Acquired

Acquired is a podcast about the playbooks and patterns behind the world's greatest technology companies and founders. This narrative podcast covers how strategies, decisions, and pivotal moments turn startups into tech giants. Every episode dissects company histories, carefully going through founding stories, major acquisitions, IPOs, and critical turning points that provide unparalleled insight for listeners in respect of business strategy and entrepreneurship. It does exhaustive research combined with good storytelling to make complex business ideas pieces of information that are digestible and fun. Our review is here!

Most of the episodes of ACQUIRED are two to three hours each, which means deep dives into the story of every company. Full-on regular episodes and quite often Limited Partner shows are a bit more compact, with certain technology and business topics and themes. The long formats indeed allow going in-depth on any subject that comes up. Who are the hosts?

On ACQUIRED, Ben Gilbert brings a lot of operational tech expertise, being a founder and startup veteran himself, while David Rosenthal adds in the experience of being a venture capitalist and an investment banker. In combination, they deliver both strategic and financial views on each and every story they do, therefore presenting a full-spectrum analysis from their various experiences in the technology sector.

ACQUIRED is done for entrepreneurs, investors, folks who work in tech, and anyone else who may have an interest in inside knowledge on how successful companies come to be. Whatever the reason you're learning-how to create your startup, working in tech, studying business, or any other reason-you want key insights into what makes those successful companies successful. This is particularly appealing to those who enjoy deep analysis and storytelling on business strategy, technology, and entrepreneurship.