Ellen Chisa, Partner at boldstart ventures - The VentureFizz Podcast

Описание: Episode #328 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ellen Chisa, Partner at boldstart ventures.

Back in 2016, we wrote a profile about Ellen on VentureFizz when she was leading product management at Lola.com. The profile was part of a series that we called Driven, which I think is a very fitting word to describe Ellen… and ironically, the discussion around considering a role in venture capital actually came up. So, in my opinion, it was only a matter of time.

From being part of the winning team in high school for the FIRST Robotics competition, to starting a company in college, to a career path in product management, to leading a company that was developing a new programming language… Ellen has built the perfect core foundation for a successful career as an investor.

boldstart is a venture capital firm that is your partner from inception for developer first, infrastructure, & SaaS founders that looking to turn your idea into a category-creating iconic company. The firm’s portfolio includes companies like Snyk, Kustomer, BigID, Superhuman and many more.

In this episode of our podcast, we cover:

A conversation about what makes a great product manager.
Ellen’s background including the story off taking some time of to build an EdTech startup with other classmates while in college at the Olin School of Engineering,
Working on early mobile initiatives at Microsoft, then joining Kickstarter as a Product Manager, and what led her to pursue her MBA at Harvard Business School.
Meeting serial entrepreneur, Paul English, and leading product at Lola.com, a travel app.
Developing a new programming language for her startup called Dark with Paul Biggar which allows companies to build software faster, plus what this experience taught her in terms of leading a company and getting adoption with the developer community.
The future of AI developed code.
How she landed in venture capital at boldstart including what she is targeting for investments and what has been her biggest surprise as a VC.
Startup pitch advice.
And so much more.

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