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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)

Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)

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Oct 2, 20181:17:45pending

Season 3, Episode 5: Alibaba

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Sep 24, 20181:40:22pending

Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)

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Sep 11, 20181:29:25pending

Season 3, Episode 3: The Sonos IPO

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Aug 20, 20181:40:55pending

Season 3, Episode 2: The Xiaomi IPO

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Aug 6, 20181:20:15pending

Season 3, Episode 1: Tesla

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Jul 17, 20182:05:43pending

Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)

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Jun 18, 20181:13:23pending

Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub

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Jun 6, 20181:30:37pending

Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint

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May 21, 20181:27:51pending

Season 2, Episode 7: PowerPoint

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May 4, 20181:21:08pending

Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing

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Apr 6, 20181:51:24pending

Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO

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Mar 26, 20181:44:13pending

Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund

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Mar 23, 20181:34:40pending

Season 2, Episode 3: Nest

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Feb 20, 20181:39:18pending

Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt

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Feb 7, 20181:21:16pending

Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)

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Jan 23, 20181:19:39pending

Episode 51: 2017 Holiday Special

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Dec 18, 20171:23:10pending

Episode 50: Apple - Beats

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Dec 11, 20171:20:52pending

Episode 49: The Stitch Fix IPO

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Dec 4, 20171:18:29pending

Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom

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Nov 20, 201758:33pending

Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO

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Nov 7, 20171:12:18pending

Episode 46: Blue Bottle Coffee

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Oct 8, 20171:09:53pending

Episode 45: HTC, Google and the Future of Mobile

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Sep 21, 20171:26:03pending

Episode 44: AOL - Time Warner (with the Internet History Podcast)

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Sep 18, 20171:48:53pending

Episode 43: The Square IPO

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Aug 16, 20171:22:15pending

Episode 42: Opsware (with special guest Michel Feaster)

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Aug 5, 20171:20:53pending

Episode 41: Booking.com with Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson

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Jul 26, 20171:21:53pending

Episode 40: Activision Blizzard

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Jul 13, 20171:18:26pending

Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market

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Jun 21, 20171:19:09pending

Acquired Episode 38: SoundJam (iTunes)

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May 31, 20171:22:24pending

Episode 37: BAMTech, Disney and "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of...

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May 10, 20171:21:57pending

Episode 36: The LA Clippers

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Apr 24, 20171:12:14pending

Episode 35: Oculus

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Apr 11, 20171:24:36pending

Episode 34: The Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan

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Apr 3, 20171:19:16pending

Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!)

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Mar 13, 20171:34:29pending

Episode 32: The Snap Inc. IPO

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Mar 4, 20171:30:23pending

Episode 31: The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstar...

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Mar 1, 20171:17:13pending

Episode 30: P.A. Semi + AuthenTec

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Jan 24, 20171:16:34pending

Episode 29: Special—2016 Review and 2017 Predictions

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Jan 11, 20171:20:27pending

Episode 28: The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg

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Dec 31, 20161:15:07pending

Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investment...

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Dec 16, 20161:18:57pending

Episode 26: Marvel

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Dec 5, 20161:27:07pending

Episode 25: The Facebook IPO

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Nov 11, 20161:29:24pending

Episode 24: Skype

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Nov 2, 20161:27:05pending

Episode 23: NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)

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Oct 23, 20161:11:13pending

Episode 22: Zillow + Trulia (with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips)

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Oct 14, 20161:19:25pending

Episode 21: Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman

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Sep 27, 20161:26:46pending

Episode 20: Android

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Sep 16, 20161:22:22pending

Episode 19: Jet

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Aug 29, 20161:13:44pending

Episode 18: Special—An Acquirer’s View into M&A with Taylor Barada, head of Corp...

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Aug 22, 20161:12:23pending