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Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO
Season 2 Episode 5
Acquired is live on the scene following Dropbox’s public market debut. From playing a central role in the early days of Y Combinator, to having Steve…
8 years ago
Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund
Season 2 Episode 4
Acquired dives into the topic on the minds and lips of just about every VC and founder these days: SoftBank’s $93B+ Vision Fund, and its seemingly-ov…
8 years ago
Season 2, Episode 3: Nest
Season 2 Episode 3
Acquired brings it all back home—to the smart home that is—with Google’s 2014 acquisition of Nest for $3.2B. From Nest cofounder Tony Fadell’s first …
8 years, 1 month ago
Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt
Season 2 Episode 2
We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near & dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fundraising! This has been one of our most-requested new …
8 years, 2 months ago
Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)
Season 2 Episode 1
Former Zappos Chairman & COO (and current Partner at Sequoia Capital) Alfred Lin joins our heroes to kick off Season 2 with a classic: Amazon’s 2009 …
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 51: 2017 Holiday Special
Season 1 Episode 51
Acquired cozies up to the fire and looks back on the year in tech. How wildly off were we on last year’s predictions? What does the next year have in…
8 years, 3 months ago
Episode 50: Apple - Beats
Season 1 Episode 50
Acquired crosses the half-century mark with an instant classic: Apple’s 2014 purchase of Beats, its largest acquisition ever. If you knew Beats as ju…
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 49: The Stitch Fix IPO
Season 1 Episode 49
Ben and David dive into the most talked-about tech IPO of 4Q 2017: Stitch Fix. After downsizing the offering and pricing below the range, does this s…
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom
Season 1 Episode 48
Ben & David cover the proposed largest tech M&A deal of all time, and in the process dive into the evolving dynamics of the industry that started eve…
8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO
Season 1 Episode 47
Ben & David venture to the land down under (and reunite in-person!) to tell the story of the granddaddy of all bootstrapped tech success stories, col…
8 years, 5 months ago