Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Special: Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul Vohra)
12 Nov 2020
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Superstar past guest and Superhuman CEO Rahul Vorha joins us for a deep dive on how Superhuman appli...
Twitter (with Dick Costolo)
28 Oct 2020
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A week before the 2020 US Presidential election, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joins us to tell th...
Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired
06 Oct 2020
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On this special episode of Acquired, we're joined by a master interviewer himself, Patrick O'Shaughn...
The NBA
30 Sep 2020
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On the eve of the 2020 NBA Finals, we dive DEEP into the history and business model of the league be...
Special: Acquired x My First Million
09 Sep 2020
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Acquired teams up with the My First Million podcast for a “best of both worlds” crossover episod...
Epic Games
01 Sep 2020
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We go deep behind the "epic" story of a plucky game developer from Cary, North Carolina (by way of P...
Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)
25 Aug 2020
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We're joined by two very special guests, Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz and her cofounder, spouse and Ev...
Pinduoduo
16 Jul 2020
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We kick off Season 7 with a bang: Pinduoduo, the incredible five year-old Chinese mashup of "Costco ...
Oprah (Harpo Studios)
25 Jun 2020
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We close out Season 6 with the story of perhaps the single most successful media entrepreneur of all...
SpaceX
26 May 2020
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On the eve of SpaceX's historic scheduled launch of its first human spaceflight mission — both the...
Adapting Episode 3: Intel
11 May 2020
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When you think of Intel today, you probably think of the microprocessor company. Maybe you also thin...
Special Episode: Jason Calacanis
28 Apr 2020
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We're joined by the one and only Jason Calacanis for this very special episode, wherein we chronicle...
Podapalooza Announcement: Intel
14 Apr 2020
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Adapting Episode 2: Sequoia’s Black Swan Memo (with Roelof Botha)
30 Mar 2020
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On March 5th 2020, Sequoia Capital published a Medium post entitled ‘Coronavirus: The Black Swan o...
Adapting Episode 1: Canlis
20 Mar 2020
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The world has changed. Acquired is changing too: we’re taking a pause from our normal episodes. Th...
The Top 10 Acquisitions of All-Time
17 Mar 2020
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5 years and 100+ episodes into Acquired, there’s been one question we get asked more than any othe...
Sequoia Capital Part II (with Doug Leone)
17 Feb 2020
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The wait is over. Acquired returns with a very special Part II of the Sequoia Capital story, joined ...
28 Jan 2020
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We kick off Season 6 with a long-awaited Acquired Classic: Facebook’s $22B purchase of WhatsApp in...
The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries)
29 Dec 2019
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Season 5, Episode 10: The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries) Acquired c...
Convoy (with CEO Dan Lewis)
19 Dec 2019
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Coming to you live from the University of Washington, Ben and David are joined by hundreds of awesom...
TikTok
08 Dec 2019
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We take Acquired to the Old Town Road to cover the amazing story behind the biggest global sensation...
Disney, Plus
25 Nov 2019
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The Flywheel is strong with this one. We dive deep into the origins of one of the boldest business s...
The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)
24 Oct 2019
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It’s an IPO, it’s a bailout, it’s an... acquisition? We’re joined by the one and only Dan Pr...
Season 5, Episode 5: Atari (with Nolan Bushnell)
15 Oct 2019
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We’re joined by the legendary Nolan Bushnell, founder not only of Atari, but also the only person ...
Sequoia Capital (Part 1)
26 Sep 2019
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Acquired dives into the history behind storied venture firm Sequoia Capital and its legendary founde...
Google Maps
26 Aug 2019
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Ben and David cover the series of three 2004 Google acquisitions that formed the core of Google Maps...
The Shopify IPO
06 Aug 2019
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Ben and David head north of the border to Ottawa, Canada to cover perhaps one of the greatest IPO su...
Huawei
22 Jul 2019
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For our first episode of Season 5, Acquired returns to Shenzhen to cover another Chinese technology ...
Superhuman (with CEO Rahul Vohra)
27 Jun 2019
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We wrap up Season 4 with a very special (and accidental!) episode, a conversation with the CEO of Su...
The Slack DPO
24 Jun 2019
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an... enterprise software company? We give the full Acquired t...
The Zoom IPO (with Santi Subotovsky)
18 Jun 2019
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Zoom board member (and general partner at Emergence Capital) Santi Subotovsky joins us to tell the t...
The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)
27 May 2019
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Acquired looks back at a monumental IPO from a *much* different era: Electronic Arts. We’re joined...
The Uber IPO
11 May 2019
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Welcome to the big one. On the day of its IPO, we tell the story of Uber. It’s a story whose roots...
The Pinterest IPO
23 Apr 2019
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In the second episode of our APLUSS(Z!) IPO saga, we dive into the history behind the planet’s lar...
The Lyft IPO
30 Mar 2019
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Call it the playoffs. Call it the Olympics. Call it March Madness. No matter which sports analogy yo...
