Podcast Episodes

Season 3, Episode 5: 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…

7 years, 6 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 4: 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…

7 years, 7 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 3: 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…

7 years, 7 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 2: 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…

7 years, 8 months ago

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Season 3, Episode 1: 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…

7 years, 8 months ago

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Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)

Season 2 Episode 10

Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: Rover.com and its 2017 combination with rival pet care marketplace DogVac…

7 years, 9 months ago

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Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub

Season 2 Episode 9

We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software world since well, open source software: Microsoft acqu…

7 years, 10 months ago

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Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint

Season 2 Episode 8

If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed with more drama than an entire season of Game of T…

7 years, 10 months ago

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Season 2, Episode 7: PowerPoint

Season 2 Episode 7

Acquired returns with a classic, delving into Microsoft’s first acquisition ever: Forethought Inc, the makers of PowerPoint. Hate it or love it, you …

7 years, 11 months ago

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Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing

Season 2 Episode 6

Acquired wraps up a big few weeks of coverage with not an IPO or an M&A or a fundraising round, but what’s still the largest tech exit in recent memo…

8 years ago

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