# ![@acquiredfm Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UCyFqFYfTW2VoIQKylJ04Rtw.png) @acquiredfm Acquired

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[stocks](/list/stocks)  49.07% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  29.63% [countries](/list/countries)  16.67% [finance](/list/finance)  14.81% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  7.41% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  #1067 [social networks](/list/social-networks)  3.7% [gaming](/list/gaming)  2.78% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  2.78% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  2.78%

**Social topic influence**
[business](/topic/business) #4528, [history](/topic/history) 19.44%, [ceo](/topic/ceo) #4410, [the world](/topic/the-world) 12.96%, [audio](/topic/audio) 12.04%, [nfl](/topic/nfl) 12.04%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 9.26%, [sugar](/topic/sugar) 9.26%, [water](/topic/water) 9.26%, [represent](/topic/represent) 8.33%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@fundrisecom](/creator/undefined) [@acquiredcom](/creator/undefined) [@whistlindiesel](/creator/undefined) [@businesspodcastsummaries](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)](/topic/costco) [Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A)](/topic/berkshire-hathaway) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [JPMorgan Chase (JPM)](/topic/jpmorgan-chase) [IBM (IBM)](/topic/ibm) [Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)](/topic/lockheed-martin) [Nokia Corporation (NOK)](/topic/$nok)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Renaissance Technologies (Audio) Renaissance Technologies is the best performing investment firm of all time. And yet no one at RenTec would consider themselves an investor at least in any traditional sense of the word. Itd rather be more accurate to call them scientists scientists whove discovered a system of math computers and artificial intelligence that has evolved into the greatest money making machine the world has ever seen. And boy does it work: RenTecs alchemic colossus has posted annual returns in the firms flagship Medallion Fund of 68% gross and 40% net over the past [--] years"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2KjW4BqNFy0)  2024-03-18T01:45Z 274K followers, 175.9K engagements


"Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) In [----] Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in [----] Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world *again*. But what happened in the twenty years in between The answer as we discovered in our research is probably not what you think. In this episode we explore and analyze the browser wars and the DOJ case Windows XP through [--] Surface Xbox search Yahoo Bing the iPhone Nokia mobile social Facebook and oh yeah a little thing called Azure and the enterprise which ended up becoming"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6oER1bdQa_s)  2024-07-22T05:15Z 274K followers, 44.3K engagements


"IKEA (Audio) IKEA may be the most singular company weve ever studied on Acquired. Theyre a globally scaled $50B annual revenue company with no direct competitors yet have only 5% market share. Theyre one of the largest retailers in the world yet sell only their own products. They generate a few billion in free cash flow every year yet have no shareholders. And oh yeah they also sell hot dogs cheaper than Costco (Sort of.) Tune in for an episode flat-packed with counterintuitive lessons about how this folksy mail order business from the Swedish countryside came into your living rooms (and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1RafoZ1MzM)  2024-11-18T05:30Z 274K followers, 54.1K engagements


"Epic Systems (MyChart) What if we told you that the most important company in US healthcare was run from a farm in rural Wisconsin And that farm contained the worlds largest subterranean auditorium as well as Disneylandstyle replicas of Hogwarts and the Emerald City What if we told you that the person who started runs and owns this establishment has legally ensured that it will never be sold never go public and never acquire another company And that this person Judy Faulkner is also likely the wealthiest and most successful self-made woman in history Welcome to the story of Epic Systems the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FNRU9ZNqcls)  2025-04-21T02:45Z 274K followers, 55.4K engagements


"TSMC founder Morris Chang We flew to Taiwan to interview TSMC Founder Morris Chang in a rare English interview. In fact the last long-form video interview we could find was [--] years ago at the Computer History Museum conducted by the one-and-only Jensen Huang This episode came about after asking ourselves a version of the Jeff Bezos regret minimization question: what conversations would we *most* regret not having if the chance passed Acquired by Dr. Chang was number one on our list and thanks to a little help from Jensen himself were so happy to make it happen. Dr. Chang shares the stories"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FZItbr4ZJnc)  2025-01-27T06:00Z 274K followers, 233.8K engagements


"Mars Inc. - The Chocolate Story (Audio) M&Ms Snickers Milky Way Double Mint Bens Rice Pedigree Whiskas VCA Banfield all the brands you know owned by the company you know nothing about: Mars Incorporated. And Mars itself is 100% owned and deeply intertwined with the Mars family who are currently the second wealthiest (and perhaps first most secretive) family in the United States. Tune in for one of the 20th centurys most incredible entrepreneurial stories across candy and pet care and one thats all the more incredible because its so little-known Sponsors: Many thanks to our fantastic Fall 24"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GyWJeY55x-8)  2024-12-16T02:30Z 274K followers, 61.2K engagements


"ACQ2: From Almost Sold to Market Leader Plaid & Zach Perret We sit down with Zach Perret CEO of Plaid to discuss the remarkable journey of Plaid and the broader fintech landscape over the past several years. Zach takes us blow-by-blow through journey of almost getting acquired by Visa the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic which quickly reversed with ZIRP tailwinds and how Plaid navigated the volatile market conditions to build a diversified business. We explore the companys strategic pivots including their expansion into analytics for fraud detection alternative credit systems and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IIsP8xFGqKk)  2025-05-27T00:09Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Fired The Day He Was Expected CEO Fired The Day He Was Expected CEO #business #podcast Listen to the full episode 🎙The Jamie Dimon Interview - Summer [----] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KIMxSjJYcYw)  2025-08-03T19:00Z 274K followers, 30.5K engagements


