Podcast Episodes

The Lyft IPO

Season 4 Episode 4

Call it the playoffs. Call it the Olympics. Call it March Madness. No matter which sports analogy you borrow, it falls short of capturing what Lyft's…

7 years ago

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Season 4, Episode 3: Instagram Revisited (with Emily White)

Season 4 Episode 3

We enter the wayback machine and revisit the subject of Acquired’s second ever episode, Facebook’s bombshell 2012 acquisition of Instagram — this tim…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!

Season 4 Episode 3

Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take!

We continue to experiment on Acquired, this time with a quick-take on Spotify’s bombshell dual-acquisition of Anch…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Season 4, Episode 2: ARM & SoftBank

Season 4 Episode 2

We dive into the crazy, little-known story of how this small, former PC-maker in Cambridge, England dethroned Intel, saved Apple from bankruptcy, bec…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN

Season 4 Episode 1

Booyah! Acquired, the worldwide leader in acquisitions and IPOs, kicks off Season 4 with a classic: ESPN. How did a failed former TV weatherman end u…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent

Season 3 Episode 10

We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-based social networking and entertainment powerhouse.…

7 years, 3 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 9: Netflix (Part 2)

Season 3 Episode 9

We complete our two-part Netflix special with the company’s bold transition to streaming, including of course the most (in)famous spin-out in busines…

7 years, 4 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)

Season 3 Episode 8

In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beach town make a stand against tyranny, daringly det…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Acquired Season 3 Episode 7: Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)

Season 3 Episode 7

Ben & David are joined by special guest and Venmo cofounder Andrew Kortina for our first-ever SF live show! In front of a packed house we chronicle t…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)

Season 3 Episode 6

Ben and David are joined by Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, Behance founder, Benchmark partner, author, and product luminary, Scott Belsky, to tell th…

7 years, 6 months ago

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