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Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal - acquired.fm
Latest episode: Thu Aug 08 2024
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
194 total episodes
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- Aug8Chase Center + Summer Update21mins
- Jul22Microsoft Volume II291mins
- Jun4Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)195mins
- Apr22Microsoft Volume I263mins
- Mar18Renaissance Technologies190mins
- Feb20Hermès249mins
- Jan22Novo Nordisk (Ozempic)224mins
- Dec18Holiday Special 2023145mins
- Nov27Visa222mins
- Oct30Charlie Munger66mins
- Oct16NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang89mins
- Sep6Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023)173mins
- Aug21Costco181mins
- Jul25Nike242mins
- Jun27Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)200mins
- Jun13Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi95mins
- May30Lockheed Martin216mins
- May18Spotify CEO Daniel Ek96mins
- Apr26Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming134mins
- Apr18Short: The Death of Sega66mins
- Apr11Nintendo: The Console Wars196mins
- Apr4Interview: Hamilton Helmer & Chenyi Shi on How to Build an AWS-Like Second Business88mins
- Mar29Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)197mins
- Mar16Nintendo's Origins204mins
- Feb21LVMH210mins
- Jan25The NFL226mins
- Dec19Holiday Special 2022138mins
- Dec6Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)113mins
- Nov29Enron211mins
- Nov15Qualcomm145mins
- Oct17Benchmark Part II: The Dinner118mins
- Oct4ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis149mins
- Sep28Benchmark Part I221mins
- Sep6Amazon Web Services162mins
- Aug30Howard Marks & Andrew Marks: Something of Value88mins
- Aug16Amazon.com255mins
- Aug2From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)114mins
- Jul19Walmart178mins
- Jun20The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories62mins
- Jun6American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)76mins
- May19Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)66mins
- May16Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber)69mins
- May12Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity85mins
- Apr20Nvidia Part II: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)130mins
- Apr6Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)82mins
- Mar28Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)118mins
- Mar15Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner)111mins
- Mar7SONY180mins
- Feb22Super Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)61mins
- Feb15The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)100mins
- Feb10Peloton137mins
- Jan23Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version)156mins
- Dec21CAA (with Michael Ovitz)109mins
- Dec15FTX (with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele)94mins
- Dec87 Powers with Hamilton Helmer61mins
- Dec3Not Boring (with Packy McCormick)165mins
- Nov3Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)101mins
- Oct18Standard Oil Part II140mins
- Oct5Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More82mins
- Sep22Standard Oil Part I132mins
- Sep7TSMC152mins
- Aug30Kevin Rose from Web 2.0 to Web398mins
- Aug10Andreessen Horowitz Part II172mins
- Jul27Andreessen Horowitz Part I124mins
- Jul19Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)71mins
- Jul6Ethereum182mins
- Jun21Special: Ho Nam from Altos Ventures — A Different Approach to VC109mins
- Jun7Berkshire Hathaway Part III175mins
- May27Special: Amazon Unbound (with Brad Stone)76mins
- May12Berkshire Hathaway Part II180mins
- May5Special: 2021 China Tech Trends (with Tech Buzz China)78mins
- Apr21Berkshire Hathaway Part I189mins
- Apr6Special: "Why Now" for Digital Health (with Levels founder Josh Clemente)86mins
- Mar24Rec Room Part II (with CEO Nick Fajt)115mins
- Mar10Meituan141mins
- Feb18The New York Times Company186mins
- Feb1Special: Sequoia Capital's Investment Playbook (with Alfred Lin)55mins
- Jan19Bitcoin192mins
- Dec17Special: Acquired x Indie Hackers108mins
- Dec11Airbnb158mins
- Dec10DoorDash177mins
- Dec2Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring89mins
- Nov23Virgin Galactic106mins
- Nov12Special: Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul Vohra)54mins
- Oct28Twitter (with Dick Costolo)82mins
- Oct7Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired107mins
- Sep30The NBA164mins
- Sep9Special: Acquired x My First Million93mins
- Sep2Epic Games146mins
- Aug25Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)91mins
- Jul16Pinduoduo112mins
- Jun25Oprah (Harpo Studios)131mins
- May26SpaceX163mins
- May12Adapting Episode 3: Intel83mins
- Apr29Special Episode: Jason Calacanis96mins
- Apr15Podapalooza Announcement: Intel5mins
- Mar31Adapting Episode 2: Sequoia’s Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)41mins
- Mar20Adapting Episode 1: Canlis46mins
- Mar17The Top 10 Acquisitions of All-Time108mins
- Feb18Sequoia Capital Part II (with Doug Leone)65mins
- Jan29WhatsApp110mins
- Dec30The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries)83mins