"Alphabet Inc. (Audio) In its first six years from [----] to [----] Google built one of the greatest products of all time (and certainly the greatest business of all time) with Search. Then in its next six years from [----] to [----] Google built seven () more billion+ user products: Gmail Maps Drive and Docs YouTube Chrome Android and Photos all either started from scratch internally or acquired as startups that were still in their infancy. This six-year period of wild innovation STILL stands unmatched in technology history no other tech company counts more than four billion+ user products in its"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QhAftC_zFr8)  2025-08-26T10:45Z 274K followers, 61.2K engagements


"Trader Joes (Audio) Trader Joe's breaks every rule of modern retail. They don't do e-commerce. They don't do delivery. No sales coupons or loyalty programs. They only stock [----] SKUs versus 50000+ at normal supermarkets. Their parking lots are famously terrible and they're constantly out of your favorite items. Shoppers brave long lines and cramped aisles while overly-friendly employees in Hawaiian shirts try to chat them up. Everything about the Trader Joe's experience seems designed to drive modern consumers away. And yet they generate $2000+ per square foot in sales double their nearest"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sof42S1icXg)  2025-10-27T03:30Z 274K followers, 43.7K engagements


"ACQ2: The Insane Productivity of Andrew Ross Sorkin Andrew Ross Sorkin does the work of about five people. He founded and writes the DealBook newsletter for the New York Times. He hosts Squawk Box on CNBC every morning at 6am. He runs the DealBook Summit which has become the premier annual interview event across business policy and technology. He co-created the TV show Billions. He wrote the definitive account of the [----] financial crisis "Too Big to Fail" and now he's written "1929" a 600-page epic about the greatest crash in Wall Street history. So how does he actually do *all* of this"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZbER_DeLA0w)  2025-12-08T04:51Z 274K followers, 21.9K engagements


"SONY (75 years of electronics history in [--] hours) Born in the unlikeliest of places the terrible wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wallets) of consumers and engineers around the world. The company produced hit after hit after hit: portable transistor radios CDs the Walkman the PlayStation DVDs life insurance(). and yet ultimately fell behind its greatest American admirer Steve Jobs and Apple. This is the incredible story of Sonys human and technological optimism in the face of overwhelming odds a story that given recent world events remains"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_eqMKstqfa4)  2022-03-07T14:27Z 274K followers, 49.6K engagements


"How legal sports betting led to massive increase in NFL viewers How legal sports betting led to massive increase in NFL viewers #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dc4DKcpLVM8)  2026-02-14T14:00Z 274K followers, [---] engagements


"RenTech has NO Chance of Losing Money #investment #banking #business #podcast #StockMarket Listen to the full episode 🎙 Season [--] Episode [--] - Renaissance Technologies"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJZHDBkG2Bg)  2024-06-28T17:00Z 274K followers, 72.1K engagements


"RenTech has only [---] employees #investment #banking #business #podcast Listen to the full episode 🎙 Season [--] Episode [--] - Renaissance Technologies"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fyPPmEmxf1g)  2024-05-25T10:11Z 274K followers, 19.8K engagements


"Standard Oil Part [--] We dive into original American capitalist mega winner Standard Oil and its legendary founder John D. Rockefeller. This company and man almost defy characterization Elon Bezos Gates Buffett. they've got nothing on old John D. Not only was Rockefeller the wealthiest person in modern human history his company wrote the blueprint for today's corporations and everything we now know about business and capitalism. Pull up a chair and get ready to hear how this hillbilly nobody kid from the sticks grew up to became the richest person in the world creating a legend along the way"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h_jVQZgiP1A)  2021-09-22T01:49Z 274K followers, 25.8K engagements


"Google: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned. will they win in AI (audio) Google faces the greatest innovator's dilemma in history. They invented the Transformer the breakthrough technology powering every modern AI system from ChatGPT to Claude (and of course Gemini). They employed nearly all the top AI talent: Ilya Sutskever Geoff Hinton Demis Hassabis Dario Amodei more or less everyone who leads modern AI worked at Google circa [----]. They built the best dedicated AI infrastructure (TPUs) and deployed AI at massive scale years before anyone else. And yet. the launch of ChatGPT"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lCEB7xHer5U)  2025-10-06T04:15Z 274K followers, 101.3K engagements


"NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang We finally sit down with the man himself: Nvidia Cofounder & CEO Jensen Huang. After three parts and seven+ hours of covering the company we thought we knew everything but unsurprisingly Jensen knows more. A couple teasers: we learned that the companys initial motivation to enter the datacenter business came from perhaps not where youd think and the roots of Nvidias platform strategy stretch back beyond CUDA all the way to the origin of the company. We also got a peek into Jensens mindset and calculus behind betting the company multiple times and his surprising"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y6NfxiemvHg)  2023-10-16T03:30Z 274K followers, 493.9K engagements


