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#314: Matty Taylor, Co-founder of Colosseum, on Solana, Hackathons, and Growing the Solana Ecosystem

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Matty Taylor is the Co-founder of Colosseum. Previously, Matty was the Head of Growth at the Solana Foundation, where he kickstarted the Solana hackathon program in 2020. Over the past three years, that program cumulatively resulted in over 60,000 participants, 4,000 projects launched, and $600 million in venture funding for winners. Top Solana ecosystem founders from Tensor, Squads, StepN, Jito, and dozens of other leading projects got their start through Solana Foundation hackathons. Matty previously worked at 0x Labs and Square (now Block).
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Solana ecosystem
- Creating the Y-Combinator of Solana
- 3 pillars of Colosseum: hackathon, accelerator and venture fund
- Bonk DAO
- Bonk bot
- Solana hackathons
- Working at Square and 0x
- Sphere - the on-chain version of stripe
- The rise + fall + rise of Solana
- DePIN + AI on Solana
- Creating markets around social media
Colosseum
Website: www.colosseum.org
X: @ColosseumOrg
LinkedIn: Colosseum
Matty Taylor
X: @mattytay
LinkedIn: Matty Taylor

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Matty Taylor is the Co-founder of Colosseum. Previously, Matty was the Head of Growth at the Solana Foundation, where he kickstarted the Solana hackathon program in 2020. Over the past three years, that program cumulatively resulted in over 60,000 participants, 4,000 projects launched, and $600 million in venture funding for winners. Top Solana ecosystem founders from Tensor, Squads, StepN, Jito, and dozens of other leading projects got their start through Solana Foundation hackathons. Matty previously worked at 0x Labs and Square (now Block).
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Solana ecosystem
- Creating the Y-Combinator of Solana
- 3 pillars of Colosseum: hackathon, accelerator and venture fund
- Bonk DAO
- Bonk bot
- Solana hackathons
- Working at Square and 0x
- Sphere - the on-chain version of stripe
- The rise + fall + rise of Solana
- DePIN + AI on Solana
- Creating markets around social media
Colosseum
Website: www.colosseum.org
X: @ColosseumOrg
LinkedIn: Colosseum
Matty Taylor
X: @mattytay
LinkedIn: Matty Taylor

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This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.
PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance.

Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.
PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast.

After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.
Code: CRYPTONEWS50
This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:
PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50

  continue reading

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