David Gil discusses what he thinks Facebook's true intentions are with Libra Coin and their plans to hijack the crypto space. He also talks about Intel's 5G modem chip disaster that led to the entire division being acquired by Apple for pennies on the dollar.

David Gil speaks with Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1). He's been featured on a Forbe's '30 under 30' list, received a Thiel Fellowship, and is the founder and CEO of DoNotPay, an app that started as a robo-lawyer and has expanded into being an AI assistant that takes care of many annoying tasks like dealing with customer service problems, making appointments at the DMV, filing insurance claims, and much more. They discuss many things, including the how Joshua has cracked the viral marketing code and got millions of users without paid ads, his plans to put lawyers out of business, how to create a 'viral product', and more.

David Gil speaks with KarenHowland (@KarenHowland2). She is a Managing Director and General Partner at CircleUp, a $125M fund focused on investing in emerging consumer brands. They discuss many things, including the most common traits of successful startup CPGs , why big CPGs are failing and what they can do to turn it around, why the opportunity for new consumer brands has never been greater, and how CircleUp uses incredible amounts of data to identify high growth sectors and emerging companies.

Shopify made a huge new announcement that is going to level the playing field between individual brands and eCommerce giants like Amazon and Walmart. Plus, the Paris Air Show had some promising new developments.

Creating the perfect listing can be difficult and there is a lot of debate on what is best. In this episode David Gil gives away MGR's method for optimizing and maximizing listings for the best performance.

Google's antitrust problems are getting worse while YouTube is getting out of control. Apple pulled some smart moves at WWDC. TimeWarner's new streaming service is just sad.

Airbnb ditches it's 20% guest fee in its growth efforts and AMD just washed the floor with Intel.

The trade war is escalating and both sides have a lot of leverage. The US shot a bullet in the heart of Huawei. But, the question is if everything will calm down, or if China will fire back.

David Gil speaks with Travis Walker, the co-founder and CMO of ARK. ARK is arguably one of the most ambitious tech projects being worked on currently. They discuss many things, including including how to compete with multi-billion dollar companies like Google & Facebook, what he looks for when hiring new people for his team, how his team is able to work remotely rather than being based in Silicon Valley or some other tech hub, why Ark chose to go with DPoS over other consensus mechanisms (don’t worry if you’re not sure what that means, we’ll explain it) and much, much more. MGR Unplugged Podcast: https://mgredge.com/mgr-unplugged/ Topics: (4:10) – Travis’ background and what led him to co-found ARK. (5:07) – What is the goal of ARK? (5:47) – How Travis approaches the marketing and UX of a complicated tech product. (6:12) – With all of ARK’s major ambitions, what is the primary focus for the team currently? (10:00) – Where Travis sees ARK being in 3-5 years. (12:12) – Why ARK chose not to centrally locate in a tech hub like Silicon Valley and instead chose to work remote, and what challenges or advantages that choice brings. (13:55) – The main character traits Travis looks for when hiring. (15:57) – How a small teams of 20-30 people like ARK are able to take on multi-billion dollar behemoths like Facebook, Google, IBM, and others. (18:00) – Why ARK chose DPoS over other consensus mechanisms like PoW or PoS. (18:38) – Why 51 delegates is the optimum number for a DPoS system. (20:33) – Should delegates be able to remain anonymous or should their identities be revealed? (22:04) – What are smartbridges and how do they work? (24:36) – With which major blockchains does ARK currently function? (26:45) – What decentralized applications (dApps) Travis thinks have the most promise. (27:40) – Is there potential for a blockchain based, decentralized social network? (30:00) – Of all the places Travis has traveled in the past few years, which destination was his favorite? Check our other stuff out too: The Edge: https://mgredge.com Medium: medium.com/the-edge-by-mgr Instagram: instagram.com/mgrmarketing Facebook: facebook.com/mgrconsulting LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/mgr-consulting-group/ Company Site: http://MGRAgency.com Twitter: twitter.com/mgragency

There's a lot of outcry over data privacy, but far fewer solutions. David Gil discusses how we can balance privacy with having access to modern convenience and apps that require data to be useful. Then, he talks about what the ultimate solution could be, and if there even is one. Full Show Notes: https://mgredge.com/the-datapocalypse-how-do-we-solve-one-of-the-biggest-challenges-of-our-time/ Topics: Is it your responsibility to read all Terms & Conditions? – (2:16) Free apps are probably selling your data – (3:22) Is giving up privacy worth the convenience of great services? – (8:10) Should all free platforms offer a paid “Privacy” version? – (15:04) Should governments intervene? – (22:10) How GDPR hurt small businesses – (23:24) Australia’s short sighted “Violent” content law – (24:28) Check our other stuff out too: The Edge: https://mgredge.com Medium: medium.com/the-edge-by-mgr Instagram: instagram.com/mgrmarketing Facebook: facebook.com/mgrconsulting LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/mgr-consulting-group/ Company Site: http://MGRAgency.com Twitter: twitter.com/mgragency