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ACQ2 by Acquired
ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with expert founders and investors. Acquired the stories of great companies — and ACQ2 dives deeper into the lessons we can learn from them, often with the protagonists themselves.
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Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)
2024-06-24 • 1h 19min
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The Space Industry in 2024, and How to Build a Satellite Company
2024-05-24 • 1h 18min
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The Software Behind Silicon (with Synopsys Founder Aart de Geus and CEO Sassine Ghazi)
2024-05-06 • 1h 15min
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The Scientific Journey Behind Ozempic (with Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Novo Nordisk's Chief Scientific Advisor)
2024-03-06 • 1h 5s
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Visa Follow-Up and Today’s Payments Ecosystem (with Gaurav Ahuja)
2023-12-03 • 1h 34min
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Morgan Housel
2023-11-06 • 1h 37min
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Doug Demuro on Analyzing the Car Industry, Creator-Led Businesses, and Porsche Episode Follow Up
2023-09-18 • 1h 27min
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Generative AI in Video and the Future of Storytelling (with Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela)
2023-08-30 • 57min
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Saving the Planet with Better AI Data Centers (with Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller)
2023-08-14 • 1h 26min
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Comparing the Dotcom Crash to Today (with Tom Cowan from TDM)
2023-06-20 • 1h 12min
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Generative AI Moats in B2B with Emergence Capital’s Jake Saper
2023-05-09 • 1h 24min
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AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli on the Transforming the Company — and Venture Itself
2023-04-20 • 59min
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Retool CEO David Hsu on Finding Product-Market Fit via Sales
2023-04-13 • 1h 7min
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Ben and David on My First Million
2023-04-07 • 1h 20min
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The Future of Cloud Data Collaboration (with Samooha Co-Founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan)
2023-03-20 • 1h 7min
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Democratizing the Tools of Big Tech with Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji
2023-02-10 • 1h 7min
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Capital Formation and the LP / GP Relationship (with Altimeter’s Meghan Reynolds)
2023-01-09 • 1h 16min
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Crypto Self-Custody 101 (with Austin Federa)
2022-12-03 • 1h 8min
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Netflix's Journey, Building TCV, and Investing Through Downturns (with TCV co-founder Jay Hoag)
2022-11-10 • 45min
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Consumer Investing in 2022 (with Brian O'Malley of Forerunner Ventures)
2022-10-31 • 1h 19min
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The Profitable B2B Growth Playbook and Mutiny’s Story
2022-10-24 • 1h 8min
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Kindergarten Ventures’ Vanta investment, and building a new Strategy for Venture (with Thomas McGannon)
2022-10-03 • 1h 36min
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Reinsurance, Climate + Kindergarten Ventures (with Nat Manning)
2022-09-09 • 1h 12min
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The 2022 State of Crypto + Web3 with Solana's Austin Federa
2022-08-22 • 1h 29min
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Dissecting ProfitWell's Acquisition (with Patrick Campbell)
2022-07-27 • 1h 22min
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David Interviewed on "Unlimited Partners"
2022-05-23 • 1h 12min
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Travel for the Creator Economy
2022-04-15 • 56min
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Reverse Interview: Ben and David at Vanta
2022-04-08 • 34min
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Composer (with CEO Benjamin Rollert)
2022-03-23 • 1h 1min
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TradFi vs. Crypto, Explaining BNPL, and What's Next in Fintech (with Bain Capital Ventures' Christina Melas-Kyriazi)
2022-03-10 • 54min
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Ben and David on "Capital Allocators"
2022-02-18 • 1h 6min
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10-K Diver: Building a Top Fintwit Account and Teaching Finance Principles to Everyone (Pseudonymously!)
2022-02-17 • 1h 8min
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NZS Capital Part II: What’s Going on in Today’s Markets? (Plus more Semiconductors!)
2022-02-04 • 1h 13min
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Race Capital, Crypto Investing, and FTX + Solana’s Early Days
2022-01-27 • 1h 33min
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Italic & a New Era of Online Retail
2022-01-06 • 1h 11min
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2021 Recap: Acquired x Not Boring x The Generalist
2022-01-02 • 1h 45min
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Mission-Driven Founders, Global Investing, and Canva (with Wesley Chan)
2021-12-30 • 20min
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Blue Origin and the 2021 Space Landscape (with Rob Meyerson)
2021-12-06 • 42min
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Ben and David on "This Week in Startups" Holiday Special
2021-12-02 • 1h 32min
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt: A Fireside Chat
2021-11-15 • 42min
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Update on Dad Life, MacBook Pros, and Acquired Video
2021-11-09 • 59min
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Web3 Marketplaces (with Braintrust CEO Adam Jackson)
2021-10-26 • 1h 1min
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Audius (with CEO Roneil Rumberg)
2021-10-11 • 1h 21min
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Special drop: David on Levels' Podcast!
2021-10-07 • 1h 13min
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Explaining Macroeconomics, The Fed, Interest Rates and Valuations (with Matt McBrady)
2021-08-16 • 1h 33min
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Kim-Mai Cutler -- From Journalist to VC
2021-08-04 • 45min
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Managing a Crypto Fund (with Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital)
2021-07-22 • 1h 17min
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Owning Your Own Media Stream (from Collison Conf with Garry Tan)
2021-06-03 • 22min
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Making your customers your secret weapon (with Highspot's Oliver Sharp)
2021-04-29 • 1h 34min
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LP "Expert Call" with Josh Clemente from Levels
2021-04-23 • 1h 10min