High-performance Hiring & Interviewing with former Amazon Worldwide GM of Prime Membership, Anna Collins
We're joined by former Amazon, Microsoft and Bulletproof executive Anna Collins to discuss how high-performance organizations structure their hiring and interview processes. Whether you're a small sta...
5 Touko 202057min
The Jason Calacanis Special (cont.)
In Part 2 of our conversation, Jason reveals his "secret master plan" behind the Calacanis empire, as well as how he and his team manage all their various activities and their own productivity. And of...
29 Huhti 202052min
Adapting: Mystery - How to Grow When Your Original Business Goes to Zero (with cofounders Shane Kovalsky & Vince Coppola)
We're joined for an Adapeting episode by the cofounders of Mystery, a Seattle seed-stage startup that we've mentioned before on Acquired and was started by early Convoy employees. In ordinary times, M...
7 Huhti 20201h 3min
Everything you need to know about Pre-Seed (with Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures)
Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures joins us to illuminate everything Pre-Seed -- not just what it is and how founders/companies should navigate it, but also and more deeply: How he came into this co...
24 Maalis 20201h 13min
Remote Work, No-Code, and Products that Sell Themselves (w/ Zapier CEO Wade Foster)
We're joined by Wade Foster, co-founder & CEO of Zapier, a company that basically hasn’t raised capital, doesn’t have an office, doesn’t have salespeople, and whose product consists of connecting othe...
24 Helmi 202043min
Reverse Interview: Acquired Strategy, with Nathan Baschez of Divinations (& former Gimlet Media + Substack)
“There’s no real secret to making the stuff we make. It’s not something where you have to be crazy talented. The thing is, you just spend a little bit longer on it than is reasonable. Most people woul...
21 Tammi 20201h 9min
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (with Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner at Benchmark)
Let's face it, Acquired borders on Star Wars fan podcast anyway. So we dipped our toe in the water of making it official, with our review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.We are joined by fellow St...
10 Tammi 20201h 38min
Cameo CEO Steven Galanis on building the first non-advertising driven social media company (at least in the US!)
Steven Galanis, cofounder and CEO of the red-hot Chicago startup Cameo, joins us to discuss how they've turned selling personalized celebrity shoutouts online into both a massive business and the most...
6 Tammi 20201h 12min
