Acquired

16 Jul 2025

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We sit down with Jamie Dimon for a live conversation at Radio City Music Hall, covering the incredib...

Sun, 29 Jun

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We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its origins as a...

Sun, 01 Jun

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We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, for...

Mon, 28 Apr

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A few weeks ago, we told you that Acquired is doing something in New York City on July 15 with our g...

Sun, 20 Apr

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What if we told you that the most important company in US healthcare was run from a farm in rural Wi...

Sun, 23 Mar

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When you saw this episode pop up in your feed, you either jumped for joy and hit play immediately (i...

Sun, 23 Feb

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Rolex is a series of paradoxes. They sell obsolete and objectively inferior mechanical devices for 1...

Sun, 26 Jan

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We flew to Taiwan to interview TSMC Founder Morris Chang in a rare English interview. In fact, the l...

Mon, 20 Jan

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We dive into the unbelievable and unlikely history behind the quietest technology giant of them all:...

Sun, 15 Dec

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M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Double Mint, Ben’s Rice, Pedigree, Whiskas, VCA, Banfield… all...

Sun, 17 Nov

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IKEA may be the most singular company we’ve ever studied on Acquired. They’re a globally scaled,...

Sun, 27 Oct

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Meta is a company everyone knows (literally, everyone). But, somehow, it’s also a company that few...

Sun, 29 Sep

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Here it is: the complete video of the most unbelievable night of Acquired’s nine-year life… our ...

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:46:38 -0700

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Mark is the iconic founder CEO of our time. At Chase Center on September 10, 2024, he did an unprece...

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:39:49 -0700

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Summer greetings from Acquired! Two items for this “mini-episode”:Tickets are now available for ...

Sun, 21 Jul

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In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the ...

Mon, 03 Jun

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Starbucks. You’d be hard pressed to name any brand that’s more ubiquitous in the world today. Wi...

Sun, 21 Apr

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Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the most valua...

Sun, 17 Mar

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Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no one at RenTe...

Mon, 19 Feb

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In luxury, there’s Hermès… and there’s everyone else. Stewarded by one French family over six...

Sun, 21 Jan

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Last year Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy, overtook LVMH t...

Sun, 17 Dec

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Ben has some big news. Actually, double big news! On what has become a holiday tradition here at Acq...

Sun, 26 Nov

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To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock, how many of you know Visa? Great, all of you. Now, how many of ...

Sun, 29 Oct

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We sit down with the legendary Charlie Munger in the only dedicated longform podcast interview that ...

Sun, 15 Oct

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We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three parts...

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 23:47:30 -0700

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It’s a(nother) new era for Nvidia.We thought we’d closed the Acquired book on Nvidia back in Apr...

Sun, 20 Aug

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Costco is not only Charlie Munger’s favorite company of all time (plus he’s on the board, natch)...

Mon, 24 Jul

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Nike — it’s perhaps the most iconic and most prolific brand of the modern era. On any given day,...

Mon, 26 Jun

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Nobody’s perfect — including Porsche. Despite that phrase appearing in their famous 1983 magazin...

Mon, 12 Jun

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped by the Acquired studio for an Eats delivery, so we broke out the ...

Mon, 29 May

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Today we bring you two absolutely incredible stories. The first is Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Work...

Wed, 17 May

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We sit down with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek live in Stockholm at Spotify’s amazing HQ studio (check out...

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 23:45:10 -0700

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We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the ...

Mon, 17 Apr

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Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Seg...

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:12:54 -0700

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In the 1980’s Nintendo was on top of the world, with the NES achieving over 90% market share of ho...

Mon, 03 Apr

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7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer and his Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi join us again to discu...

Wed, 29 Mar

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ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite peo...

Wed, 15 Mar

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You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn...

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:16:53 -0800

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We tell the full history of LVMH, and how Bernard Arnault turned a $15m investment in a bankrupt Fre...

Wed, 25 Jan

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The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to ex...

Sun, 18 Dec

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Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our busin...

Mon, 05 Dec

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Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!)...

Mon, 28 Nov

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The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquire...

Mon, 14 Nov

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Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies ...

Mon, 17 Oct

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We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during wh...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 03:30:32 -0700

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We kick off ACQ Sessions with the-behind-the-scenes story of All-in, from the world’s greatest mod...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:30:29 -0700

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Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something n...

Mon, 05 Sep

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So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire ...

Mon, 29 Aug

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We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while le...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:26:01 -0700

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Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one. We’...

