Jason Yanowitz co-founded Blockworks, a media, data and software business focused on digital assets. He also builds small software projects, connecting his experience in publishing and startups with hands-on product experiments.[1][2]
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Yanowitz studied history at Emory and worked in venture capital before building an outbound sales team at Sisense. He describes starting Blockworks at the end of 2017 and moving to it full time in May 2018. His interview explains the transition from meeting potential customers to building a business around a specialist audience.[2]
Contributions
His personal project directory includes VCversus, which compares crypto venture funds, and Bezos1000, a ranking of wealth creators. The projects make his interests tangible as interfaces and datasets rather than leaving them as commentary. They sit alongside his longer-running media work at Blockworks.[3]
Tools, writing & talks
Writing, research & talks
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Bitcoin, crypto and entrepreneurship with Jason Yanowitztheinvestorspodcast.comA first-person discussion of starting Blockworks, finding customers and moving from sales into entrepreneurship.
Start with the part about founding Blockworks and the move from customer conversations to a full-time business. It gives context for his publishing work; use the project directory afterward to see how he turns research interests into software.
Interview guest[2]
Apps
- WenWarewen-ware.com
Time-travel geography game with 360-degree historical scenes where players guess both the place and the era.
Related projectOriginal source - VCversus and other software experimentsyanowitzjason.com
Yanowitz’s directory of small products, including a comparison of crypto venture funds.
Builder[3]