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Acquired

by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.

215 episodes

Podcast overview

About this podcast

Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.

Episodes215total
Frequencyabout 1.7 episodes per monthCalculated from 215 episodes published between Oct 2015 and Jun 2026.
Categories / tags
TechnologyBusinessInvestingPodcastEnglish

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How often does Acquired release episodes?

Acquired publishes about 1.7 episodes per month, based on episode dates available in the RSS feed.

Where can I find old episodes of Acquired?

Older episodes of Acquired are available in the paginated archive, sorted from newest to oldest.

How many episodes of Acquired are available?

215 episodes of Acquired are listed in this archive.

Episodes

Latest first
S4 Ep. 3Feb 19, 201940 min
Special: Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!

Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take!We continue to experiment on Acquired, this time with a quick-take on Spotify’s bombshell...

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S4 Ep. 2Feb 3, 20191h 20min
ARM & SoftBank

We dive into the crazy, little-known story of how this small, former PC-maker in Cambridge, England dethroned Intel, saved Apple from...

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S4 Ep. 1Jan 21, 20191h 20min
ESPN

Booyah! Acquired, the worldwide leader in acquisitions and IPOs, kicks off Season 4 with a classic: ESPN. How did a failed former TV...

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S3 Ep. 10Dec 17, 20181h 47min
Tencent

We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-based social networking and entertainment...

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S3 Ep. 9Nov 25, 20181h 22min
Netflix (Part 2)

We complete our two-part Netflix special with the company’s bold transition to streaming, including of course the most (in)famous spin-out...

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S3 Ep. 8Nov 12, 20181h 24min
Netflix (Part 1)

In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beach town make a stand against tyranny,...

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S3 Ep. 7Oct 29, 20181h 7min
Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)

Ben & David are joined by special guest and Venmo cofounder Andrew Kortina for our first-ever SF live show! In front of a packed house we...

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S3 Ep. 6Oct 2, 20181h 9min
Behance (with Scott Belsky)

Ben and David are joined by Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, Behance founder, Benchmark partner, author, and product luminary, Scott Belsky,...

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S3 Ep. 5Sep 24, 20181h 32min
Alibaba

We continue our China Tech series with perhaps the most incredible entrepreneurial journey in history: Alibaba and its indefatigable...

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S3 Ep. 4Sep 11, 20181h 21min
Recode (with Kara Swisher)

In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair with the one & only Kara Swisher! Kara tells...

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