Mon, 01 Aug

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This episode is a first for Acquired: we’re joined by a sitting US Congressman (from Ben’s home ...

Mon, 18 Jul

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We kick off Season 11 with the incredible story of the retail “granddaddy of them all” Walmart, ...

Sun, 19 Jun

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When Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Brent Beshore asked us to give a talk at their incredible Capital Cam...

Sun, 05 Jun

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We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”...

Thu, 19 May 2022 00:42:11 -0700

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We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time —...

Sun, 15 May

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For the final act of the Arena Show, we’re joined by Brooks CEO Jim Weber to tell the amazing stor...

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:47:16 -0700

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We did an Arena Show!! This evening was so big and so special, we had to split it into two episodes ...

Wed, 20 Apr

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By 2012, NVIDIA was on a decade-long road to nowhere. Or so most rational observers of the company t...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:46:55 -0700

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We sit down once again with one of the world’s very best strategy thinkers, 7 Powers author Hamilt...

Sun, 27 Mar

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He wears signature leather jackets. He can bench press more than you. He makes cars that drive thems...

Mon, 14 Mar

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We hear a lot these days about hedge funds becoming venture firms, and venture firms becoming hedge ...

Mon, 07 Mar

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Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — ...

Mon, 21 Feb

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We sit down with two of the most talented and respected people in Hollywood — Brian Koppelman and ...

Mon, 14 Feb

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We sit down with perhaps the only person besides Marc Andreessen who’s had a major influence on ea...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:02:33 -0800

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The Peloton journey has been one seriously wild ride. From can’t raise money to one of Tiger Globa...

Sun, 23 Jan

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Not only is Taylor Swift the biggest music artist of our generation by nearly every metric (it’s n...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:13:09 -0800

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Season 9 ends at the beginning — with the man who changed Hollywood forever and wrote the blueprin...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:21:46 -0800

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Note: This episode was published on Dec 14, 2021, approximately a year before FTX’s subsequent mel...

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:46:20 -0800

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You've heard us talk about him every episode for the past two years... but until now most of you hav...

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:03:08 -0800

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When does a creator become a company? Who says that media companies — or venture firms — have to...

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:25:18 -0700

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Of our 65+ sources for the TSMC episode, one stood above the rest: a wonderful Knowledge Project epi...

Mon, 18 Oct

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We bring the epic saga of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller to a close (for now) with two of hist...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:20:27 -0700

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We sit down with the one & only Michael Mauboussin to dive deep into his incredible body of work...

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:37:51 -0700

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It's time. We dive into the *original* American capitalist mega winner, Standard Oil, and its legend...

Mon, 06 Sep

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It's time. We dive into the unbelievable history behind the quietest technology giant of them all —...

Sun, 29 Aug

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We sit down with the one and only Kevin Rose to talk about his journey from pioneering Web 2.0 with ...

Mon, 09 Aug

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Alright, backstory's out of the way, and Acquired is rolling three hours deep on the venture firm th...

Mon, 26 Jul

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We kick off Season 9 with a classic: Part I of the a16z story. How did this brand new venture firm c...

Sun, 18 Jul

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We sit down with the hottest new protocol layer in crypto today: Solana, and its cofounder Anatoly Y...

Mon, 05 Jul

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We close out Season 8 with the most ambitious organization we've ever covered on Acquired: Ethereum,...

Sun, 20 Jun

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What do you get when you combine Berkshire Hathaway's approach with early-stage venture capital? Alt...

Sun, 06 Jun

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It's time. We wrap our Berkshire Hathaway trilogy with Warren and Charlie entering a new era: the ag...

Wed, 26 May

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Brad Stone joins us to discuss the making of the modern Amazon, and how it's morphed from the "flywh...

Wed, 12 May

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In Part II of our Berkshire Hathaway Trilogy (!), we pick up the story with Warren wandering in the ...

Wed, 05 May

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We team up with two of the very best English-language analysts covering China tech today, Rui Ma and...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:02:32 -0700

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It's time. After 150+ episodes on great companies, we tackle the granddaddy of them all — Berkshir...

Mon, 05 Apr

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We dive into the fast-changing world of direct-to-consumer digital health, with perhaps the best per...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:08:35 -0700

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Last Acquired left the plucky Rec Room crew in our 2018 "Part I" episode, they were a seed stage sta...

Wed, 10 Mar

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We dive into the history behind Meituan, the juggernaut Chinese "super-app" which dominates China's ...

Wed, 17 Feb

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For the entire 20th Century, you’d be hard pressed to find a better business than an American news...