"The very first coupon issued in America: Coca-Cola The very first coupon issued in America: Coca-Cola #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-DQnKBEVsFE)  2026-01-13T21:30Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"The original Coca-Cola recipe from [---] years ago was basically an energy drink The original Coca-Cola recipe from [---] years ago was basically an energy drink #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-uUKD8jigQk)  2026-01-20T17:13Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"The NCAA's origin: Football used to be. a LOT more violent The NCAA's origin: Football used to be. a LOT more violent #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-xOJyHByfMU)  2026-02-03T18:31Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"A $200 Million Dollar Secret Machine #foryoupage #fyp #engineering #asml #tsmc #cpu #business"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2NB9XAv3MCg)  2023-04-14T20:00Z 274K followers, 181.1K engagements


"How Coca-Cola brought the modern Santa Claus into existence How Coca-Cola brought the modern Santa Claus into existence #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ti3zZR_AsM)  2026-01-21T18:29Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Jamie Dimon Bet $60 Million on Himself Jamie Dimon Bet $60 Million on Himself #business #podcast #investing Listen to the full episode 🎙The Jamie Dimon Interview - Summer [----] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4obofKj94rY)  2025-07-19T17:00Z 274K followers, 124.9K engagements


"Acquired Live at Radio City Music Hall (Presented by J.P. Morgan) Its finally here Today we are releasing Acquireds first concert film the full video recording of our Radio City live show from this summer with Jamie Dimon Andrew Ross Sorkin New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien Barry Diller and cameos from around the Acquired Cinematic Universe including Christina Cacioppo Ben Clymer and Howard Schultz. *Sponsors:* - Live Show Presented By: J.P. Morgan: https://bit.ly/acquiredJPMPs14 - Shopify: https://bit.ly/ShopifyACQ25 - ServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsn *More Acquired:* - Get email"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6sDYv7Ig-6Y)  2025-11-05T15:00Z 274K followers, 17K engagements


"How Qualcomm Made BILLIONS Acquired Podcast Episode: Qualcomm #billionaire #monopolymoney #qualcomm #government #shorts"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7medMDo78Fs)  2023-02-22T18:00Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"How Pepsi got their act together vs. Coke during the Great Depression How Pepsi got their act together vs. Coke during the Great Depression #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8tqqTjCEWRY)  2026-01-25T19:48Z 274K followers, 12.6K engagements


"Costco (Audio) Costco is not only Charlie Mungers favorite company of all time (plus hes on the board natch) its an absolutely fascinating study in how seemingly opposite characteristics can combine to create incredible company value. For instance: Costco has the cheapest prices of any major retailer in America and also the wealthiest customer base. They pay their hourly workers 30% above the industry norm (and give them excellent healthcare + 401k benefits) and are almost 3x more profitable on labor than Walmart. Speaking of Walmart Costco stocks 40x fewer SKUs than their Bentonville-based"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9PxxtJVWRrg)  2023-08-21T23:00Z 274K followers, 161K engagements


"Starbucks (with Howard Schultz) Starbucks. Youd be hard pressed to name any brand thats more ubiquitous in the world today. With nearly half a billion global customer purchases per week across its stores and 3rd party retail channels a significant portion of the human population gets their daily fix in the green and white paper cup. (Including our own Ben Gilbert who famously enjoys his daily spinach feta wrap. :) But it wasnt always this way. Long before the frappuccinos and the PSLs and the cake pops Starbucks was just a small-time Seattle roaster that only sold beans and was started not by"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0fvX-wV70Y)  2024-06-04T14:00Z 274K followers, 592.9K engagements


"Amazon Web Services So how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet (Or at least 39% of it per latest market share data.) While many myths legends and some downright falsehoods exist the real answer to that question deserves a full Acquired episode of its very own. So here it is: the story of Amazon Web Services. Whos got the truth Tune in and find out. :) If you want more Acquired you canfollow our newly public LP Show feedin the podcast player of your choice (including Spotify): http://pod.link/acquiredlp Sponsors: Thank you to our"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=APvj15_YCqk)  2022-09-06T04:15Z 274K followers, 71.9K engagements


"The Jamie Dimon Interview: How JP Morgan Became an $800 Billion Bank We sit down with Jamie Dimon for a live conversation at Radio City Music Hall covering the incredible journey from his [----] firing at Citgroup (where he was widely expected to become CEO) to building the most powerful bank in the world. Today JPMorgan Chase is a juggernaut the most systemically important non-governmental financial institution in the world with over twice the market capitalization of its nearest competitor. But it certainly wasnt always this way Jamie takes us from his career restart at the struggling"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AR_1IPhzAtU)  2025-07-16T15:30Z 274K followers, 222.9K engagements


"How does Acquired think about covering today's news vs. history How does Acquired think about covering today's news vs. history #podcast #business 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AkuQ9kts8g0)  2025-12-29T16:22Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"How the rise of TV paved the way for the modern NFL How the rise of TV paved the way for the modern NFL #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BrRZ4AzIG3o)  2026-02-04T18:03Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Meta (Audio) Meta is a company everyone knows (literally everyone). But somehow its also a company that few people feel they actually understand. Their products are used by more humans than any others in history almost half of the entire worlds population daily. But what is Meta Why do they do what they do How do they do what they do Ask ten people and youll likely get ten very different sets of answers. Today we dive deeper than weve ever gone trying to find Acquireds answers to those questions. And after months of research and 6+ hours of incredible stories about how they (and really they"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CS2Lqdwja8o)  2024-10-28T01:30Z 273K followers, 68.3K engagements


