Podcast Episodes

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, 10 months ago

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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, 10 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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, 11 months ago

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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…

8 years ago

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Alibaba

Season 3 Episode 5

We continue our China Tech series with perhaps the most incredible entrepreneurial journey in history: Alibaba and its indefatigable founder, Jack Ma…

8 years ago

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Recode (with Kara Swisher)

Season 3 Episode 4

In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair with the one & only Kara Swisher! Kara tells the story o…

8 years, 1 month ago

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The Sonos IPO

Season 3 Episode 3

Ben and David are (almost) live on the scene covering the plucky Southern California “camera company”… uh wait, wrong episode… we mean *speaker* comp…

8 years, 2 months ago

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The Xiaomi IPO

Season 3 Episode 2

Acquired kicks off our China tech mini-series by teaming up with the best in the business: Hans and Zara from GGV’s 996 Podcast! Together we cover th…

8 years, 2 months ago

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Tesla

Season 3 Episode 1

Acquired kicks off Season 3 with a gangbuster two-hour extravaganza on America’s most successful automotive startup since The Ford Motor Company: Tes…

8 years, 3 months ago

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