Sun, 31 Jan

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We cover Sequoia Capital a lot on this show. Not only across our now four(!) dedicated episodes, but...

Mon, 18 Jan

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We had to do it. After 12 years and 3,000,000x appreciation, we kick off Season 8 with the best inve...

Wed, 16 Dec

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As regular listeners know, we typically cover some of the biggest companies who often receive the mo...

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:14:31 -0800

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Over 13 years after its founding, one of the defining startup companies of the past decade finally m...

Wed, 09 Dec

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Live from the scene of its blockbuster IPO, we recount the crazy, roller coaster journey of this "Pa...

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:47:36 -0800

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Acquired is live on the scene covering Salesforce's blockbuster $27.7B acquisition of Slack, with th...

Sun, 22 Nov

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Live from the 2020 ASCEND Space Conference, Acquired covers the full story behind the most "out ther...

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:18:26 -0800

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Superstar past guest and Superhuman CEO Rahul Vorha joins us for a deep dive on how Superhuman appli...

Wed, 28 Oct

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A week before the 2020 US Presidential election, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joins us to tell th...

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:49:25 -0700

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On this special episode of Acquired, we're joined by a master interviewer himself, Patrick O'Shaughn...

Wed, 30 Sep

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On the eve of the 2020 NBA Finals, we dive DEEP into the history and business model of the league be...

Wed, 09 Sep

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Acquired teams up with the My First Million podcast for a “best of both worlds” crossover episod...

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:41:27 -0700

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We go deep behind the "epic" story of a plucky game developer from Cary, North Carolina (by way of P...

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:35:53 -0700

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We're joined by two very special guests, Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz and her cofounder, spouse and Ev...

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:51:06 -0700

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We kick off Season 7 with a bang: Pinduoduo, the incredible five year-old Chinese mashup of "Costco ...

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:50:54 -0700

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We close out Season 6 with the story of perhaps the single most successful media entrepreneur of all...

Tue, 26 May 2020 07:07:00 -0700

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On the eve of SpaceX's historic scheduled launch of its first human spaceflight mission — both the...

Mon, 11 May

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When you think of Intel today, you probably think of the microprocessor company. Maybe you also thin...

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:41:44 -0700

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We're joined by the one and only Jason Calacanis for this very special episode, wherein we chronicle...

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:30:33 -0700

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Sponsors:Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentryServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsnHuntress: https:/...

Mon, 30 Mar

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On March 5th 2020, Sequoia Capital published a Medium post entitled ‘Coronavirus: The Black Swan o...

Fri, 20 Mar

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The world has changed. Acquired is changing too: we’re taking a pause from our normal episodes. Th...

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:16:26 -0700

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5 years and 100+ episodes into Acquired, there’s been one question we get asked more than any othe...

Mon, 17 Feb

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The wait is over. Acquired returns with a very special Part II of the Sequoia Capital story, joined ...

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:48:30 -0800

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We kick off Season 6 with a long-awaited Acquired Classic: Facebook’s $22B purchase of WhatsApp in...

Sun, 29 Dec

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Season 5, Episode 10: The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries) Acquired c...

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:34:12 -0800

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Coming to you live from the University of Washington, Ben and David are joined by hundreds of awesom...

Sun, 08 Dec

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We take Acquired to the Old Town Road to cover the amazing story behind the biggest global sensation...

Mon, 25 Nov

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The Flywheel is strong with this one. We dive deep into the origins of one of the boldest business s...

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:02:30 -0700

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It’s an IPO, it’s a bailout, it’s an... acquisition? We’re joined by the one and only Dan Pr...

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:40:07 -0700

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We’re joined by the legendary Nolan Bushnell, founder not only of Atari, but also the only person ...

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 07:58:22 -0700

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Acquired dives into the history behind storied venture firm Sequoia Capital and its legendary founde...

Mon, 26 Aug

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Ben and David cover the series of three 2004 Google acquisitions that formed the core of Google Maps...

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:27:52 -0700

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Ben and David head north of the border to Ottawa, Canada to cover perhaps one of the greatest IPO su...

Mon, 22 Jul

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For our first episode of Season 5, Acquired returns to Shenzhen to cover another Chinese technology ...

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:20:40 -0700

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We wrap up Season 4 with a very special (and accidental!) episode, a conversation with the CEO of Su...

Mon, 24 Jun

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an... enterprise software company? We give the full Acquired t...

