Whew!

It’s been a busy and wild few weeks over here at XYO.

This past week I was in Las Vegas at a business summit with the best marketers and copywriting minds out there.

To spend 3 days learning about marketing and growth strategies beats any vacation I can think of. Seriously!

The group was a very small, exclusive community. It featured a total of about 30 of us. Most of these individuals were marketers who created massive movements and brands. Some were solo-copywriters, some were retirees. Some still ran their businesses (two of which I know for a fact generate at least $100M/year in revenue).

Now, I say all this not to impress you.

Well actually, I take that back. That’s one reason I’m telling you about this.

But the real reason I’m telling you this is because of one important realization.

Actually two.

First, (and this should give you some hope for the human race), every single one of them was humble, grateful and obsessed with learning. I saw two individuals taking notes in pen and pad furiously; even though they BOTH have books that are in the Top 10 bestseller category.

Most importantly it made me realize HOW EARLY we are in this little revolutionary space of blockchain/cryptocurrency.

There was a session called “Hot Seat”, whereby each person sat in front of the audience and was tasked with explaining to the group what they’re company does.

I shared with the audience what we’re building here at XYO, and how we are on our way to disrupting a multi-trillion dollar industry- (GPS) through people-powered blockchain technology.

They, of course, were a bit lost as these people are not even aware of the blockchain.

That wasn’t surprising.

But the questions they asked, definitely were.

They asked very, very elementary-level questions about cryptocurrency and Bitcoin.

Things like, “I wish I could buy like 0.5 worth of Bitcoin and not a whole one.”

Of course, you can buy fractions of Bitcoin!

These are intelligent people who run multi-million dollar companies (on the low end), yet they have ZERO clues about cryptocurrencies.

It made me realize that…

We are very, VERY early in this space.

And that should excite you.

At least I am!

Anyways…

That aside, I’d like to share with you what we’ve been up to lately.

And that’s what I’ll be showcasing in this email below.

Check out what we’ve been up to and get excited. Because this is a fraction of what we’ve done, and what’s coming next.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you’ve signed up for the ride of your life.

Thanks for being a part of our journey!

XYO Team Is Growing!

We’ve been busy over here at XYO!

We’ve been building our team with A+ talent to kick off blockchain’s most exciting project in years (displacing GPS!)

Let’s introduce our new team members now!

Paola Batiz

Sr. Web Designer

XYO welcomes extremely talented designer and leader, Paola Batiz to Team XYO! Paola joins XYO Network to serve as a (MUCH NEEDED) full-time designer that will be adding her beautiful touch to all aspects of the XYO brand. She’s a MAJOR addition and asset to our team and we’re lucky to have her.

Pretty soon you’ll see the immediate impact she has made with the unveiling of a beautiful website… even though we’ve received a ton of great feedback and results from our current site/design. Pao will also be re-architecting our entire consumer-facing experience. This includes XYO mobile applications, product experience, and GAMMA’s design.

Erik Saberski

Data Scientist

Erik Saberski left STEEM (steemit.com — a top 30 cryptocurrency) to join XYO as our Data Scientist. Erik is currently managing XYO’s technical yellow-paper (coming soon), which deals in topics of finding the most efficient algorithm for tracing back relative location data through absolute geospatial data (in 4 dimensions). He also spends time up the street at UC San Diego applying Chaos Theory to Oceanography as he pursues his Ph.D., which XYO is helping to sponsor.

We’re extremely fortunate to have Erik on Team XYO. You will be seeing the pivotal research and protocol development surface in the technology of XYO very soon.

Jordan Trouw

Marketing Associate

Jordan is finishing up her last year of school at the University of Chicago. While doing so, she’s flying back and forth each week. We love having her around and she’s a great asset to the marketing team, which is growing beyond Scott! Our current growth and success have come from a VERY understaffed and limited team. If you think you saw XYO everywhere, well you’ve seen nothing yet.

Kevin Stanley

Sr. Marketing Manager

Kevin started as a die-hard XYO fan. He reached out to Scott on Facebook stating, “let me know if you’re interested in hiring the most badass, hungry marketing professional.” After several conversations and side projects, it was confirmed that he wasn’t lying. Kevin was quickly brought on full time. He now specializes in making BIG things happen, wearing many hats and securing partnerships.

He was previously the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for a large San Diego based company. There he we was responsible for managing the sales team, generating leads and closing enterprise deals. Making a huge impact in organizations is nothing new to Kevin.

Jon Broderick

Head of Talent

If you’d like to learn how you can become an impact player on our team, Jon is the guy to talk to. He has built teams from the ground up for a wide range of startups and Fortune 500’s. He truly understands the value of human capital to an organization. From skillset down to cultural fit, Jon is tasked with identifying A+ talent for XYO Network. He is responsible for making sure each team has the necessary resources to thrive. When he isn’t building our empire, Jon enjoys traveling the world, experiencing new cuisines, scuba diving, and generally just being the loudest guy in the room.

We’re Still HIRING

With so many exciting things happening, we need an army to keep up. We are currently making a BIG push for the best blockchain engineers to join our team. If you’re an A+ engineer and the opportunity to displace GPS excites you- let’s talk.

Keep an eye out for our careers page; it’s coming soon!

XYO at MapBox Locate Event

Arie, Scott, Pao and Big Head (aka Carter) just got back from Mapbox’s Locate event in San Francisco last week.

Quote of the week (from one of Mapbox’s earliest employees, after he saw our demonstration of GAMMA, “Is it too late to purchase XYO?”.

And to answer the question… No, it’s not too late! https://get.xyo.network/

XYO Featured on Top Crypto Podcast

A top investing podcast — The Bad Crypto Podcast — interviews our Co-Founder, Markus Levin. In the interview, Markus details shortcomings in GPS, how XYO Network utilizes smart contracts, use cases, updates on our token sale and much more! We are very proud of our fearless German-speaking leader. Check out the entire interview by going here: https://apple.co/2JL7dje

Detailed Roadmap in the Works! Coming Soon!

We currently have a version of our roadmap that highlights our major accomplishments along with goals going out to 2020 (https://xyo.network/roadmap). We will be coming out with a better, more detailed version shortly.

Stay tuned!

OVER 2,000 ETH Sold In GAMMA!

Gamma sales have crossed over 2,000 ETH sold and it’s still growing! We have yet to even roll out one new advertising campaign and Gamma/XYO is still growing. Imagine the impact of the new campaign that will be rolling out. Get ready for the months to come!

(Psst… BTW, Super Top Secret HUGE News Coming Soon… Stay tuned)

We still have huge news that will be released shortly. We want to share it with you so badly, but just can’t yet. Details will be released in its own email shortly.

For now, our lips are sealed. Stay tuned!

Scott Scheper

Head of Marketing

XYO Network