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

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215 episodes of Acquired are listed in this archive.

Episodes

Latest first
S1 Ep. 14Jun 16, 20161h 1min
LinkedIn

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...

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S1 Ep. 13Jun 6, 201656 min
Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop

Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss Facebook's 2011 acquisition of Push Pop...

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S1 Ep. 12May 23, 201656 min
Snapchat

Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cover the fascinating story of Snapchat's...

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S1 Ep. 11May 9, 201652 min
PayPal

Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal.Sponsors:Legora:...

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S1 Ep. 10Apr 27, 201648 min
Virgin America

Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acquisition that is so recent, we have no...

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S1 Ep. 9Mar 29, 201643 min
Writely (Google Docs)

Ben and David continue the cloud productivity saga with Google Docs. They examine the suite of acquisitions made by Google with a focus on...

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S1 Ep. 8Feb 29, 201656 min
Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist (with Kurt DelBene)

Ben and David have special guest Kurt DelBene on to discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Acompli, Sunrise, and Wunderlist. Kurt is the EVP of...

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S1 Ep. 7Feb 3, 201644 min
YouTube

Ben and David test the widely-held belief that YouTube was one of the most successful tech acquisitions of all time. In today's world of...

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S1 Ep. 6Jan 19, 201634 min
Lucasfilm

Riding closely on the tails of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ben and David cover Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm. In the episode,...

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S1 Ep. 5Dec 14, 201538 min
Siri

In the last episode of 2015, Ben and David discuss Apple's acquisition of Siri. Notable topics include: The founding of Siri by Dag...

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