Acquired Podcast
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Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them. Hosted by @gilbert and @djrosent.
Joined October 2015
In 1956 Warren Buffett retired at the age of 26 with a net worth of $175k (~$1.7m today). Why did Buffet retire so early and how did he return to become the greatest investor of all time?. Time for a story👇
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Rest in peace Charlie. We're grateful that we got to spend a (very special) little bit of time with you. Thank you for the wisdom and the memories. ❤️❤️.
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Announcement: We're doing an arena show. in San Francisco!. September 10th. Chase Center. With Mark Zuckerberg. Huge thank you to our friends at @jpmorgan for finding a venue big enough to hold all of you. We can't wait to see you there :)
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Today: Charlie Munger, in his first longform podcast interview ever.
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What an incredible night. Never in our wildest dreams did we think we'd do an arena show with @finkd, @eldsjal, and @emilychangtv. plus @iammiketaylor live!!. Huge thank you to @jpmorgan and most importantly to all 6,000 of you who came and made it so special.
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New listeners often ask us what episode to start with. Here are the top 10 by all-time downloads:. 1. Amazon Pt 1.2. TSMC.3. AWS.4. Walmart.5. Berkshire Pt 1.6. Benchmark Pt 1.7. NVIDIA Pt 2.8. Enron.9. Ethereum.10. Sony. Runners up: T Swift, NVIDIA Pt 1, Peloton, Bitcoin.
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When you're trying to host a keynote pregame show and you have to pause for a Denny's delivery.
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Founders today: "We'll be profitable eventually.". Bill Gates at IPO: "We have literally never had an unprofitable year."
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It will not surprise you that this dinner ran nearly 5 hours.
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What would it take to compete with NVIDIA at this point?
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Stopped by Nvidia HQ for a chat!. Episode drops tomorrow.
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The @altcap story of how they won Snowflake's Series C deal (at a mere $175m valuation!) is crazy. "[We] wrote a bug report of the 10 bugs we found and sent it to the founders."
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2024 was obviously a crazy year for us. We looked at our analytics and as you'd imagine, all of our most-listened to episodes ever were released this year. Microsoft, Hermès, Starbucks, Meta, etc. Compounding!. but what *older* episodes were most-listened to in 2024?
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"Beating the competition is relatively easy. But beating yourself is a never ending commitment.". (Nike, 1977)
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There has been one company founded in the last 20 years worth more than a trillion dollars. And that episode is in your podcast players now. (Also yes, it is indeed 6+ hours.)
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After growing Amazon into a trillion-dollar empire, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO next week. In Prime Day spirit, let's look back on what made Amazon so successful - as shared by Bezos himself. We read every shareholder letter since 1997. Here's 1 key insight from each 🧵
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When you’ve been separated from your bestie for 15 months.
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Amazing how power laws dominate everyone's returns. Even Charlie Munger.
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First airport billboard. does this mean we are technically an enterprise software company now??.
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The highest-performing investment firm ever. and quite possibly the first use of machine learning in business history. In your podcast players now:
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Microsoft's cap table at IPO. Bill, Paul, and Steve owned 84.7% (!) of the company.
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Altos Ventures is playing a different game than everyone else in VC. And it’s working. They are “early stage investors” that owned 21% of Roblox at IPO!. We were lucky to have the the prolific @honam on for this special episode.
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Very special Seattle-based weekend, for a very special Seattle-based cohost. 😀. (And some guy from SF showed up as a groomsman!)
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The episode you've all been waiting for. a day after his congressional hearings we sat down with the man, the myth, the legend @SBF_FTX. Together with our good friend @mariogabriele we explore the story of Sam, Alameda and FTX.
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This is — by far — the greatest sentence anyone has ever uttered on Acquired.
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Tomorrow: our first healthcare episode ever. 𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵® (𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦) 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
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No episode this week. Can't wait to tell the full story. in a decade or so. :).
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In your podcast players (and personal computers!) now:
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Now in your podcast players: our most luxurious episode ever. 🥂👝🕺
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He learns 3 lessons from this. i) don’t fixate on the price you paid. ii) don’t rush to grab a small profit. Stay focused on the big, long-term wins. iii) you can’t control other people’s emotions. If you manage someone's money, don't let their emotions guide your decisions.
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The wait is over. Acquired returns with Part II of the Sequoia Capital story, joined by the very best person in the world to tell it - @Sequoia’s Global Managing Partner @dougleone.
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We have some very fun news to share. We are doing our 2025 live show. at Radio City Music Hall!. July 15. New York City. With our good friends at @jpmorgan. We couldn't be more excited. See you there :)
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2009: 9% of hospitals had electronic records.2014: 95%. Insane adoption curve. What else has seen that dramatic of a shift in just 5 years?
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In your podcast players now:. (With video on Spotify and YouTube!)
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After 9+ hours of podcasting on Buffett, here are the final numbers:. If you invested $100 in the first year of the Buffett Partnerships in 1959, today you would have. $26.2 MILLION dollars. No memes, no exaggerations, that's the actual investment return.
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He invented Javascript. He was the Chief Architect of Netscape. And he was the CTO and CEO of Mozilla. For his next chapter, @BrendanEich is taking on Big Tech with his most ambitious project yet: . @Brave, a crypto-native privacy-focused browser for everyone.
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Mars Inc had 14% revenue growth. for a century. Truly rarefied air.
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Today's episode:. - How this ambiguous Japanese conglomerate came to control $640m in "untraceable" bearer bonds. - Why they felt an on-site vault was a competitive advantage. - And how they managed supposed success… despite rampant drug use + unsavory exec behavior. We dive in.
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Launching tomorrow. The Idea Dinner. @mariodgabriele.@packyM.@djrosent.@gilbert. We each bring:.1 wine.1 public market thesis.1 private market thesis. Listeners decide the winners. Feb 24 at 830pm ET / 530pm PT. Right here on @TwitterSpaces. Be there or be $SQ. @jack.
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In your podcast players now. (With video on Spotify!)
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Had a guest drop by Acquired HQ last week. Episode coming tomorrow! 🚗🍔
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Flat-packed in your podcast player, just waiting to be assembled.
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The co-founder of Costco invested in the 1987 round @HowardSchultz raised to buy Starbucks. Amazing moment of shared history (among many!) for the two companies.
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The degree of consolidation in the defense industry is insane.
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This is the incredible story of @nvidia: a tale of misfits and survival. From the brink of extinction to the 8th largest company in the world, it is a chronicle of outliers. Today, we explore the origins of Nvidia and the invention of the GPU.
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"The value of every economic asset is 100% sensitive to interest rates.". - Warren Buffett
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TSMC manufactures the most advanced chips in the world. Apple, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Broadcom, you name it. Today, we're releasing a remastered version of our 2021 episode on the company. If you've never listened (or if it's been a couple years). now is a very good time. 🙃
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Today’s episode has it all: from startup to tech superpower, an underdog founder and a good dose of geopolitics. Sit back, grab some 🍿 and listen to the story of Morris Chang & TSMC, which also happens to be the 9th most valuable company in the world.
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