hi! I'm Ellen and I'm a Partner at boldstart ventures where I invest in enterprise software companies.¹

My big question is "how do we get to a world where everyone can make software?"

Historically I've been skeptical that low code is the answer. I am open minded about a future in which AI allows us to describe full applications.

Three parts of the solution could be:

• Coding backends without having to provision infrastructure
• The unification of design (Figma) and frontend code
• An analytics platform that allow anyone to see how the software is being used

Many people have tried to crack these, but we haven't seen the fundamental shift in how we build. I spent a lot of time on the first while building Dark.

Some of the other spaces I spend time thinking about are APIs, multiplayer collaboration, local first software, personal knowledge management, developer productivity, and shortening the loop between dev and prod. I share thoughts on these and other parts of how to build a startup on Substack and LinkedIn.

I love talking to people about their early ideas, especially when they can articulate a clear pain that they want to address. You can email me at my first name at boldstart.vc.

¹ An enterprise company is one where in the long run you will sell big contracts to big companies.