Info

VB Engage - Mobile, Marketing, & Technology Podcast from VentureBeat

A brutally honest look at marketing and mobile engagement, plus interviews with some of the brightest minds around technology, social media, marketing technology, MarTech, and customer experience. Hosted by VentureBeat's Stewart Rogers and Travis Wright.
RSS Feed
VB Engage - Mobile, Marketing, & Technology Podcast from VentureBeat
2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2016
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May


All Episodes
Archives
Now displaying: January, 2017
Jan 31, 2017
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?

 

Jan 24, 2017
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.

 

Jan 17, 2017

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.

Jan 10, 2017

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.

1