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Acquired #32 - The Snap Inc. IPO
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SNAP! We discuss the future for this plucky “camera company”
Launched on March 6th, 2017
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Acquired #31 - The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Upstarts author Brad Stone
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Uber goes for one wild ride in China...
Launched on March 1st, 2017
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Acquired #30 - P.A. Semi + AuthenTec
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Ben & David venture into semis with two hallmark Apple deals
Launched on January 24th, 2017
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Acquired #29 - Special: 2016 Review and 2017 Predictions
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Acquired’s 2016 year in review. Better late than never! :)
Launched on January 13th, 2017
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Acquired #28 - The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
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Ben & David cover the Amazon IPO!
Launched on January 3rd, 2017
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Acquired #27 - M&A & Investing @Microsoft with Brian Schultz
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Ben, David and Brian discuss MSFT's approach to M&A
Launched on December 19th, 2016
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Acquired #26 - Marvel
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Ben & David complete the Disney acquisition trilogy!
Launched on December 6th, 2016
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Acquired #25 - The Facebook IPO
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If we're experimenting with IPOs, we gotta start big.
Launched on November 15th, 2016
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Acquired #24 - Skype
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An deal so wild & crazy, they had to do it again. And again.
Launched on November 2nd, 2016
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Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)
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Ben & David cover Apple’s 1996 acquisition of NeXT
Launched on October 24th, 2016
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Acquired #22 - Zillow + Trulia with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips
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Ben & David cover the show's first "merger"!
Launched on October 14th, 2016
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Acquired #21 - Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman
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Ben & David go behind the scenes w Bloomberg’s Alex Sherman.
Launched on September 28th, 2016
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Acquired #20 - Android
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Ben & David discuss Google's $50M buy of Android - G.O.A.T.?
Launched on September 16th, 2016
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Acquired Episode 19: Jet
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Ben & David break down Jet.com’s $3B+ acquisition by Walmart
Launched on August 29th, 2016
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Acquired - #18 - Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe
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Insights for entrepreneurs navigating the M&A process
Launched on August 22nd, 2016
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Acquired Episode 17: Waze
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Ben and David navigate Waze’s $1B+ acquisition by Google
Launched on August 4th, 2016
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Acquired - Episode 16 - Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)
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Podcast-meta! Covering Scripps' buy of Midroll+Stitcher.
Launched on July 13th, 2016
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Acquired - Episode 15: ExactTarget
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Salesforce's $2.5B buy of ExactTarget w/ CEO Scott Dorsey
Launched on July 6th, 2016
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Acquired - 14: LinkedIn
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Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by
Launched on June 16th, 2016
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Acquired - 13: Push Pop Press (Facebook Instant Articles) with Todd Bishop
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Discussing Facebook and the changing media landscape
Launched on June 6th, 2016
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