Podcast Episodes

Standard Oil Part II

Season 9 Episode 5

We bring the epic saga of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller to a close (for now) with two of history's greatest second acts: Rockefeller's pioneer…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More

Season 9

We sit down with the one & only Michael Mauboussin to dive deep into his incredible body of work: untangling skill and luck, measuring moats, persist…

4 years, 6 months ago

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Standard Oil Part I

Season 9 Episode 4

It's time. We dive into the *original* American capitalist mega winner, Standard Oil, and its legendary founder John D. Rockefeller. This company and…

4 years, 6 months ago

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TSMC

Season 9 Episode 3

It's time. We dive into the unbelievable history behind the quietest technology giant of them all — and as of recording the world's 9th (!) most valu…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Kevin Rose from Web 2.0 to Web3

Season 9

We sit down with the one and only Kevin Rose to talk about his journey from pioneering Web 2.0 with Digg to leading the charge on Web3 and NFT + DeFi…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Andreessen Horowitz Part II

Season 9 Episode 2

Alright, backstory's out of the way, and Acquired is rolling three hours deep on the venture firm that changed the game for everyone — a16z.

VC market…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Andreessen Horowitz Part I

Season 9 Episode 1

We kick off Season 9 with a classic: Part I of the a16z story. How did this brand new venture firm charge out of the gates in 2009, going from zero t…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)

Season 9

We sit down with the hottest new protocol layer in crypto today: Solana, and its cofounder Anatoly Yakovenko, who is the CEO of Solana Labs. If you l…

4 years, 8 months ago

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Ethereum

Season 8 Episode 8

We close out Season 8 with the most ambitious organization we've ever covered on Acquired: Ethereum, and it's celebrity wunderkind founder Vitalik Bu…

4 years, 9 months ago

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Special: Ho Nam from Altos Ventures — A Different Approach to VC

Season 8

What do you get when you combine Berkshire Hathaway's approach with early-stage venture capital? Altos Ventures. We're joined by Altos's wonderful Ho…

4 years, 9 months ago

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