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Episode 46: Blue Bottle Coffee
Season 1 Episode 46
Today our heroes cover a deal that might have more impact on life in Silicon Valley than AI, wearables and AR/VR combined… Nestle’s acquisition of Bl…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 45: HTC, Google and the Future of Mobile
Season 1 Episode 45
Acquired is back and live on the scene! After months of speculation, Google announces today their acquisition (err, "Cooperation Agreement”) of a lar…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 44: AOL - Time Warner (with the Internet History Podcast)
Season 1 Episode 44
On this extra-long episode of Acquired, Brian McCullough from the Internet History Podcast returns to discuss perhaps the most (in)famous merger of a…
8 years, 6 months ago
Episode 43: The Square IPO
Season 1 Episode 43
Unicorns and ratchets and lawsuits, oh my! Our heroes dive into the history of Jack Dorsey’s famous “other” company, Square. Was the Square IPO a can…
8 years, 7 months ago
Episode 42: Opsware (with special guest Michel Feaster)
Season 1 Episode 42
Acquired dives into the legendary acquisition of Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen’s “second act” software company Opsware, from a perspective never bef…
8 years, 8 months ago
Episode 41: Booking.com with Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson
Season 1 Episode 41
Acquired trains its lens on the “second or third best acquisition of all-time”, Priceline’s 2005 purchase of Booking.com. Our heroes are joined by fr…
8 years, 8 months ago
Episode 40: Activision Blizzard
Season 1 Episode 40
Ben & David cover the creation of the gaming world’s equivalent of the 70’s rock supergroup: the 2008 merger of Blizzard and Activision. We tell the …
8 years, 9 months ago
Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market
Season 1 Episode 39
Ben and David are once again live on the scene, this time covering the biggest disruption in grocery since… well, sliced bread: Amazon’s $13.7B purch…
8 years, 9 months ago
"About Acquired" on the Anchor Podcast of the Day
Season 1 Episode 39
Ben and David are guests on Anchor's Podcast of the Day, discussing Acquired's origin story, show structure, and how the show gets made. If you're ne…
8 years, 10 months ago
Acquired Episode 38: SoundJam (iTunes)
Season 1 Episode 38
Ben & David revisit the birth of the digital music revolution and Steve Jobs' "digital hub" strategy, with Apple's 2000 acquisition of the Mac music …
8 years, 10 months ago