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Acquired
218 episodes · by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
About Acquired
Acquired is a podcast with 218 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Acquired and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Acquired
Value vs. Growth Spectrum Market Evolution and Technology Optionality and Reinvestment Judgment and Founder Evaluation Selling Discipline and Opportunity Cost Firm Building as a Separate Skill Career Fit and Personality Benchmark's Founding as a VC Rebellion
Notable Guests on Acquired
Recent Episodes
Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire — August 10, 2026The Walt Disney Company — June 22, 2026Vanguard — May 18, 2026Ferrari — April 13, 2026Rolex — March 05, 2026Costco — March 04, 2026Formula 1 — March 02, 2026The NFL — January 27, 202610 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis) — December 15, 2025Coca-Cola — November 24, 2025Trader Joe’s — October 27, 2025Google Part III: The AI Company — October 06, 2025Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan) — October 01, 2025Google Part II: Alphabet — August 26, 2025The Jamie Dimon Interview — July 16, 2025Google Part I: Origins of Search — June 30, 2025The Steve Ballmer Interview — June 02, 2025Epic Systems (MyChart) — April 21, 2025Indian Premier League Cricket — March 24, 2025TSMC Founder Morris Chang — January 27, 2025TSMC (Remastered) — January 21, 2025Mars Inc. (the chocolate story) — December 16, 2024IKEA — November 18, 2024Meta — October 28, 2024Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) — September 30, 2024The Mark Zuckerberg Interview — September 18, 2024Chase Center + Summer Update — August 08, 2024Microsoft Volume II — July 22, 2024Starbucks (with Howard Schultz) — June 04, 2024Microsoft Volume I — April 22, 2024Renaissance Technologies — March 18, 2024Hermès — February 20, 2024Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) — January 22, 2024Holiday Special 2023 — December 18, 2023Visa — November 27, 2023Charlie Munger — October 30, 2023NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang — October 16, 2023Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023) — September 06, 2023Nike — July 25, 2023Porsche (with Doug DeMuro) — June 27, 2023Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — June 13, 2023Lockheed Martin — May 30, 2023Spotify CEO Daniel Ek — May 18, 2023Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins on The Art of Business in Gaming — April 26, 2023Short: The Death of Sega — April 18, 2023Nintendo: The Console Wars — April 11, 2023Hamilton Helmer & Chenyi Shi on How to Build an AWS-Like Second Business — April 04, 2023Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) — March 29, 2023Nintendo's Origins — March 16, 2023LVMH — February 21, 2023
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