The best Product newsletters

Elliot C Smith writes personal essays on product, software development and startups, mixing reflections on running a company with commentary on AI-built software and productivity culture. The sampled issues include a book review of a fantasy detective series and short opinion pieces that are clear and conversational, though the excerpts are brief.

Foundation is a newsletter from a fintech founder sharing lessons on scaling startups, management, remote work and growth, drawing on his own company experience and broader analogies. Readers get candid, experience-based takes on building and running high-growth companies.