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Editorial posts for founders at recently funded startups, most under 50 people. Each post starts from a dated news event or public source and ends with what to hire, when and what to look for. Product, marketing, compliance and finance come first; blockchain, AI, fintech and SaaS are secondary.
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September 2026 jobs report: what a 29,000-job month means for startups hiring product, marketing, compliance and finance
The U.S. added 29,000 jobs in September 2026 and unemployment was 4.2% (BLS, 2 October 2026). For a recently funded startup hiring its first controller, compliance lead or product manager, a soft market is a window. It is also a noisier one.
Read the post 7 October 2026 · Emily LandonQ3 2026 funding: the first product, marketing and finance hires after your raise
Crunchbase counted $159 billion in global venture funding in Q3 2026, spread across close to 6,000 startups (Crunchbase News, 5 October 2026). If your company is one of them, the hires that shape the next 12 months are often not engineers. They are the first product manager, the first marketing lead and the first finance hire.
Read the post 6 October 2026 · Emily LandonGENIUS Act compliance hiring: the BSA officer and controller a stablecoin startup needs before January 2027
If you're building a stablecoin startup, hire two people before you file for a GENIUS Act license: a BSA/AML officer and a controller who can support a monthly CFO certification. The Federal Reserve's proposal of 29 September 2026 lists the BSA officer and the CFO among the officers regulators will look at, and the Act takes effect no later than 18 January 2027.
Read the post 5 October 2026 · Emily LandonThe forward deployed engineer squeeze: what Anthropic's $100M academy means for startups hiring one
On 2 October 2026 Anthropic committed $100 million to train 10,000 forward deployed engineers by the end of 2027. Two days later, the AWS executive building its FDE organization called qualified candidates unicorns. If you're a startup trying to hire one this quarter, you're now bidding against both.
Read the post 4 October 2026 · Emily LandonQ3 2026 AI Jobs Report
There is no official July through September 2026 AI jobs total. This report examines separate monthly posting and employment signals, not a quarterly average, a quarter-over-quarter growth rate or a count of AI hires.
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- What does the TTR blog cover?
Product, marketing, compliance and finance hiring first: product managers and designers, growth and product marketers, compliance officers, financial controllers and FP&A analysts. Blockchain, AI, fintech and SaaS hiring are secondary topics.
- Who writes the TTR blog?
Posts are published by The Tech Recruiters under Emily Landon, the person you meet on the TTR intro call.
- Do the posts contain market data?
Posts cite public sources by name, date and link. They do not present original TTR market research. The only TTR figures are TTR-reported benchmarks, which are not promises.
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