"The Steve Ballmer Interview We sit down with Steve Ballmer the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers for an epic conversation covering his [--] years at Microsoft. Steve listened to our Microsoft episodes and had some thoughts to share and boy did he deliver. Steve takes us point-by-point through the original IBM DOS deal that started everything how he built Microsoft's enterprise business from scratch and offers his candid reflections on missing mobile and search. We also cover the story behind developers developers developers the complexities of his relationship with"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CYC49_aeop0)  2025-06-02T06:30Z 273K followers, 97K engagements


"Qualcomm is holding Apple hostage Acquired Podcast Episode: Qualcomm Full episode: https://youtu.be/Ng7LIRDhwwg They make 20$ from each phone sold in the world"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DMpUQNGWpmo)  2023-06-02T14:40Z 274K followers, 3.6M engagements


"Why Michael Lewis bought Berkshire Hathaway stock at the depths of the [----] financial crisis. Why Michael Lewis bought Berkshire Hathaway stock at the depths of the [----] financial crisis. #business #podcast 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E_qwUVmtQGs)  2025-12-19T17:18Z 274K followers, 90.1K engagements


"Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber) For the final act of the Arena Show were joined by Brooks CEO Jim Weber to tell the amazing story of how he transformed the company from a 3rd tier deeply cashflow negative also-ran into one of the worlds premiere fitness brands and a crown jewel of the Berkshire Hathaway empire with compounding revenue and cashflow growth that rivals even the legendary Mrs. Sees Candies If you want more Acquired you can follow our newly public LP Show feed here in the podcast player of your choice (including Spotify): http://pod.link/acquiredlp"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Egu_N8lMPjc)  2022-05-16T02:30Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) Last year Novo Nordisk the Danish pharmaceutical company behind Ozempic and Wegovy overtook LVMH to become Europes most valuable company. And the pull for Acquired to finally tackle healthcare (18% of US GDP) became too strong for us to resist. While we didnt know much about Novo Nordisk before diving in our first thought was wow seems like these new diabetes and obesity drugs mean serious trouble for big insulin companies. And then we realized that Novo Nordisk IS the big insulin company. And in a story befitting of Steve Jobs and Apple theyd just disrupted themselves"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EixhVBV2yzo)  2024-01-22T04:00Z 274K followers, 93.6K engagements


"NFL vs. NBA: the stats on how the NFL dwarfs all competition NFL vs. NBA: the stats on how the NFL dwarfs all competition #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FPMGH8PmhqA)  2026-02-09T17:17Z 274K followers, 19.1K engagements


"Enron The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks during which weve debated if and how Acquired could uniquely add to the conversation. Then we realized there was an angle so perfect that we had to drop everything and enter Acquired research overdrive: Enron. Travel back with us to the granddaddy fraud of them all 2001s then-largest bankruptcy in US history and the impetus for the famous Sarbanes-Oxley Act. So much of Enrons history parallels FTX that the uncanniness is almost unbelievable right down to the same CEO running the two bankruptcies. Sit back and enjoy this crazy tale of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GnK9tw5mkpk)  2022-11-29T05:46Z 274K followers, 102.9K engagements


"How JFK gave the NFL a specific exemption from Antitrust Law How JFK gave the NFL a specific exemption from Antitrust Law #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GyimI54jJfc)  2026-02-05T17:43Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"How Coca-Cola's name ended up on drugstores across America How Coca-Cola's name ended up on drugstores across America #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H-q2wGFEP6I)  2026-01-24T18:35Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"The Novo Nordisk Corporate Structure #corporate #business #podcast #pharmacy Listen to the full episode 🎙 Season [--] Episode [--] - Novo Nordisk"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IVut-PE6LCA)  2024-03-29T01:18Z 274K followers, 24.4K engagements


"FTX with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele (Extended Cut) Note: This episode was published on Dec [--] [----] approximately a year before FTXs subsequent meltdown. The apparent negligence fraud and self-dealing at FTX has given us much to reflect on after we and many others gave Sam a platform to share his and FTXs story with all of you. Weve decided to leave this episode up in-full as a historical artifact of the industrys view on FTX at the time. For a broader Acquired discussion on frauds and specifically the similarities between FTX and Enron see our November [----] Enron episode. We tell the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J2V4tg0QkBk)  2021-12-15T03:21Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"ACQ2: The Art of Selling Enterprise Software (with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott) We sit down with ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott for a masterclass in the art of enterprise sales a topic where Bill ranks as one of the all-time greats by any measure. Bill started his career as a bag-carrying salesman at Xerox in New York City (alongside Howard Schultz) back in [----] and rose to become the companys youngest corporate officer at age [--] before going on to become CEO of global software giant SAP. Since joining ServiceNow in [----] Bill has grown the company from $3.5 billion in revenue over $10"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jkl033U2-OA)  2025-03-10T16:36Z 274K followers, 55.9K engagements


