Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
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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)
The New York Times Company
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Feb 18, 20213:09:13pending
Special: Sequoia Capital's Investment Playbook (with Alfred Lin)
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Feb 1, 202158:01pending
Bitcoin
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Jan 19, 20213:14:45pending
Special: Acquired x Indie Hackers
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Dec 17, 20201:51:26pending
Airbnb
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Dec 11, 20202:40:48pending
DoorDash
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Dec 10, 20203:00:36pending
Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring
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Dec 2, 20201:32:22pending
Virgin Galactic
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Nov 23, 20201:48:58pending
Special: Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul...
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Nov 12, 202057:13pending
Twitter (with Dick Costolo)
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Oct 28, 20201:25:31pending
Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired
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Oct 7, 20201:50:25pending
The NBA
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Sep 30, 20202:47:35pending
Special: Acquired x My First Million
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Sep 9, 20201:36:27pending
Epic Games
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Sep 2, 20202:29:26pending
Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)
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Aug 25, 20201:34:34pending
Pinduoduo
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Jul 16, 20201:55:33pending
Oprah (Harpo Studios)
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Jun 25, 20202:14:30pending
SpaceX
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May 26, 20202:46:00pending
Adapting Episode 3: Intel
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May 12, 20201:26:01pending
Special Episode: Jason Calacanis
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Apr 29, 20201:38:48pending
Adapting Episode 2: Sequoia’s Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)
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Mar 31, 202044:05pending
Adapting Episode 1: Canlis
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Mar 20, 202049:40pending
The Top 10 Acquisitions of All-Time
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Mar 17, 20201:51:40pending
Sequoia Capital Part II (with Doug Leone)
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Feb 18, 20201:07:44pending
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Jan 29, 20201:52:54pending
The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries)
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Dec 30, 20191:25:59pending
Convoy (with CEO Dan Lewis)
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Dec 19, 20191:41:36pending
TikTok
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Dec 9, 20191:42:55pending
Disney, Plus
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Nov 25, 20192:18:49pending
The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)
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Oct 25, 20191:40:39pending
Season 5, Episode 5: Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)
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Oct 15, 20191:42:14pending
Sequoia Capital (Part 1)
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Sep 26, 20191:53:20pending
Google Maps
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Aug 26, 20191:42:16pending
The Shopify IPO
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Aug 6, 20191:31:58pending
Huawei
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Jul 22, 20191:09:09pending
Superhuman (with CEO Rahul Vohra)
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Jun 27, 20191:22:41pending
The Slack DPO
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Jun 25, 20192:00:30pending
The Zoom IPO (with Santi Subotovsky)
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Jun 19, 20191:23:03pending
The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)
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May 27, 20192:05:12pending
The Uber IPO
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May 11, 20192:26:50pending
The Pinterest IPO
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Apr 24, 20191:44:33pending
The Lyft IPO
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Mar 30, 20192:22:36pending
Season 4, Episode 3: Instagram Revisited (with Emily White)
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Feb 26, 20191:17:03pending
Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!
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Feb 19, 201940:36pending
Season 4, Episode 2: ARM & SoftBank
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Feb 3, 20191:29:04pending
Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN
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Jan 21, 20191:28:48pending
Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent
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Dec 17, 20181:55:46pending
Season 3, Episode 9: Netflix (Part 2)
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Nov 25, 20181:31:14pending
Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)
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Nov 12, 20181:32:53pending
Acquired Season 3 Episode 7: Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)
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Oct 29, 20181:15:36pending