- Dec19Convoy (with CEO Dan Lewis)98mins
- Dec9TikTok100mins
- Nov25Disney, Plus136mins
- Oct25The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)97mins
- Oct15Season 5, Episode 5: Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)99mins
- Sep26Sequoia Capital (Part 1)110mins
- Aug26Google Maps99mins
- Aug6The Shopify IPO89mins
- Jul22Huawei66mins
- Jun27Superhuman (with CEO Rahul Vohra)79mins
- Jun25The Slack DPO117mins
- Jun19The Zoom IPO (with Santi Subotovsky)80mins
- May27The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)122mins
- May11The Uber IPO144mins
- Apr24The Pinterest IPO101mins
- Mar30The Lyft IPO139mins
- Feb26Season 4, Episode 3: Instagram Revisited (with Emily White)74mins
- Feb19Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!40mins
- Feb3Season 4, Episode 2: ARM & SoftBank86mins
- Jan21Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN86mins
- Dec17Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent113mins
- Nov25Season 3, Episode 9: Netflix (Part 2)88mins
- Nov12Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)90mins
- Oct29Acquired Season 3 Episode 7: Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)72mins
- Oct2Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)75mins
- Sep24Season 3, Episode 5: Alibaba97mins
- Sep11Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)86mins
- Aug20Season 3, Episode 3: The Sonos IPO98mins
- Aug6Season 3, Episode 2: The Xiaomi IPO77mins
- Jul17Season 3, Episode 1: Tesla122mins
- Jun18Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)70mins
- Jun6Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub87mins
- May21Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint85mins
- May4Season 2, Episode 7: PowerPoint78mins
- Apr6Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing108mins
- Mar26Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO101mins
- Mar23Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund91mins
- Feb20Season 2, Episode 3: Nest96mins
- Feb7Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt78mins
- Jan23Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)76mins
- Dec18Episode 51: 2017 Holiday Special80mins
- Dec11Episode 50: Apple - Beats78mins
- Dec4Episode 49: The Stitch Fix IPO75mins
- Nov20Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom55mins
- Nov7Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO69mins
- Oct8Episode 46: Blue Bottle Coffee67mins
- Sep21Episode 45: HTC, Google and the Future of Mobile83mins
- Sep18Episode 44: AOL - Time Warner (with the Internet History Podcast)106mins
- Aug16Episode 43: The Square IPO79mins
- Aug5Episode 42: Opsware (with special guest Michel Feaster)78mins
- Jul26Episode 41: Booking.com with Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson79mins
- Jul13Episode 40: Activision Blizzard75mins
- Jun21Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market76mins
- Jun11"About Acquired" on the Anchor Podcast of the Day20mins
- May31Acquired Episode 38: SoundJam (iTunes)79mins
- May10Episode 37: BAMTech, Disney and "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of”79mins
- Apr24Episode 36: The LA Clippers69mins
- Apr11Episode 35: Oculus81mins
- Apr3Episode 34: The Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan76mins
- Mar13Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!)91mins
- Mar4Episode 32: The Snap Inc. IPO87mins
- Mar1Episode 31: The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store74mins
- Jan24Episode 30: P.A. Semi + AuthenTec73mins
- Jan11Episode 29: Special—2016 Review and 2017 Predictions77mins
- Dec31Episode 28: The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg72mins
- Dec16Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz76mins
- Dec5Episode 26: Marvel84mins
- Nov11Episode 25: The Facebook IPO86mins
- Nov2Episode 24: Skype84mins
- Oct23Episode 23: NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)68mins
- Oct14Episode 22: Zillow + Trulia (with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips)76mins
- Sep27Episode 21: Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman84mins
- Sep16Episode 20: Android79mins
- Aug29Episode 19: Jet71mins
- Aug22Episode 18: Special—An Acquirer’s View into M&A with Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe69mins
- Aug3Acquired Episode 17: Waze66mins
- Jul12Acquired Episode 16: Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)61mins
- Jul5Acquired Episode 15: ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce) with Scott Dorsey75mins
- Jun16Episode 14: LinkedIn66mins
- Jun6Episode 13: Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop62mins
- May23Episode 12: Snapchat61mins
- May9Episode 11: PayPal58mins
- Apr27Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America54mins
- Mar29Episode 9: Writely (Google Docs)48mins
- Feb29Episode 8: Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (w/ Kurt DelBene)62mins
- Feb3Episode 7: YouTube50mins
- Jan19Episode 6: Lucasfilm39mins
- Dec14Episode 5: Siri43mins
- Nov30Episode 4: Bungie (with Xbox Co-Founder Ed Fries)66mins
- Nov16Episode 3: Twitch52mins
- Nov1Episode 2: Instagram42mins
- Oct15Episode 1: Pixar37mins