Mar 21, 2022

Startups & Tech - Issue #194: Writing Job Posts, Payments Report, Market Making for Houses

Issue #194 — View online — Suggest a link

Startups & Tech

A curated list of the top stories in technology, startups, and venture capital.

Gm. Two personal updates for this week:

Thanks to everyone who came out to our first Race Capital Web3 happy hour of 2022! Was great to see many friends and connect with new founders. 🏎💨
Loved seeing Anatoly Yakovenko (founder of Solana) write a public note about Edith Yeung, my partner at Race Capital, about how impactful she is as an investor. 💪

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.

🗞️ Interesting Reads

Tactical tips, tricks, and advice for writing job posts. A must have skill for founders trying to grow their early teams.
TikTok is the newest platform driving the distribution of music.
Market making for houses is not as straightforward as market making for financial products.
A report on the payments market by JP Morgan, why payments are eating the world. One interesting stat in the report is they estimate there are 75M crypto wallet users, almost doubled the year prior.
Why the future of stablecoins may come from non-USD denominated currencies

🔥 Startup Jobs

Race Capital: Head of Content (Remote)
Saber: Founding Frontend Engineer (Remote)
Opaque: Backend, Core Platform (Berkeley, CA)
SocialChat: Account Executive (San Francisco, CA)
GoodNotes: Data Platform, Growth (London, UK)
Databricks: Infra Eng, Product Manager
Lightning Labs: Head of Talent, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Marketing (Remote)
Citcon: VP Engineering, Lead Architect (Remote)
Polysign: Software Engineer, Client Services (Remote)
Scarf: Head of Growth, Engineer, Data Analyst (Remote)
Zeet: Dev Experience, Customer Success, Marketing (SF, CA)
Zeta: Product Designer, Marketing Lead (Remote)
FTX: Full Stack Developer (Remote)

Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital’s Portfolio Job Board

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Chris McCann - General Partner @ Race Capital, former Greylock Partners
chris@startupdigest.com

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