Podcast Episodes

Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)

Season 12

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world — it’s impossible to spend an ho…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Nintendo's Origins

Season 12 Episode 3

You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy the Seattle Mariners at some point? We …

3 years, 7 months ago

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LVMH

Season 12 Episode 2

We tell the full history of LVMH, and how Bernard Arnault turned a $15m investment in a bankrupt French textile company into the world’s largest indi…

3 years, 7 months ago

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The NFL

Season 12 Episode 1

The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to explore the nation’s development over the last 100 year…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Holiday Special 2022

Season 11

Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our business “in public”. We recap our perspectives on Acq…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)

Season 11 Episode 8

Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!) of the internet’s best strategy analysis destina…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Enron

Season 11 Episode 7

The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquired could uniquely add to the conversation. Then we r…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Qualcomm

Season 11 Episode 6

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely amazing te…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Benchmark Part II: The Dinner

Season 11 Episode 5

We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during which we ask all of the unresolved burning question…

4 years ago

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ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis

Season 11

We kick off ACQ Sessions with the-behind-the-scenes story of All-in, from the world’s greatest moderator himself Jason Calacanis. ACQ Sessions is our…

4 years ago

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