David Perell

And so despite the fact that we emailed a lot of you and we tweeted and we put it in the Slack, David and I were on the phone yesterday and we were like, huh, we should probably let People who just listen to the podcast and don't follow Acquired anywhere else know about it, too. So Acquired.fm slash SF. We really hope to see you there.

And so despite the fact that we emailed a lot of you and we tweeted and we put it in the Slack, David and I were on the phone yesterday and we were like, huh, we should probably let People who just listen to the podcast and don't follow Acquired anywhere else know about it, too. So Acquired.fm slash SF. We really hope to see you there.

Our goal is really just to feel like the biggest celebration and community of like-minded listeners possible, almost like the Omaha for tech or Omaha on the West Coast.

Our goal is really just to feel like the biggest celebration and community of like-minded listeners possible, almost like the Omaha for tech or Omaha on the West Coast.

Yep. And feel free to plan your own too. At the end of the day, even before announcing this on the podcast here, there are several thousand of you who have bought tickets and are coming. And so no one venue except for the Chase Center is going to hold us all anyway.

Yep. And feel free to plan your own too. At the end of the day, even before announcing this on the podcast here, there are several thousand of you who have bought tickets and are coming. And so no one venue except for the Chase Center is going to hold us all anyway.

So if you're coming and you want to plan dinners or happy hours or company meetups or anything, please just feel free to take the initiative, do that, post in Slack. We'd love for it to happen.

So if you're coming and you want to plan dinners or happy hours or company meetups or anything, please just feel free to take the initiative, do that, post in Slack. We'd love for it to happen.

Yep. Well, David, now that we have a few minutes here and we're not mid-episode, should we reflect on the last few months in acquired land? We thought listeners would be interested in a little bit of a peek behind the scenes.

Yep. Well, David, now that we have a few minutes here and we're not mid-episode, should we reflect on the last few months in acquired land? We thought listeners would be interested in a little bit of a peek behind the scenes.

Yeah, it's funny. It's been one of these things. People have asked, what is the impact on the Wall Street Journal profile? And it's hard to disambiguate the two things that happen concurrently. That piece, which is the best encapsulation of what Acquired is that has ever been published, There's sort of been two canonical pieces.

Yeah, it's funny. It's been one of these things. People have asked, what is the impact on the Wall Street Journal profile? And it's hard to disambiguate the two things that happen concurrently. That piece, which is the best encapsulation of what Acquired is that has ever been published, There's sort of been two canonical pieces.

David Lidsky's wonderful piece in Fast Company last year following the production of the Nike episode really dives into the making of an episode and what that is all about. And this one is kind of like, what is acquired today and how did this thing come to be? And what happened is when that article came out, Acquired became the number one podcast on both Spotify and Apple charts in the world.

David Lidsky's wonderful piece in Fast Company last year following the production of the Nike episode really dives into the making of an episode and what that is all about. And this one is kind of like, what is acquired today and how did this thing come to be? And what happened is when that article came out, Acquired became the number one podcast on both Spotify and Apple charts in the world.

No. And what that led to is number one has staying power, because if anybody opens up Apple Podcasts right now and hit the browse tab, you can very clearly see the number one podcast is the one centered on your screen that you're curious about checking out. So all of the goodness that came from the WSJ piece was then massively amplified over the course of weeks and months.

No. And what that led to is number one has staying power, because if anybody opens up Apple Podcasts right now and hit the browse tab, you can very clearly see the number one podcast is the one centered on your screen that you're curious about checking out. So all of the goodness that came from the WSJ piece was then massively amplified over the course of weeks and months.

because we just stayed the number one podcast in this self-fulfilling prophecy way across both giant podcasting platforms. So to just add some numbers to that, because we've gotten the question so many times, we were thinking we should just talk about it on air.

because we just stayed the number one podcast in this self-fulfilling prophecy way across both giant podcasting platforms. So to just add some numbers to that, because we've gotten the question so many times, we were thinking we should just talk about it on air.

317,000 new subscribers or followers, depending on whether you're using Apple or Spotify's parlance, have followed the show since the Wall Street Journal piece went live. And for context, in January coming into the year, we estimated our listener base was about 500,000 people. It was a major event. Yes.

317,000 new subscribers or followers, depending on whether you're using Apple or Spotify's parlance, have followed the show since the Wall Street Journal piece went live. And for context, in January coming into the year, we estimated our listener base was about 500,000 people. It was a major event. Yes.