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:19:36 -0700

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Zoom board member (and general partner at Emergence Capital) Santi Subotovsky joins us to tell the t...

Mon, 27 May

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Acquired looks back at a monumental IPO from a *much* different era: Electronic Arts. We’re joined...

Sat, 11 May

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Welcome to the big one. On the day of its IPO, we tell the story of Uber. It’s a story whose roots...

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:04:46 -0700

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In the second episode of our APLUSS(Z!) IPO saga, we dive into the history behind the planet’s lar...

Sat, 30 Mar

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Call it the playoffs. Call it the Olympics. Call it March Madness. No matter which sports analogy yo...

Mon, 25 Feb

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We enter the wayback machine and revisit the subject of Acquired’s second ever episode, Facebook’...

Mon, 18 Feb

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Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take!We continue to experiment on Acquired, this time with a quick-tak...

Sun, 03 Feb

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We dive into the crazy, little-known story of how this small, former PC-maker in Cambridge, England ...

Mon, 21 Jan

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Booyah! Acquired, the worldwide leader in acquisitions and IPOs, kicks off Season 4 with a classic: ...

Sun, 16 Dec

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We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-base...

Sun, 25 Nov

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We complete our two-part Netflix special with the company’s bold transition to streaming, includin...

Sun, 11 Nov

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In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beac...

Mon, 29 Oct

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Ben & David are joined by special guest and Venmo cofounder Andrew Kortina for our first-ever SF...

Mon, 01 Oct

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Ben and David are joined by Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, Behance founder, Benchmark partner, aut...

Sun, 23 Sep

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We continue our China Tech series with perhaps the most incredible entrepreneurial journey in histor...

Mon, 10 Sep

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In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair w...

Mon, 20 Aug

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Ben and David are (almost) live on the scene covering the plucky Southern California “camera compa...

Sun, 05 Aug

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Acquired kicks off our China tech mini-series by teaming up with the best in the business: Hans and ...

Mon, 16 Jul

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Acquired kicks off Season 3 with a gangbuster two-hour extravaganza on America’s most successful a...

Sun, 17 Jun

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Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: Rover.com and its 20...

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 22:52:05 -0700

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We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software wor...

Mon, 21 May

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If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed w...

Fri, 04 May

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Acquired returns with a classic, delving into Microsoft’s first acquisition ever: Forethought Inc,...

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:31:00 -0700

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Acquired wraps up a big few weeks of coverage with not an IPO or an M&A or a fundraising round, ...

Sun, 25 Mar

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Acquired is live on the scene following Dropbox’s public market debut. From playing a central role...

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:28:02 -0700

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Acquired dives into the topic on the minds and lips of just about every VC and founder these days: S...

Mon, 19 Feb

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Acquired brings it all back home—to the smart home that is—with Google’s 2014 acquisition of N...

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:59:24 -0800

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We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near & dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fu...

Mon, 22 Jan

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Former Zappos Chairman & COO (and current Partner at Sequoia Capital) Alfred Lin joins our heroe...

Mon, 18 Dec

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Acquired cozies up to the fire and looks back on the year in tech. How wildly off were we on last ye...

Mon, 11 Dec

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Acquired crosses the half-century mark with an instant classic: Apple’s 2014 purchase of Beats, it...

Mon, 04 Dec

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Ben and David dive into the most talked-about tech IPO of 4Q 2017: Stitch Fix. After downsizing the ...

Mon, 20 Nov

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Ben & David cover the proposed largest tech M&A deal of all time, and in the process dive in...

Mon, 06 Nov

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Ben & David venture to the land down under (and reunite in-person!) to tell the story of the gra...

Sat, 07 Oct

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Today our heroes cover a deal that might have more impact on life in Silicon Valley than AI, wearabl...

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:23:18 -0700

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Acquired is back and live on the scene! After months of speculation, Google announces today their ac...

Sun, 17 Sep

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On this extra-long episode of Acquired, Brian McCullough from the Internet History Podcast returns t...

Wed, 16 Aug

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Unicorns and ratchets and lawsuits, oh my! Our heroes dive into the history of Jack Dorsey’s famou...

Fri, 04 Aug

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Acquired dives into the legendary acquisition of Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen’s “second ac...

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:25:31 -0700

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Acquired trains its lens on the “second or third best acquisition of all-time”, Priceline’s 20...

Wed, 12 Jul

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Ben & David cover the creation of the gaming world’s equivalent of the 70’s rock supergroup:...

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:03:39 -0700

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Ben and David are once again live on the scene, this time covering the biggest disruption in grocery...

