Acquired

Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.

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Episode 26: Marvel

Episode Date: December 5, 2016

Topics covered include: Marvel’s corporate origins as "Timely Publications”, created in 1939 by pulp magazine publisher Martin Goodman in NYC...

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Episode 24: Skype

Episode Date: November 2, 2016

An acquisition so wild and crazy, they had to do it again. And again. Ben & David cover tech’s perhaps most-traded asset, Skype (which al...

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Episode 20: Android

Episode Date: September 16, 2016

Ben & David examine Google’s 2005 purchase of Android for a rumored $50M, undeniably one of the best technology acquisitions of all time....

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Episode 19: Jet

Episode Date: August 29, 2016

Ben & David break down Jet.com’s meteoric rise, culminating in Walmart’s blockbuster $3B+ acquisition of the company just two years after...

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Episode 14: LinkedIn

Episode Date: June 16, 2016

Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover LinkedIn’s founding story by Reid Hoffma...

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Episode 12: Snapchat

Episode Date: May 23, 2016

Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cover the fascinating story of Snapchat's cr...

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Episode 11: PayPal

Episode Date: May 9, 2016

Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal.Sponsors:ServiceNow: https://bit.ly/ac...

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Episode 7: YouTube

Episode Date: February 3, 2016

Ben and David test the widely-held belief that YouTube was one of the most successful tech acquisitions of all time. In today's world of next...