entertaining / useful :) We'd love feedback!
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8yr ago
Folajimi Odukomaiya
@nbashaw
I really enjoyed reading this! Your use of animation to tell the story was brilliant. Looking forward to more of your work!
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@freddieo
thanks so much! means a lot to me :) you can see some of our other recent stories at hardbound.co
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8yr ago
Folajimi Odukomaiya
@nbashaw
my only qualm is that I have to enter my phone number to subscribe! Wish there was an option for email π
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@freddieo
i hear ya! maybe we should offer that as a backup. We prefer phone because Hardbound stories are really designed to be read on a phone. But I can understand why some might prefer email.
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8yr ago
Nir Eyal
Nir and Far
Maker
Props should go to
@rrhoover
as well for working on this book too!
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@nireyal
@rrhoover
absolutely! good call on adding him as a maker :)
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8yr ago
Niv Dror
VC Puzzle
TL:DR π
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8yr ago
Nir Eyal
Nir and Far
Maker
@nivo0o0
I could watch that all day
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8yr ago
Gabriel Szanto
Qwote
Great read and good intro to Nir's book, Hooked.
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8yr ago
Misbah Ashraf
Toymail
Amazing read. Great work w/ Nir Eyal.
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@misbahspeaks
thank you!! cc
@nireyal
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8yr ago
Marcus Karoumi
Page Anchor
LOOOOVE this. Always enjoy learning from Hardbound. Great work Nathan ππ
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@mkaroumi
Thank you!
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8yr ago
Dave Bailey
I enjoyed this way more than I expected to. Absolutely love the concept.
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@davesuperman
thanks so much, Dave!
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8yr ago
Don J. Kahn
@nbashaw
nice job once again - keep it up!
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@kahdojay
thank you! i appreciate it :)
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8yr ago
Jordan Gonen
next play
woot ~ great read!
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@jrdngonen
thank you, sir!
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8yr ago
Rahul
that was really amazing! take an upvote.
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8yr ago
Nathan Baschez
Lex
Maker
@rhlkmth
thank you so much!
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8yr ago
Horea Burca
Perspective
That was a great read, thanks for taking the time to do that. Now, if only I could wrap my mind around applying this to my product!
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8yr ago
T. Dalton Combs
Jasmine Energy
@nireyal
That's a great new way to get the story out there!
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8yr ago
Lex