Sun, 11 Jun

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Ben and David are guests on Anchor's Podcast of the Day, discussing Acquired's origin story, show st...

Wed, 31 May

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Ben & David revisit the birth of the digital music revolution and Steve Jobs' "digital hub" stra...

Wed, 10 May

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Ben and David continue Acquired’s “tech and sports” mini-series with Disney’s 2016 acquisiti...

Sun, 23 Apr

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In honor of start of NBA playoffs, Ben & David venture off the beaten path to explore one of Ste...

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:58:06 -0700

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Ben & David transcend the barriers of “real” reality, and dive into Facebook and Mark Zucker...

Mon, 03 Apr

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Ben & David "pour over" the 1992 IPO of the legendary Seattle coffee company with the help of Da...

Mon, 13 Mar

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Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!)    Ben & David dive deep into the ea...

Sat, 04 Mar

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Snap! Acquired is live on the scene reporting from the "Super Bowl" of 2017 tech events: Snap Inc's ...

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:45:29 -0800

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Topics covered include:The global surge in 2012 of entrepreneurs starting ridesharing companies, now...

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 06:39:34 -0800

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Topics covered include: P.A. Semi’s original moniker ("Palo Alto Semiconductor”) and its celebr...

Wed, 11 Jan

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Ben & David wrap up 2016 with a review of the top tech themes we discussed on the show this year...

Sat, 31 Dec

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Ben & David welcome very special guest Tom Alberg, board member and first lead investor in Amazo...

Fri, 16 Dec

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Topics covered include: Brian’s history working across “both sides of the aisle” as both a st...

Mon, 05 Dec

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Topics covered include: Marvel’s corporate origins as "Timely Publications”, created in 1939 by...

Fri, 11 Nov

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Hey Acquired listeners. A note about this show: we recorded this episode the night before the 2016 E...

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:28:38 -0700

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An acquisition so wild and crazy, they had to do it again. And again. Ben & David cover tech’s...

Sun, 23 Oct

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Ben & David broadcast live from the 2016 GeekWire Summit covering one of the all-time greats, Ap...

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:23:42 -0700

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CFO of Zillow Group Kathleen Philips joins Ben and David to cover the show’s first true “merger”...

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:33:55 -0700

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Ben and David go inside the M&A press with Bloomberg’s technology M&A reporter and host of...

Fri, 16 Sep

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Ben & David examine Google’s 2005 purchase of Android for a rumored $50M, undeniably one of th...

Mon, 29 Aug

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Ben & David break down Jet.com’s meteoric rise, culminating in Walmart’s blockbuster $3B+ ac...

Mon, 22 Aug

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Ben & David are joined by special guest Taylor Barada, VP and Head of Corporate Development &amp...

Wed, 03 Aug

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Topics covered include: Community Showcase: the Nexcast podcasting platform from listener Brian San...

Tue, 12 Jul 2016 06:37:37 -0700

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The meta show: Ben and David turn their gaze inward and examine the podcasting industry through E. W...

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:49:38 -0700

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Ben and David return to make their first foray into enterprise software, covering Salesforce’s $2....

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:11:47 -0700

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Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover...

Sun, 05 Jun

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Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss ...

Sun, 22 May

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Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cov...

Sun, 08 May

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Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayP...

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:47:22 -0700

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Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acq...

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:00:00 -0700

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Ben and David continue the cloud productivity saga with Google Docs. They examine the suite of acqui...

Mon, 29 Feb

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Ben and David have special guest Kurt DelBene on to discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Acompli, Sunr...

Wed, 03 Feb

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Ben and David test the widely-held belief that YouTube was one of the most successful tech acquisiti...

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:00:00 -0800

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Riding closely on the tails of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ben and David cover Disney's 2012 acqui...

Mon, 14 Dec

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In the last episode of 2015, Ben and David discuss Apple's acquisition of Siri. Notable topics inclu...

Mon, 30 Nov

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Ben and David are joined by Former Microsoft VP and Co-Founder of Xbox, Ed Fries, to discuss the Bun...

Mon, 16 Nov

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Ben and David discuss Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014. Unlike previous episodes, this recent ...

Sun, 01 Nov

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Ben and David discuss Facebook's acquisition of Instagram in 2012. Was it a success? If so, what are...

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:00:00 -0700

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Ben and David discuss Disney's acquisition of Pixar in 2006. Was it a success? If so, what are the c...

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:00:00 -0700

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Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and h...