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Airbnb
Airbnb
Over 13 years after its founding, one of the defining startup companies of the past decade finally makes its public debu... Read more
11 Dec 2020
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Disney, Plus
Disney, Plus
The Flywheel is strong with this one. We dive deep into the origins of one of the boldest business strategy decisions of... Read more
25 Nov 2019
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Acquired kicks off Season 3 with a gangbuster two-hour extravaganza on America’s most successful automotive startup sinc... Read more
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Episode 43: The Square IPO
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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 stretch back 130 year... Read more
11 May 2019
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Episode 11: PayPal
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Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal.Sponsors:Vanta: h... Read more
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Episode 28: The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
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Ben & David welcome very special guest Tom Alberg, board member and first lead investor in Amazon.com, to cover the ... Read more
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Episode 26: Marvel
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Topics covered include: Marvel’s corporate origins as "Timely Publications”, created in 1939 by pulp magazine publisher... Read more
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The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)
The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)
It’s an IPO, it’s a bailout, it’s an... acquisition? We’re joined by the one and only Dan Primack from Axios to recount ... Read more
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Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market
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Ben and David are once again live on the scene, this time covering the biggest disruption in grocery since… well, sliced... Read more
21 Jun 2017
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Episode 35: Oculus
Episode 35: Oculus
Ben & David transcend the barriers of “real” reality, and dive into Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s geek-eutpoia visi... Read more
11 Apr 2017
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1hr 22mins
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Episode 14: LinkedIn
Episode 14: LinkedIn
Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover LinkedIn’s founding... Read more
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Episode 25: The Facebook IPO
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11 Nov 2016
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Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)
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In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beach town make a stand ... Read more
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Episode 37: BAMTech, Disney and "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of”
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Ben and David continue Acquired’s “tech and sports” mini-series with Disney’s 2016 acquisition of a minority stake (with... Read more
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1hr 19mins
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Acquired dives into the history behind storied venture firm Sequoia Capital and its legendary founder, Don Valentine. Pa... Read more
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Episode 32: The Snap Inc. IPO
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Snap! Acquired is live on the scene reporting from the "Super Bowl" of 2017 tech events: Snap Inc's hugely anticipated (... Read more
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Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America
Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America
Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acquisition that is so ... Read more
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Episode 7: YouTube
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The Lyft IPO
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Call it the playoffs. Call it the Olympics. Call it March Madness. No matter which sports analogy you borrow, it falls s... Read more
30 Mar 2019
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