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builtin.com does not seem to have any specific focus on blockchain - their site says "Built In is the online community for startups and tech companies. Find sta
by smsm42 4y ago
builtin.com does not seem to have any specific focus on blockchain - their site says "Built In is the online community for startups and tech companies. Find startup jobs, tech news and events" and their "Our story" page does not seem to mention blockchain or crypto at all, and if anything, is focused on recruiting ("career" is mentioned a lot). I have no idea how they ended up being #1 in google for that specific query, maybe mostly because of randomly matching some search terms, or they have a very good SEO team.
The author's credentials are:
Sam Daley is a Built In associate product manager who formerly covered AI, blockchain and emerging tech trends for BuiltIn.com. Prior to Built In, Daley worked as a CNN production assistant and development coordinator for Rotary International.
Which does not suggest he has any special insight into any blockchain technology or industry beyond being assigned to "write about all that new stuff because you young people understand those". OTOH, his previous title on Linkedin is "SEO Strategist" - which may be the explanation for the #1 result. At least we know he's good at that job, congrats, Sam. His credentials on being the arbiter of blockchain project prominence are still not clear - and I suspect his methodology of compiling the list differs little from the original article's methodology. Maybe I'm wrong but his bio doesn't show any signs of any relation to crypto. Maybe he still has huge knowledge of it, I don't know, there's no way for me to see it at least.
So, not a "construction-focused publication" but more like "local newspaper worker who covers any news about manufacturing industry, construction, agriculture, food industry and anything else nobody wants to". So yeah, random list of startups has most of them dead or pivoted in several years. That's how it works with startups.