Ellen Chisa writes about startups and software development. She has been featured in First Round Review, Stratechery, and Business Insider. Her essays from 2012 - 2017 are available in a book on Product Management.

New Writing

New writing is first released on Substack. Subscribe to always see the latest. Some recent popular posts:

• Product Founders
• Finance for Designers and other Builders
• Building Faster

Selected Past Writing

• The Best Lessons from Harvard Business School (Business Insider)
• The Magical Benefits of the Quitter's Mindset (First Round Review)
• Creating a Sustainable Crowdfunding Platform (Stratechery)
• How to Read a Lot (Personal)
• Networking for Introverts (Personal)
• Have some coffee (and stop worrying about finding a mentor) (TheLi.st)
• Uncommon Practices for Richer Products (MixPanel)

Technical Manuscript Reviews

Ellen also reviews and blurbs a variety of techncial manuscripts on Product, Design, and Engineering.

• Product Management for UX People by Christian Crumlish
• Product Management in Practice by Matt LeMay