Since 2016, I’ve studied the future of work & web3. In the past years, I have noted shifts in technology and societal changes making the two coemerge. Becoming what I call jobs3.

In a previous article, I dive deeper into Jobs3. Exploring the difference between Future of Work & Jobs3 and how the two are evolving into a new field of study. It’s still early with lots of hurdles to overcome. But I believe we are at the beginning of a new era of work.

In this article, I have attempted to map out startups operating in jobs3. It’s a work in progress and the list will be updated on an ongoing basis. To make it easier I have chosen one category for each company rather than multiple.

If I have missed anyone, ping me on Twitter!

📚 Upskilling / Reskilling

We are all newbies in web3. Upskilling web3 startups are helping us onboard through learn-to-earn. Reskill our hard (technical) and soft skills (community). We learn together in cohorts and get rewarded through tokens. Examples:

• Learning as a group: BuildSpaces, Product House

• Developer-focused: Web3 University, QuestBook

• Web3 Onboarding/Learn-to-earn: Rabbithole, Layer3, Continuum

• Community leaders: WGMI, Invisible College

💻 Freelancer & Talent

Web3 talent is less about listing prestigious names on your resume and more about showing what you actually can do through on-chain verified credentials. Web3 freelance marketplaces remove middlemen and list bounties. Examples:

• Marketplaces/networks: Braintrust, Chainwhiz, 2c, twali

• On-chain credentials: Incred, POAP, Kudos, Kleoverse, Isoplink, lvl protocol, Galaxe

• Recruitment: Pallet, CryptoJobList, Web3 Career, Proof of Talent

• Invest in talent: Talent Protocol

🌎 Borderless Tools

Blockchain technology is creating a borderless world with cities built on code rather than brick. This will impact how we work & live. Examples:

• Cloud state/city: Nation3,  Metropolis, CityDAO, Phi

• Accommodation: DTravel, Kindred

• Metaverse: SoWork, Metavrse

📋 Project Management

The nature of collaboration is changing. DAOs allow us to complete bounties, earn rewards, and participate in governance. Current web2 solutions don’t cater to these new demands. Examples:

• Project management: Dework, Wonderverse, DeepSkills

• One-stop-shops: Station, Charmverse, Clarity, Colony, SuperDAO, Avenue

• Team mapping: Sobol

✉️ Communications

A lot of native web3 communication platforms look & feel like web2 (think Slack, WhatsApp). But the difference lies in privacy, control, and unlimited communication. Examples:

• Text: MetaWork, Geneva, Skiff, Blockscan Chat, Discord, Telegram

• Video: Element, RoomsMe

• Wallet address organization: Idriss

📇 Back office

Web3 is evolving fast and regulators are struggling to keep up. The back office will play an important role in web3 compliance. New contribution/ownership models require innovative infrastructure around payments, token allocations, and governance. Examples:

• Backoffice: Bulla, Parcel, Gilded, Coordinape

• Payroll & Benefits: Opolis, Utopia

• Investing/treasury: Element, Syndicate, Coinocracy, Juicebox.money, Vincent, Magna

• Governance: Boardroom, Koop, Govrn, Governor DAO, CommonWealth, Aragon, Snapshot, JokeDAO

🕹️ Community-as-a-Service

Communities are everything in web3. Tools are needed to manage, grow, and incentivize group members. Examples:

• Infrastructure: Bonfire, Roll, Guild, Tally Ho

• Management: Collab Land, Intros

• DAOs: FWB, AstroDAO, BanklessDAO, DeveloperDAO, DAOhaus

🎨 Creator Tools

Web3 = the age of the creator. The blockchain allows artists and creatives to monetize online without having to turn to advertisements. Examples:

• Metaverse: Mirror Metaverse, Mona, Spatial

• Art: Zora, Form Function, OpenSea, Fractional, Enjin, Fingerprints, PleasrDAO

• Musicians: Async, Catalog, Sound, Audius, Unchained

• Website-builder: Foundation

• Writing: Mirror

• Social: Yup, Myco