Google Maps
Acquired26 Aug 2019

Google Maps

Ben and David cover the series of three 2004 Google acquisitions that formed the core of Google Maps as we know and love it today: Where 2 Technologies, Keyhole and ZipDash. From nearly zero adoption between the three companies at the time of acquisition to well over 1 billion users today, does Google Maps merit admission to the hallowed Acquired A+ pantheon? Tune in to find out!

Sponsors:


More Acquired!

© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLC


Links:

Carve Outs:

Avsnitt(213)

Twitter (with Dick Costolo)

Twitter (with Dick Costolo)

A week before the 2020 US Presidential election, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joins us to tell the story of a company that has impacted all of our lives (political and otherwise) like none other. W...

28 Okt 20201h 25min

Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired

Special: Invest Like the Best on Acquired

On this special episode of Acquired, we're joined by a master interviewer himself, Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like the Best. We turn the tables and cover the most fascinating story he's never t...

7 Okt 20201h 50min

The NBA

The NBA

On the eve of the 2020 NBA Finals, we dive DEEP into the history and business model of the league behind the world's 2nd largest and fastest growing major sport. How did the NBA grow from merely an ex...

30 Sep 20202h 47min

Special: Acquired x My First Million

Special: Acquired x My First Million

Acquired teams up with the My First Million podcast for a “best of both worlds” crossover episode. First we go deep, “Acquired style”, on the wild story of MFM host Shaan Puri’s bought, sold, and then...

9 Sep 20201h 36min

Epic Games

Epic Games

We go deep behind the "epic" story of a plucky game developer from Cary, North Carolina (by way of Potomac, Maryland) which, after bootstrapping for its first 22 years, has quietly morphed into an $18...

2 Sep 20202h 29min

Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)

Eventbrite (with Julia & Kevin Hartz)

We're joined by two very special guests, Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz and her cofounder, spouse and Eventbrite Chairman Kevin Hartz, to tell their story of building Eventbrite together (along with their...

25 Aug 20201h 34min

Pinduoduo

Pinduoduo

We kick off Season 7 with a bang: Pinduoduo, the incredible five year-old Chinese mashup of "Costco and Disneyland" (as self-described in their IPO prospectus) which recently became the fastest compan...

16 Juli 20201h 55min

Oprah (Harpo Studios)

Oprah (Harpo Studios)

We close out Season 6 with the story of perhaps the single most successful media entrepreneur of all-time: Oprah Winfrey, and her juggernaut conglomerate Harpo Studios. Born to a poor single mother in...

25 Juni 20202h 14min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

framgangspodden
varvet
badfluence
rss-jossan-nina
rss-borsens-finest
avanzapodden
svd-tech-brief
rss-svart-marknad
uppgang-och-fall
fill-or-kill
rss-dagen-med-di
borsmorgon
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
affarsvarlden
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
tabberaset
lastbilspodden
24fragor
bathina-en-podcast
borslunch-2