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Acquired Episode 17: Waze
Season 1 Episode 17
Topics covered include:
Community Showcase: the Nexcast podcasting platform from listener Brian Sanders, along with their podcast chronicling the tea…9 years, 8 months ago
Acquired Episode 16: Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)
Season 1 Episode 16
The meta show: Ben and David turn their gaze inward and examine the podcasting industry through E. W. Scripps’ recent acquisitions of the Midroll pod…
9 years, 9 months ago
Acquired Episode 15: ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce) with Scott Dorsey
Season 1 Episode 15
Ben and David return to make their first foray into enterprise software, covering Salesforce’s $2.5B acquisition of ExactTarget in 2013 with the help…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 14: LinkedIn
Season 1 Episode 14
Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover LinkedIn’s founding story by Reid Hoffman, break…
9 years, 9 months ago
Episode 13: Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop
Season 1 Episode 13
Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss Facebook's 2011 acquisition of Push Pop Press.
Sp…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 12: Snapchat
Season 1 Episode 12
Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cover the fascinating story of Snapchat's creation a…
9 years, 10 months ago
Episode 11: PayPal
Season 1 Episode 11
Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal.
Sponsors:
WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25Intapp…9 years, 11 months ago
Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America
Season 1 Episode 10
Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acquisition that is so recent, we have no idea if it…
9 years, 11 months ago
Episode 9: Writely (Google Docs)
Season 1 Episode 9
Ben and David continue the cloud productivity saga with Google Docs. They examine the suite of acquisitions made by Google with a focus on Writely in…
10 years ago
Episode 8: Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (w/ Kurt DelBene)
Season 1 Episode 8
Ben and David have special guest Kurt DelBene on to discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist. Kurt is the EVP of Corporate…
10 years, 1 month ago