Rehash is the first community-owned podcast, where community members help decide key podcast decisions, like which guests we host on the podcast. Rehash is hosted, produced, and edited by Diana Chen.
On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization thatβs trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn was nominated by me, Diana Chen, and voted onto the podcast by Zayi Reyes, LDF, Justin Conley, Aaron Soskin, triumph, and me.
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On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization thatβs trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn is an ops queen who - prior to working in web3 - worked at BlackRock, Ernst & Young, and obtained her MBA from Georgetown. She has a wealth of experience in the hiring and team building space and brings a grounded and sophisticated perspective to the often disorganized and chaotic world of web3.
Hiring is an extremely important topic because the people you hire determine the culture and success of your organization, and how happy and motivated youβre able to keep your employees after theyβre hired also contributes to that end state as well.
However, itβs rarely discussed in web3 and perhaps the reason why we see such high turnover in this space and easily avoidable hiring mistakes taking place regularly. One example Kaitlyn mentions is companies hiring Twitter personalities for roles that donβt exist and probably donβt need to exist within their organization.
This episode wouldnβt be complete without a brief conversation about mountaineering - something both of us love to do. Kaitlyn shares some of her biggest adventures, misadventures, and learnings, which include learnings on why we need more diversity not just in web3 but in the mountaineering world as well.
Kaitlyn is equal parts analytical and empathetic, and her balanced approach to her work and her life, combined with her clear communication style, makes this an extremely digestible and actionable episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, you can collect it as a podcast NFT here. There are 20 editions available to collect at 0.005 ETH each. Collecting an episode gets you membership in Rehash DAO, which allows you to nominate guests for future seasons of the podcast. Read more about joining the DAO here.
Resources and links referenced in this episode:
Donβt forget to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts to help more people hear our conversations and learn about web3, DAOs, and the human side of emerging technology.
Lens: a permissionless, composable, & decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy. Find us on Lens @rehash.lens.
Quests: one link for who you are and what you do.
Lore: a web3 co-ownership platform that makes it easy and fun to co-own NFTs with friends, crowdfund a project, or start a collective.
Rehash is the first community-owned podcast, where community members help decide key podcast decisions, like which guests we host on the podcast. Rehash is hosted, produced, and edited by Diana Chen.
On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization thatβs trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn was nominated by me, Diana Chen, and voted onto the podcast by Zayi Reyes, LDF, Justin Conley, Aaron Soskin, triumph, and me.
https://player.simplecast.com/49927e3b-76a4-40b1-8684-70d2352c0aa5?display=iframe&height=200px
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Lenstube | Substack
On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization thatβs trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn is an ops queen who - prior to working in web3 - worked at BlackRock, Ernst & Young, and obtained her MBA from Georgetown. She has a wealth of experience in the hiring and team building space and brings a grounded and sophisticated perspective to the often disorganized and chaotic world of web3.
Hiring is an extremely important topic because the people you hire determine the culture and success of your organization, and how happy and motivated youβre able to keep your employees after theyβre hired also contributes to that end state as well.
However, itβs rarely discussed in web3 and perhaps the reason why we see such high turnover in this space and easily avoidable hiring mistakes taking place regularly. One example Kaitlyn mentions is companies hiring Twitter personalities for roles that donβt exist and probably donβt need to exist within their organization.
This episode wouldnβt be complete without a brief conversation about mountaineering - something both of us love to do. Kaitlyn shares some of her biggest adventures, misadventures, and learnings, which include learnings on why we need more diversity not just in web3 but in the mountaineering world as well.
Kaitlyn is equal parts analytical and empathetic, and her balanced approach to her work and her life, combined with her clear communication style, makes this an extremely digestible and actionable episode.
If you enjoyed this episode, you can collect it as a podcast NFT here. There are 20 editions available to collect at 0.005 ETH each. Collecting an episode gets you membership in Rehash DAO, which allows you to nominate guests for future seasons of the podcast. Read more about joining the DAO here.
Resources and links referenced in this episode:
Donβt forget to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts to help more people hear our conversations and learn about web3, DAOs, and the human side of emerging technology.
Lens: a permissionless, composable, & decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy. Find us on Lens @rehash.lens.
Quests: one link for who you are and what you do.
Lore: a web3 co-ownership platform that makes it easy and fun to co-own NFTs with friends, crowdfund a project, or start a collective.
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[LIVE NOW] Rehash Season 9 Guest Nomination βοΈ & Voting π³οΈ
It's time to nominate and vote on your favorite guests to Rehash! Season 9 guest elections run from June 24-28, and Season 9 launches July 11, 2024.

ποΈ S10 E1 | Discovery of New Things on Blockchain w/Bunny (Dora)
In our first episode of Season 10, weβre speaking with Bunny, CEO of Dora, an onchain discovery engine thatβs making it easier than ever for people to discover new apps and projects across a multitude of chains.

ποΈ S9 E2 | A New Era of Media Without Algorithms or Ads w/Grace Guan (Unlonely)
In this episode, weβre speaking with Grace Guan, co-founder of Unlonely, a web3 livestreaming platform, about web2 vs web3 media, inner workings of YouTube algorithms, and how traditional media platforms can stop exploiting creators by getting rid of ads and algorithms in this new iteration of media weβre building in web3.
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[LIVE NOW] Rehash Season 9 Guest Nomination βοΈ & Voting π³οΈ
It's time to nominate and vote on your favorite guests to Rehash! Season 9 guest elections run from June 24-28, and Season 9 launches July 11, 2024.

ποΈ S10 E1 | Discovery of New Things on Blockchain w/Bunny (Dora)
In our first episode of Season 10, weβre speaking with Bunny, CEO of Dora, an onchain discovery engine thatβs making it easier than ever for people to discover new apps and projects across a multitude of chains.

ποΈ S9 E2 | A New Era of Media Without Algorithms or Ads w/Grace Guan (Unlonely)
In this episode, weβre speaking with Grace Guan, co-founder of Unlonely, a web3 livestreaming platform, about web2 vs web3 media, inner workings of YouTube algorithms, and how traditional media platforms can stop exploiting creators by getting rid of ads and algorithms in this new iteration of media weβre building in web3.
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