Jessi Craige Shikman
"The most compelling stories have the exact right combination of granular detail and sweeping narrative. I’m fortunate that I get to spend my days seeking that delicate balance — excavating the specific decisions that shaped a company's trajectory while framing up the lessons that any founder can learn from."
Jessi has led editorial efforts at First Round since 2018.
Before joining First Round as Editor of The Review, Jessi worked as a copywriter at Evernote, crafting everything from blog posts to release notes and social media content. Prior to that, she was a research, editing, and writing assistant at McChrystal Group, where she worked on General Stan McChrystal's New York Times bestseller, "Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World." She later expanded her role to support broader content marketing initiatives for the consulting firm and ghostwrite for senior leaders.
Jessi graduated from Georgetown with a B.S. in Foreign Service.