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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 41 MIN

The Painkiller Principle: How Zocks Is Giving Financial Advisors Their Time Back (Mark Gilbert)

from Mantle Mondays · host Amar Varma and Amit Jethani

In this episode of Mantle Mondays, Amar Varma sits down with Mark Gilbert, co-founder and CEO of Zocks, to talk about what it really takes to build a product people can’t live without. Mark's journey is anything but linear: from programming at Canada Post as a teenager, to interning at Elon Musk's first company Zip2, to building global infrastructure at Microsoft and scaling Twilio through COVID, Mark brings a rare combination of deep technical credibility and hard-won founder instincts.Learn more about Zocks: zocks.ioLearn more about Mantle: withmantle.com

In this episode of Mantle Mondays, Amar Varma sits down with Mark Gilbert, co-founder and CEO of Zocks, to talk about what it really takes to build a product people can’t live without. Mark's journey is anything but linear: from programming at Canada Post as a teenager, to interning at Elon Musk's first company Zip2, to building global infrastructure at Microsoft and scaling Twilio through COVID, Mark brings a rare combination of deep technical credibility and hard-won founder instincts.Learn more about Zocks: zocks.ioLearn more about Mantle: withmantle.com

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