"How Walmart crushed Kmart & Sears Acquired Podcast Episode: Walmart Full episode: https://youtu.be/NSEdnld6i9A "They thought merging Kmart & Sears would save them from Walmart. Boy were they wrong 😵 Discover why union did not mean power in this merger"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K698cGFCJTg)  2023-04-12T17:00Z 274K followers, 11.8K engagements


"Why Coke tastes better at McDonalds Why Coke tastes better at McDonalds #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEWg-PyXY4s)  2026-01-18T13:48Z 274K followers, 14.8K engagements


"The SR-71 is So Fast That It Cannot Turn Around in the State of Ohio The SR-71 is So Fast That It Cannot Turn Around in the State of Ohio #business #podcast #supersonic #fast #speed Listen to the full episode 🎙Lockheed Martin - Season [--] Episode 5"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KSmX8RaYnDk)  2025-03-20T04:33Z 274K followers, 6.3M engagements


"The Whole Story Behind Developers Developers Developers The Whole Story Behind Developers Developers Developers #business #podcast #microsoft #windows #developer Listen to the full episode 🎙The Steve Ballmer Interview - Summer [----] Episode 1"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LmVqOidvhsQ)  2025-06-10T06:11Z 273K followers, 27.8K engagements


"Walmart We kick off Season [--] with the incredible story of the retail granddaddy of them all Walmart and its founder Sam Walton. Once you study Walmart you realize just how deep its heritage runs through Amazon and so many iconic modern companies we cover on Acquired. This episode was an absolute blast and we even uncovered a new addendum to the hallowed focus on what makes your beer taste better playbook theme If you want more Acquired you canfollow our newly public LP Show feed in the podcast player of your choice (including Spotify): http://pod.link/acquiredlp Sponsors: Thank you to our"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NSEdnld6i9A)  2022-07-19T04:57Z 274K followers, 84.8K engagements


"Qualcomm Qualcomm or Quality Communications despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world few people know the absolutely amazing technological and business history behind it. Seriously this story is on par with Nvidia TSMC and all the great semiconductor giants. Without this single fabless company based in San Diego theres almost no chance youd be consuming this episode on whatever device youre currently listening on a fact that enables them to earn an incredible estimated $20 for every new phone sold in the world. We dive into this story live at the perfect venue: our"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7LIRDhwwg)  2022-11-15T12:30Z 274K followers, 51.9K engagements


"Merchants paid $93 Billion in Visa fees #VISA #business #podcast"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O6E6ZuNy2ck)  2024-03-04T23:53Z 274K followers, 18.5K engagements


"Coca-Cola: The Complete History & Strategy Coca-Cola is sugar water. And somehow its also America Christmas summertime friendship and happiness. Today we tell the story of how The Coca-Cola Company amazingly transmogrified a beverage into emotion in all of our collective psyches and ALSO built one of the most incredible scale economy businesses of all-time. And oh yeah theres also cocaine WW2 Mad Men Warren Buffett James Dean Bill Cosby Michael Jackson Michael Ovitz Steve Jobs Bill Gates McDonalds and Monsanto. So cozy up to the fire with your favorite images of Santa Claus and Polar Bears"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OdP-4tZo0jw)  2025-11-24T06:27Z 274K followers, 54.9K engagements


"Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world its impossible to spend an hour (or 3) with him and not come away inspired to go take over the world. This conversation is an extended IRL version of monthly calls that we do together where we share stories swap life and podcast advice and just genuinely enjoy sharing time with someone who shares our outlook and enthusiasm for the history of entrepreneurship. Pull up a chair grab a beverage (or energy drink in Davids case) and join us"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PI6QcwnfNe8)  2023-03-29T14:00Z 274K followers, 111.6K engagements


"How Acquired grew a niche podcast into a large-scale audience. How Acquired grew a niche podcast into a large-scale audience. #business #podcast 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QB2RnIG18YE)  2025-12-25T19:55Z 274K followers, 15.7K engagements


"The Mark Zuckerberg Interview Mark is the iconic founder CEO of our time. At Chase Center on September [--] [----] he did an unprecedented thing: a live conversation in front of [----] people on Metas company strategy sharing stories from early Facebook history and his thoughts on the future of AI VR and AR. Mark was remarkably candid in our discussion and gave us a window into his real and intense daily demeanor leading Meta. (And his other life endeavors) We can't wait to release the complete video of the whole night including our surprise conversations with Daniel Ek Emily Chang and cameo"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QciJ9ubeLQk)  2024-09-18T07:00Z 274K followers, 212.8K engagements


"How is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves (With Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor) ACQ2 Is AI just better software Or something completely different that requires a new paradigm to understand Today we sit down with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor two of the best product builders in the world to tackle that question. Bret and Clay are the co-founders of the AI company Sierra. Brett's resume reads like a greatest hits of Silicon Valley: co-creator of Google Maps founder of FriendFeed (acquired by Facebook where he became CTO) founder of Quip (acquired by Salesforce where he became co-CEO) former"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qt3_bK46il0)  2025-08-18T17:42Z 274K followers, 18.4K engagements


