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Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

EN218 episodes
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Every company has a story.Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.

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Episodes (218)

LVMH

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Feb 21, 20233:25:04pending

Holiday Special 2022

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Dec 19, 20222:13:14pending

Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)

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Dec 6, 20221:56:21pending

Enron

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Nov 29, 20223:33:54pending

Qualcomm

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Nov 15, 20222:28:42pending

Benchmark Part II: The Dinner

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Oct 17, 20222:01:21pending

ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis

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Oct 4, 20222:19:53pending

Benchmark Part I

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Sep 28, 20223:44:44pending

Amazon Web Services

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Sep 6, 20222:45:22pending

Howard Marks & Andrew Marks: Something of Value

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Aug 30, 20221:31:23pending

Amazon.com

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Aug 16, 20224:18:28pending

From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonz...

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Aug 2, 20221:57:16pending

Walmart

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Jul 19, 20223:01:42pending

The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories

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Jun 20, 20221:05:02pending

American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)

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Jun 6, 20221:18:59pending

Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)

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May 19, 20221:08:52pending

Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber)

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May 16, 20221:12:09pending

Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity

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May 12, 20221:28:17pending

Nvidia Part II: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)

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Apr 20, 20222:13:09pending

Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)

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Apr 6, 20221:24:53pending

Nvidia Part I: The GPU Company (1993-2006)

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Mar 28, 20222:01:05pending

Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner)

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Mar 15, 20221:54:15pending

SONY

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Mar 7, 20223:03:39pending

Super Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

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Feb 22, 20221:04:20pending

The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of...

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Feb 15, 20221:43:34pending

Peloton

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Feb 10, 20222:20:14pending

Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version)

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Jan 23, 20222:39:15pending

CAA (with Michael Ovitz)

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Dec 21, 20211:52:10pending

FTX (with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele)

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Dec 15, 20211:36:50pending

7 Powers with Hamilton Helmer

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Dec 8, 20211:04:07pending

Not Boring (with Packy McCormick)

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Dec 3, 20212:47:47pending

Complexity Investing & Semiconductors (with NZS Capital)

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Nov 3, 20211:44:26pending

Standard Oil Part II

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Oct 18, 20212:23:29pending

Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whol...

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Oct 5, 20211:25:37pending

Standard Oil Part I

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Sep 22, 20212:14:52pending

TSMC

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Sep 7, 20212:35:38pending

Kevin Rose from Web 2.0 to Web3

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Aug 30, 20211:41:18pending

Andreessen Horowitz Part II

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Aug 10, 20212:55:30pending

Andreessen Horowitz Part I

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Jul 27, 20212:06:59pending

Special: Solana (with CEO Anatoly Yakovenko)

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Jul 19, 20211:14:27pending

Ethereum

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Jul 6, 20213:04:52pending

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

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Jun 21, 20211:52:19pending

Berkshire Hathaway Part III

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Jun 7, 20212:58:41pending

Special: Amazon Unbound (with Brad Stone)

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May 27, 20211:19:12pending

Berkshire Hathaway Part II

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May 12, 20213:03:01pending

Special: 2021 China Tech Trends (with Tech Buzz China)

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May 5, 20211:20:57pending

Berkshire Hathaway Part I

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Apr 21, 20213:12:18pending

Special: "Why Now" for Digital Health (with Levels founder Josh Clemente)

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Apr 6, 20211:28:50pending

Rec Room Part II (with CEO Nick Fajt)

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Mar 24, 20211:58:11pending

Meituan

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Mar 10, 20212:23:46pending