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Howard Love, Twitter TV, and how A.I. might make you redundant Feb 14, 2017

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In this week's episode, Stewart and Travis talk about how live video is taking over Twitter to the point where the social network is becoming a global TV network, how 4K 360-degree content will start to become the norm in the near future, and why that means Stewart will have to start using a better moisturiser. We then find out why A.I. is making SEO consultants redundant.

We then interview Howard Love, author of The Startup J Curve, on how startups can succeed, and how the 'always mobile, always connected' customer has changed the landscape forever.

Sean Sheppard, growth lessons, and 3 billion reasons to care about Snapchat Spectacles Feb 07, 2017

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In this episode, Travis and Stewart interview Sean Sheppard of GrowthX on how to grow your startup, the lessons he has learned along the way, and what you can do differently that will have a massive impact on your fledgling business.

We also talk about Facebook's quarterly results and the massive $3 billion Snap Inc. IPO - timely, since Stewart showed up to the recording of this episode wearing his newly acquired Snapchat Spectacles. The future is 10 seconds long, dear listeners.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, AR sneakers, and a community of 500,000 friendly people Jan 31, 2017

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This week, Travis and Stewart finish up their Web Summit series of podcasts with a bona fide Hollywood star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We talk with Joe (as Stewart now calls him) about the creative, collaborative community he founded with his brother - hitRECord - and how he has not only managed to grow it to over half a million members but why everyone on the platform interacts in such a respectful way. In the news, we talk about the difference between US and EU chatbots, what AI is going to do to marketers, and we sneak in a little retail therapy, augmented reality-style. Or is that mixed reality?

Stephane Kasriel, machine marketing, and the future of work Jan 24, 2017

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This week, Travis and Stewart continue their Web Summit series of interviews with the awesome Stephane Kasriel of Upwork, which connects more than 12 million freelancers with over 5 million customers. We find out how it manages such a diverse and expansive community, and what has changed since mobile became dominant. And in the news, it is all about how machine learning is transforming marketing technology. Maybe in the future, marketers will be able to focus on being creative again, instead of being technologists. Oh, and we brag a little in this episode. Sorry about that, but someone has to do it.

Katia Beauchamp, A.I. everywhere, and signing 1 million subscribers Jan 17, 2017

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This week, Travis and Stewart continue their Web Summit series of interviews with the amazing Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox, the original box subscription service. We find out how the company has signed more than one million subscribers, and four million customers, in such a short time. We also hear how mobile has changed everything, and why it is so important now.

In the news segment, we reveal a new breed of marketing tool powered by A.I. and machine learning, and find out why that technology is going to be transformative in 2017. And if that wasn't enough, we attempt some really bad Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions.

Robert Scoble, CES madness, and the iPhone 8 rumor mill Jan 10, 2017

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Travis and Stewart are back with a bang after the holiday season break. In this episode, we continue our Web Summit series of interviews with the one and only Robert Scoble, who was carrying a Microsoft Hololens in his jacket pocket the way you and I would store our smartphones. He gives us the lowdown on the future of VR, AR, MR, and the iPhone 8.

And in the news segment, we focus on CES in Las Vegas. Travis has been walking the floor, checking out all the latest developments, including those in mobile, AI, and the Internet of Things. When you hear just how many devices will be connected by the year 2020, and how they might control each other autonomously, you're either going to embrace our new overlords or book that one-way ticket to Mars.

Paddy Cosgrave, network effect, and 360 degrees of guesses Dec 20, 2016

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This week, Travis and Stewart wrap up 2016 - which has been such a great year - with their predictions for the future of mobile, marketing, engagement, community, and everything else we manage to shoehorn into VB Engage each week. We also thank our families, producers, directors, makeup artists, and editors for 33 episodes of slightly above-average content, and reveal which publication was good enough to put us in their 'must listen' list of marketing podcasts for 2017.

Then, we interview Paddy Cosgrave - the founder of Web Summit - on how he and his team managed to grow this tech event from humble beginnings to an amazing 53,000 visitors in just a few short years. The answers include data science, network effect, and a serious amount of hard work.

Alexis Ohanian, Reddit's influence, and predicting the future Dec 13, 2016

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This week, Travis and Stewart interview Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of the front page of the internet, Reddit. The second in our Web Summit series, this was recorded the morning of the U.S. Presidential Election results, which made for some interesting discussion around communities, influence, and Reddit's role in that process -- a topic that has since become quite the discussion point. In the news, we discuss what has happened at Reddit since the interview, reveal Facebook's new dynamic ads for app installs, and revisit the time we predicted what was going wrong at Pebble, which shut down this week.

Alan Schaaf, $7 investments, and the future of A.I. Dec 06, 2016

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This week, we bring you the first VB Engage to have been recorded live on stage! That's right: At Web Summit in Lisbon earlier this year, we got to interview Alan Schaaf of internet phenomenon Imgur about the evolution of the company, geek culture, community, and what it takes to create a success from seemingly meagre beginnings.

In the news segment, Travis quizzes Stewart about his trip to Helsinki -- where he spoke at Nexterday North and Slush -- and discovers what he learned about the near future, artificial intelligence, mobile marketing, and where technology is taking us next.

Jessy Hanley, marketing secrets, and Instagram's Snapchat killer Nov 29, 2016

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This week, Travis and Stewart interview Jessy Hanley, who knows a thing or two (well, more like a few thousand things) about apps, games, and how to unlock the secrets of success.

They also discuss the latest Instagram features, which look to further copy Snapchat and take on the likes of Periscope and Facebook Live. Will Instagram win, or are we headed toward a live streaming future that no one company will dominate? The dynamic duo put their futurist brains to the test as they try to work out what will happen next.

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