"NVIDIAs New way of Leadership Nvidias aggressive move to acquire Mellanox was about being ahead of the game. They saw the value in InfiniBand Technology for data centers when others didnt. Acquired Podcast Episode: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=y6NfxiemvHg #shorts #Nvidia"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QyF2wN0Eu8U)  2023-10-28T13:20Z 273K followers, 938.2K engagements


"Morris Chang Built TSMC Without Any Equity Acquired Podcast Episode: TSMC Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2sUyRjx5GaDYXVWnhWjsRvsi=me0esELISGSEv-uDEigfdg #foryoupage #fyp #engineering #asml #tsmc #business #shorts"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R6BFzPBNX9Q)  2023-02-23T18:00Z 274K followers, 18.8K engagements


"Unbelievable Warren Buffett individually tracks who is buying and selling Berkshire stock. Unbelievable Warren Buffett individually tracks who is buying and selling Berkshire stock. #business #podcast 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T2CK2oTw0pc)  2025-12-20T16:55Z 274K followers, 160.5K engagements


"Porsche (with Doug DeMuro) Nobodys perfect including Porsche. Despite that phrase appearing in their famous [----] magazine advertisement they managed to get damn-close to the perfect luxury business (even Bernard Arnault would be jealous). Porsche is both quality AND quantity owning the most prestigious brand in its market while at the same time churning out almost half a million mass-market soccer mom/dad SUVs per year. And like any good luxury brand its packed with enough juicy family drama and creeping takeovers to fill a Netflix series. Yet behind it all lies perhaps the darkest origin"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_fYfdXpkx4)  2023-06-27T12:00Z 274K followers, 908.4K engagements


"There should be way more podcasts like Acquired. Here's the formula: There should be way more podcasts like Acquired. Here's the formula #business #podcast 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VdNsre3CYD4)  2025-12-17T19:18Z 274K followers, 18.2K engagements


"How NFL highlight reels first came to be How NFL highlight reels first came to be #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WUMy-EE8ctA)  2026-02-07T15:48Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"How the Coca-Cola recipe was invented and why it contained. cocaine How the Coca-Cola recipe was invented and why it contained. cocaine #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XdTBh3zY8Wk)  2026-01-13T16:46Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Benchmark Part I Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice it has produced the highest returning fund of its cycle each time with a 100% different GP lineup. If ever there were a playbook for successful generational transfer of a generational-defining venture firm this is it. We spend 3.5+ hours digging into how the dotcom eBay eBoys transformed into the rockstar Fab Four of the Uber Instagram and Snap mobile gold rush (spoiler: not by a straight line) and what the future holds for Benchmarks next"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XyIqmNqZHnA)  2022-09-28T02:30Z 274K followers, 93K engagements


"Mark Zuckerberg Almost got Fired Mark Zuckerberg Almost got Fired #business #podcast #meta #markzuckerberg #yahoo Listen to the full episode 🎙The Mark Zuckerberg Interview"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YCmfVxexBW8)  2024-10-05T16:00Z 274K followers, 59.2K engagements


"Why TSMC Rejected IBM's Partnership Why TSMC Rejected IBMs Partnership #business #podcast #tech #qualcomm #IBM Listen to the full episode 🎙 TSMC Founder Morris Chang"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_3GC37EpxSE)  2025-01-28T03:47Z 274K followers, 47.2K engagements


"Jeff Bezos Bold Move with Deutsche Bank Jeff Bezos Bold Move with Deutsche Bank #business #podcast #amazon #jeffbezos #bank Listen to the full episode 🎙Amazon.com - Season [--] Episode 2"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_9NzodpgjKM)  2024-09-23T18:00Z 274K followers, 142.4K engagements


"Visa (Audio) To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock how many of you know Visa Great all of you. Now how many of you know how it started Or for that matter *who* started it Who runs and governs it Where is it headquartered Whats its business model For the 11th largest market cap company in the world Visas history and strategy is almost shockingly unknown. A huge portion of the worlds population uses their products on a daily basis (you might say Visa is everywhere people want to be) but very few know the amazing story behind how that came to be. Or why Visa continues to be one of the most"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=akO8qAx4xjY)  2023-11-27T02:00Z 274K followers, 79.7K engagements


"Lockheed Martin (Audio) Today we bring you two absolutely incredible stories. The first is Lockheeds legendary Skunk Works division the elite team of aviation geniuses who produced some of the greatest airplanes in history: the U-2 the Stealth Fighter and the incomparable SR-71 Blackbird. The second story is arguably even more important but not widely known It's the secret and true origins of Silicon Valley and Lockheeds primary role in it. We take you from WWII to the Cold War all the way to today to unpack and analyze the industry dynamics of defense contractors in the modern era. Tune in"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=atMrnp_EVcI)  2023-05-30T07:00Z 274K followers, 198.7K engagements


"Steve Jobs Videogame for Atari #atari #nintendo #apple #retro #business #podcast Listen to the full episode 🎙Nintendo's Origins - Season [--] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cAXjN-QSDAg)  2024-08-06T21:00Z 273K followers, 14K engagements