Season 4, Episode 3: Instagram Revisited (with Emily White)
25 Feb 2019
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We enter the wayback machine and revisit the subject of Acquired’s second ever episode, Facebook’...
Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take + Worldwide Meetup Details!
18 Feb 2019
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Spotify + Gimlet/Anchor Quick Take!We continue to experiment on Acquired, this time with a quick-tak...
Season 4, Episode 2: ARM & SoftBank
03 Feb 2019
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We dive into the crazy, little-known story of how this small, former PC-maker in Cambridge, England ...
Season 4, Episode 1: ESPN
21 Jan 2019
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Booyah! Acquired, the worldwide leader in acquisitions and IPOs, kicks off Season 4 with a classic: ...
Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent
16 Dec 2018
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We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-base...
Season 3, Episode 9: Netflix (Part 2)
25 Nov 2018
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We complete our two-part Netflix special with the company’s bold transition to streaming, includin...
Season 3, Episode 8: Netflix (Part 1)
11 Nov 2018
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In a world ravaged by late fees and lack of rewinding, one man two men from a sleepy California beac...
Acquired Season 3 Episode 7: Venmo (live with Andrew Kortina)
29 Oct 2018
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Ben & David are joined by special guest and Venmo cofounder Andrew Kortina for our first-ever SF...
Season 3, Episode 6: Behance (with Scott Belsky)
01 Oct 2018
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Ben and David are joined by Adobe’s Chief Product Officer, Behance founder, Benchmark partner, aut...
Season 3, Episode 5: Alibaba
23 Sep 2018
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We continue our China Tech series with perhaps the most incredible entrepreneurial journey in histor...
Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)
10 Sep 2018
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In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair w...
Season 3, Episode 3: The Sonos IPO
20 Aug 2018
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Ben and David are (almost) live on the scene covering the plucky Southern California “camera compa...
Season 3, Episode 2: The Xiaomi IPO
05 Aug 2018
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Acquired kicks off our China tech mini-series by teaming up with the best in the business: Hans and ...
Season 3, Episode 1: Tesla
16 Jul 2018
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Acquired kicks off Season 3 with a gangbuster two-hour extravaganza on America’s most successful a...
Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)
17 Jun 2018
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Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: Rover.com and its 20...
Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub
05 Jun 2018
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We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software wor...
Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint
21 May 2018
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If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed w...
Season 2, Episode 7: PowerPoint
04 May 2018
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Acquired returns with a classic, delving into Microsoft’s first acquisition ever: Forethought Inc,...
Season 2, Episode 6: Spotify’s Direct Listing
05 Apr 2018
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Acquired wraps up a big few weeks of coverage with not an IPO or an M&A or a fundraising round, ...
Season 2, Episode 5: The Dropbox IPO
25 Mar 2018
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Acquired is live on the scene following Dropbox’s public market debut. From playing a central role...
Season 2, Episode 4: SoftBank, Fortress and the Vision Fund
22 Mar 2018
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Acquired dives into the topic on the minds and lips of just about every VC and founder these days: S...
Season 2, Episode 3: Nest
19 Feb 2018
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Acquired brings it all back home—to the smart home that is—with Google’s 2014 acquisition of N...
Season 2, Episode 2: Raising a Seed Round with Against Gravity CEO Nick Fajt
06 Feb 2018
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We launch mini-series on Acquired with a subject near & dear to our heroes’ hearts: startup fu...
Season 2, Episode 1: Zappos (with Alfred Lin)
22 Jan 2018
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Former Zappos Chairman & COO (and current Partner at Sequoia Capital) Alfred Lin joins our heroe...
Episode 51: 2017 Holiday Special
18 Dec 2017
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Acquired cozies up to the fire and looks back on the year in tech. How wildly off were we on last ye...
Episode 50: Apple - Beats
11 Dec 2017
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Acquired crosses the half-century mark with an instant classic: Apple’s 2014 purchase of Beats, it...
Episode 49: The Stitch Fix IPO
04 Dec 2017
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Ben and David dive into the most talked-about tech IPO of 4Q 2017: Stitch Fix. After downsizing the ...
Episode 48: Qualcomm - Broadcom
20 Nov 2017
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Ben & David cover the proposed largest tech M&A deal of all time, and in the process dive in...
Episode 47: The Atlassian IPO
06 Nov 2017
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Ben & David venture to the land down under (and reunite in-person!) to tell the story of the gra...
Episode 46: Blue Bottle Coffee
07 Oct 2017
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Today our heroes cover a deal that might have more impact on life in Silicon Valley than AI, wearabl...
Episode 45: HTC, Google and the Future of Mobile
21 Sep 2017
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Acquired is back and live on the scene! After months of speculation, Google announces today their ac...
Episode 44: AOL - Time Warner (with the Internet History Podcast)
17 Sep 2017
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On this extra-long episode of Acquired, Brian McCullough from the Internet History Podcast returns t...
