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Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Every company has a story. Acquired goes behind the scenes of the biggest tech IPOs and acquisitions of all time.

Episodes

Virgin Galactic

Nov 23 2020 • 106 MIN

Live from the 2020 ASCEND Space Conference, Acquired covers the full story behind the most "out there" technology story of the past few years: Virgin Galactic. How did this space tourism company gr...

Special: Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul Vohra)

Nov 12 2020 • 3221 MIN

Superstar past guest and Superhuman CEO Rahul Vorha joins us for a deep dive on how Superhuman applies concepts from game design to building productivity software. We're not talking points and badg...

Twitter (with Dick Costolo)

Oct 28 2020 • 83 MIN

A week before the 2020 US Presidential election, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joins us to tell the story of a company that has impacted all of our lives (political and otherwise) like none other...

Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired

Oct 7 2020 • 105 MIN

On this special episode of Acquired, we're joined by a master interviewer himself, Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like the Best. We turn the tables and cover the most fascinating story he's neve...

The NBA

Sep 30 2020 • 165 MIN

On the eve of the 2020 NBA Finals, we dive DEEP into the history and business model of the league behind the world's 2nd largest and fastest growing major sport. How did the NBA grow from merely an...

Special: Acquired x My First Million

Sep 9 2020 • 92 MIN

Acquired teams up with the My First Million podcast for a “best of both worlds” crossover episode. First we go deep, “Acquired style”, on the wild story of MFM host Shaan Puri’s bought, sold, and t...