"10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis) Why has Acquired seemingly against all odds worked It's a puzzling question: episodes are four hours long they come out infrequently and they usually dont have guests or video. Hardly the standard-issue playbook for podcasting success And yet well over a million smart curious and exceedingly busy humans share their (your) valuable time with us every month. Why This is the exact paradox that has been rolling around in the head of Michael Lewis (yes that Michael Lewis) since he found the show earlier this year. So we asked Michael to be our guest"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d6EMk6dyrOU)  2025-12-15T07:15Z 274K followers, 41.1K engagements


"Coca-Cola: the only company legally allowed to import cocaine in the US Coca-Cola: the only company legally allowed to import cocaine in the US #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eB5MxN3mcwY)  2026-01-15T13:56Z 274K followers, 35K engagements


"How Does ARM Make Money How Does ARM Make Money #business #podcast #technology #ai #tech Listen to the full ACQ2 episode 🎙How ARM Became The Worlds Default Chip Architecture (with ARM CEO Rene Haas)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ednjcmvdf9Q)  2025-01-18T04:31Z 274K followers, 16.4K engagements


"Nike (Audio) Nike its perhaps the most iconic and most prolific brand of the modern era. On any given day swooshes adorn the feet of more people on earth than any other footwear company by a long shot. If you read Shoe Dog or watched Air you may think you know its history. But Shoe Dog ends in [----] and Air well lets just say its an enjoyable piece of fiction. And it turns out (as always) that the real story is filled with far more drama twists and business lessons than either of those works. Weve been wanting to cover Nike for a long time and thanks to our LPs who voted to choose this episode"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eg1jF6YE8L8)  2023-07-25T06:00Z 274K followers, 35.8K engagements


"The NFL hated TV at first because it cannibalized ticket revenue The NFL hated TV at first because it cannibalized ticket revenue #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5xP7EGkv24)  2026-02-02T16:44Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"College football is an absolute mess right now. Heres why. College football is an absolute mess right now. Heres why. #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gFnKEQ6kB8w)  2026-02-11T14:01Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"NVIDIAs Mellanox Acquisition Nvidias aggressive move to acquire Mellanox was about being ahead of the game. They saw the value in InfiniBand Technology for data centers when others didnt. Acquired Podcast Episode: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Full episode: https://youtu.be/y6NfxiemvHg #shorts #nvidia"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gNea7uywIoI)  2023-10-26T13:25Z 274K followers, 81.1K engagements


"Indian Premier League Cricket (Audio) When you saw this episode pop up in your feed you either jumped for joy and hit play immediately (in which case youre not reading this) or you said Huh. Thats a surprising episode. Well if youre in group two boy do we have a treat for you IPL is the fastest-growing most dynamic and most disruptive force in the sports industry today and this may come as a shock to many Americans but it might just be on track to surpass the NFL as the worlds most valuable sports league. The IPL is currently valued at $16B with a TV rights deal thats higher in per-match"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6FS70B0blQ)  2025-03-24T02:15Z 274K followers, 49.9K engagements


"Herms (Audio) In luxury theres Herms and theres everyone else. Stewarded by one French family over six generations Herms sells the absolute pinnacle of the French luxury dream. Loyal clients will wait *years* simply for the opportunity to buy one of the companys flagship Birkin or Kelly bags. Unlike every other luxury brand Herms: - Doesnt increase supply to meet demand (hence the waitlists) - Doesnt loudly brand their products (IYKYK) - Doesnt do celebrity endorsements (stars buy their bags just like everyone else) - Doesnt even have a marketing department (they barely advertise at all) And"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hMSiaUCJkmc)  2024-02-20T03:45Z 274K followers, 77.5K engagements


"Who Founded DeepMind Who Founded DeepMind #business #podcast #google #ai Listen to the full episode 🎙Google: The AI Company - Fall [----] Episode 1"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iNR6eBnQgWE)  2025-10-07T20:44Z 274K followers, 36.7K engagements


"Coca-Cola is the longest running Olympics sponsor Coca-Cola is the longest running Olympics sponsor #business #podcast #coke 🎙 Coca-Cola Fall [----] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iyXE7FPzrXI)  2025-12-02T21:01Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"The Google One Bundle The Google One Bundle #business #podcast #google #ai #gemini Listen to the full episode 🎙Google: The AI Company - Fall [----] Episode 1"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j3eBPcgLJFU)  2025-10-10T00:31Z 274K followers, 29.7K engagements


"The numbers on the NFL's "Taylor Swift Effect The numbers on the NFL's "Taylor Swift Effect #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jmIx4rZzQRg)  2026-02-10T14:01Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Unclear if we're getting roasted by Michael Lewis or not. But we'll take it. Unclear if we're getting roasted by Michael Lewis or not. But we'll take it. #business #podcast 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=khqFp0uG5WU)  2025-12-17T03:17Z 274K followers, 24.6K engagements


"Warren Buffett is like a real-life Forrest Gump Warren Buffett is like a real-life Forrest Gump #podcast #business 🎙 From Coca-Cola: How a sugar water formula came to represent America Happiness and. Christmas"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lRJ3uqRZlnA)  2026-01-19T17:56Z 274K followers, 15.7K engagements


