Every company has a story. Acquired tells the definitive history and strategy of the world's greatest companies. Hosted by @gilbert and @djrosent.
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Acquired is the #1 show on @ApplePodcasts across all categories.
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This is what Google Maps looked like on launch day in 2005.
It’s uh... missing some countries.
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In 1956 Warren Buffett retired at the age of 26 with a net worth of $175k (~$1.7m today).
Why did Buffet retire so early and how did he return to become the greatest investor of all time?
Time for a story👇
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Rest in peace Charlie. We're grateful that we got to spend a (very special) little bit of time with you.
Thank you for the wisdom and the memories. ❤️❤️
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Announcement: We're doing an arena show... in San Francisco!
September 10th. Chase Center. With Mark Zuckerberg.
Huge thank you to our friends at @jpmorgan for finding a venue big enough to hold all of you. We can't wait to see you there :)
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What an incredible night.
Never in our wildest dreams did we think we'd do an arena show with @finkd, @eldsjal, and @emilychangtv... plus @iammiketaylor live!!
Huge thank you to @jpmorgan and most importantly to all 6,000 of you who came and made it so special.
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New listeners often ask us what episode to start with.
Here are the top 10 by all-time downloads:
1. Amazon Pt 1
2. TSMC
3. AWS
4. Walmart
5. Berkshire Pt 1
6. Benchmark Pt 1
7. NVIDIA Pt 2
8. Enron
9. Ethereum
10. Sony
Runners up: T Swift, NVIDIA Pt 1, Peloton, Bitcoin.
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Geoffrey Hinton, father of deep learning (right) at age 31, with Chris Riesbeck (left). La Jolla, CA.
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When you're trying to host a keynote pregame show and you have to pause for a Denny's delivery.
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.@tobi has been running a keylogger and auto-screenshotting his computer every 10 minutes for the last 15 years.
That's a crazy person move, and a wild dataset to have on yourself.
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Founders today: "We'll be profitable eventually."
Bill Gates at IPO: "We have literally never had an unprofitable year."
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By popular demand, here's the PowerPoint that Steve sent us the night before recording: cdn.prod.website-files.com/5…
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The @altcap story of how they won Snowflake's Series C deal (at a mere $175m valuation!) is crazy.
"[We] wrote a bug report of the 10 bugs we found and sent it to the founders."
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2024 was obviously a crazy year for us. We looked at our analytics and as you'd imagine, all of our most-listened to episodes ever were released this year. Microsoft, Hermès, Starbucks, Meta, etc. Compounding!
...but what *older* episodes were most-listened to in 2024?
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"Beating the competition is relatively easy. But beating yourself is a never ending commitment."
(Nike, 1977)
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There has been one company founded in the last 20 years worth more than a trillion dollars.
And that episode is in your podcast players now.
(Also yes, it is indeed 6+ hours.)
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Happy 10 Years :) 🥳
We're live! Episode 1: Pixar. acquired.fm/episodes/2015/10…
iTunes Link: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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After growing Amazon into a trillion-dollar empire, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO next week.
In Prime Day spirit, let's look back on what made Amazon so successful - as shared by Bezos himself.
We read every shareholder letter since 1997. Here's 1 key insight from each 🧵
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This video perfectly lays out Jamie Dimon's "fortress balance sheet" strategy and why you need to be prepared for the worst.
Insanely, it is from 2006, two years before the 2008 financial crisis! Unbelievably prescient.
"It will happen again... don't be surprised."
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Insane, ridiculous night. Can't thank all 6,000 of you enough for coming. What a wild ride this has been.
Huge thank you to our guests Jamie Dimon, Meredith Kopit Levien, and Barry Diller!
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For all you kids listening, here's what you missed in The Great Browser Toolbar era of the 2000s.
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First airport billboard... does this mean we are technically an enterprise software company now??
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The highest-performing investment firm ever.
...and quite possibly the first use of machine learning in business history.
In your podcast players now:
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Altos Ventures is playing a different game than everyone else in VC.
And it’s working. They are “early stage investors” that owned 21% of Roblox at IPO!
We were lucky to have the the prolific @honam on for this special episode.
acquired.fm/episodes/special…
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Very special Seattle-based weekend, for a very special Seattle-based cohost. 😀
(And some guy from SF showed up as a groomsman!)
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The episode you've all been waiting for... a day after his congressional hearings we sat down with the man, the myth, the legend @SBF_FTX.
Together with our good friend @mariogabriele we explore the story of Sam, Alameda and FTX.
acquired.fm/episodes/ftx-wit…
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Tomorrow: our first healthcare episode ever.
𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵® (𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦) 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
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Truly insane. You can tell he almost can't believe it either (2:23:14): acquired.fm/episodes/the-ste…
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We sat down with the @RockCenterNYC Magazine while we were in town this week. Our only regret was that they didn't use this photo:
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A never-before-told story about Steve Jobs, from @HowardSchultz:
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Well that's cool. Thanks @TIME! time.com/collections/100-bes…
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He learns 3 lessons from this.
i) don’t fixate on the price you paid.
ii) don’t rush to grab a small profit. Stay focused on the big, long-term wins.
iii) you can’t control other people’s emotions. If you manage someone's money, don't let their emotions guide your decisions.
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The wait is over. Acquired returns with Part II of the Sequoia Capital story, joined by the very best person in the world to tell it - @Sequoia’s Global Managing Partner @dougleone.
acquired.fm/episodes/sequoia…
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