Episode 43: The Square IPO
16 Aug 2017
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Unicorns and ratchets and lawsuits, oh my! Our heroes dive into the history of Jack Dorsey’s famou...
Episode 42: Opsware (with special guest Michel Feaster)
04 Aug 2017
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Acquired dives into the legendary acquisition of Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen’s “second ac...
Episode 41: Booking.com with Jetsetter & Room 77 CEO Drew Patterson
25 Jul 2017
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Acquired trains its lens on the “second or third best acquisition of all-time”, Priceline’s 20...
Episode 40: Activision Blizzard
12 Jul 2017
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Ben & David cover the creation of the gaming world’s equivalent of the 70’s rock supergroup:...
Acquired Episode 39: Whole Foods Market
20 Jun 2017
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Ben and David are once again live on the scene, this time covering the biggest disruption in grocery...
"About Acquired" on the Anchor Podcast of the Day
11 Jun 2017
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Ben and David are guests on Anchor's Podcast of the Day, discussing Acquired's origin story, show st...
Acquired Episode 38: SoundJam (iTunes)
31 May 2017
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Ben & David revisit the birth of the digital music revolution and Steve Jobs' "digital hub" stra...
Episode 37: BAMTech, Disney and "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of”
10 May 2017
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Ben and David continue Acquired’s “tech and sports” mini-series with Disney’s 2016 acquisiti...
Episode 36: The LA Clippers
23 Apr 2017
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In honor of start of NBA playoffs, Ben & David venture off the beaten path to explore one of Ste...
Episode 35: Oculus
11 Apr 2017
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Ben & David transcend the barriers of “real” reality, and dive into Facebook and Mark Zucker...
Episode 34: The Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan
03 Apr 2017
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Ben & David "pour over" the 1992 IPO of the legendary Seattle coffee company with the help of Da...
Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!)
13 Mar 2017
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Episode 33: Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!) Ben & David dive deep into the ea...
Episode 32: The Snap Inc. IPO
04 Mar 2017
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Snap! Acquired is live on the scene reporting from the "Super Bowl" of 2017 tech events: Snap Inc's ...
Episode 31: The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store
28 Feb 2017
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Topics covered include:The global surge in 2012 of entrepreneurs starting ridesharing companies, now...
Episode 30: P.A. Semi + AuthenTec
24 Jan 2017
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Topics covered include: P.A. Semi’s original moniker ("Palo Alto Semiconductor”) and its celebr...
Episode 29: Special—2016 Review and 2017 Predictions
11 Jan 2017
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Ben & David wrap up 2016 with a review of the top tech themes we discussed on the show this year...
Episode 28: The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
31 Dec 2016
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Ben & David welcome very special guest Tom Alberg, board member and first lead investor in Amazo...
Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz
16 Dec 2016
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Topics covered include: Brian’s history working across “both sides of the aisle” as both a st...
Episode 26: Marvel
05 Dec 2016
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Topics covered include: Marvel’s corporate origins as "Timely Publications”, created in 1939 by...
Episode 25: The Facebook IPO
11 Nov 2016
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Hey Acquired listeners. A note about this show: we recorded this episode the night before the 2016 E...
Episode 24: Skype
01 Nov 2016
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An acquisition so wild and crazy, they had to do it again. And again. Ben & David cover tech’s...
Episode 23: NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)
23 Oct 2016
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Ben & David broadcast live from the 2016 GeekWire Summit covering one of the all-time greats, Ap...
Episode 22: Zillow + Trulia (with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips)
13 Oct 2016
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CFO of Zillow Group Kathleen Philips joins Ben and David to cover the show’s first true “merger”...
Episode 21: Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman
27 Sep 2016
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Ben and David go inside the M&A press with Bloomberg’s technology M&A reporter and host of...
Episode 20: Android
16 Sep 2016
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Ben & David examine Google’s 2005 purchase of Android for a rumored $50M, undeniably one of th...
Episode 19: Jet
29 Aug 2016
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Ben & David break down Jet.com’s meteoric rise, culminating in Walmart’s blockbuster $3B+ ac...
Episode 18: Special—An Acquirer’s View into M&A with Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe
22 Aug 2016
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Ben & David are joined by special guest Taylor Barada, VP and Head of Corporate Development &...
Acquired Episode 17: Waze
03 Aug 2016
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Topics covered include: Community Showcase: the Nexcast podcasting platform from listener Brian San...
Acquired Episode 16: Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)
12 Jul 2016
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The meta show: Ben and David turn their gaze inward and examine the podcasting industry through E. W...
Acquired Episode 15: ExactTarget (acquired by Salesforce) with Scott Dorsey
05 Jul 2016
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Ben and David return to make their first foray into enterprise software, covering Salesforce’s $2....
Episode 14: LinkedIn
16 Jun 2016
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Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover...
Episode 13: Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop
05 Jun 2016
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Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss ...
Episode 12: Snapchat
22 May 2016
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Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cov...