"The NFL (2026 Update) The NFL is nearly synonymous with America today. Practically nothing is more quintessentially and universally American than tuning in every Sunday (and Monday and Thursday and sometimes Saturdays and holidays too) to watch the worlds most beautiful ballet of violence. It generates the most revenue of any sports league globally and sets new records for team valuations each year. But it wasnt always this way. The history of the NFL mirrors Americas own development: scrappy small-town teams rode the successive growth waves of the automobile TV the Internet and social media"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lYXKjuIHQIU)  2026-01-27T18:40Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"He gave the rights to sell Coca Cola for FREE He gave the rights to bottle and sell Coca-Cola for FREE #business #podcast #coke 🎙 Coca-Cola Fall [----] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsnZYInRZk8)  2025-11-29T01:25Z 274K followers, 24.4K engagements


"Buying the Starbucks Coffee Company #starbucks #cafe #coffee #business #podcast Listen to the full episode 🎙 Season [--] Episode [--] - Starbucks (with Howard Schultz)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mPwfBDqZmyg)  2024-06-13T05:20Z 273K followers, 42.7K engagements


"Mark Zuckerbergs [--] Year Plan for AI Mark Zuckerbergs [--] Year Plan for AI #ai #tech #business #meta #facebook Listen to the full episode 🎙The Mark Zuckerberg Interview"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nO8VWnlzWns)  2024-09-30T18:00Z 274K followers, 57.8K engagements


"Rolex (Audio) Rolex is a series of paradoxes. They sell obsolete and objectively inferior mechanical devices for 10-1000x the price of their superior digital successors and demand is stronger than ever in history Their products are comparable to a Herms Birkin bag in price luxury status and waitlist times yet they produce over 1m units / year (roughly 10x annual Birkin production). They make the most universally recognized and desired Swiss watches yet their founder wasnt Swiss and didnt start the company in Switzerland If Rolex were publicly traded theyd almost certainly be among the top 50"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nUKLhaa0Pus)  2025-02-24T05:30Z 274K followers, 80.2K engagements


"The Strategy That Built JPMorgan Chase The Strategy That Built JPMorgan Chase #business #podcast #strategy Listen to the full episode 🎙The Jamie Dimon Interview - Summer [----] Episode 3"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nVy9xj_ftF8)  2025-08-05T18:00Z 274K followers, 28.7K engagements


"Lessons from TSMC: sometimes. you shouldn't diversify your business. Lessons from TSMC: sometimes. you shouldn't diversify your business. #podcast #business 🎙 From [--] Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qBKkZND4sXY)  2025-12-30T16:00Z 274K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Did Nvidia Overpay $40 Billion for ARM Did Nvidia Overpay $40 Billion for ARM #business #podcast #nvidia #ai #tech Listen to the full ACQ2 episode 🎙How ARM Became The Worlds Default Chip Architecture (with ARM CEO Rene Haas)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qqutPUcqhpA)  2025-01-16T22:26Z 274K followers, 97.5K engagements


"Insanely these were not a part of NFL broadcasts before Monday Night Football Insanely these were not a part of NFL broadcasts before Monday Night Football #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rI7GfErGBe0)  2026-02-06T14:15Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"TSMC (Remastered) We dive into the unbelievable and unlikely history behind the quietest technology giant of them all: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Founded in [----] by the then-56 year old Morris Chang already a legend in the semiconductor industry by virtue of his meteoric rise and fall at Texas Instruments TSMC today manufactures nearly all the leading-edge chips for Nvidia Apple Broadcom Qualcomm AMD and yes even Intel. Tune in for an incredible story of innovation perseverance and lasers. Lots and lots of lasers Note: this is a remastered version of our original 2021"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tuB3_fJyC5Q)  2025-01-21T06:30Z 274K followers, 47K engagements


"Amazon.com Amazon. No company has impacted the internet and all of modern life more than this one. Weve waited seven years to do this episode and are so so excited to finally dive into every nook and cranny of this legendary company. And of course because were Acquired and this is Amazon we couldnt contain it all to just one episode even a 4+ hour one So today we focus on Amazon.com the retail business and well have another full episode on AWS coming soon. And because all great series are trilogies to fully understand Amazon we highly recommend starting first with our previous episode on"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u3qIWN-ZIPk)  2022-08-16T11:34Z 274K followers, 84K engagements


"Visa And Mastercard SUED Over Exclusivity Rights #shorts #business #visa #mastercard"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uHfihMyP1PA)  2024-02-08T15:30Z 274K followers, 16.5K engagements


"ACQ2: The Software Behind Silicon (with Synopsys Founder Aart de Geus and CEO Sassine Ghazi) (Episode originally released May [--] 2024) If youve been waiting for us to venture back to the land of semiconductors youre in luck On our NVIDIA and TSMC episodes we explored two components of the silicon value chain: the fabless chip companies that design chips and the foundries that manufacture them. Today we dive into the software that powers it all the field electronic design automation (EDA). This is essentially the software that enables chip designers to do their jobs which has changed"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uSchEDY6y20)  2025-03-05T15:15Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Benchmark Part II: The Dinner We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners during which we ask all of the unresolved burning questions from Part [--]. How do THEY think about Benchmark v3 What are their day-to-day emotions trying to keep the equal partnership bending toward greatness Why is there no growth fund What does it take to become the next Benchmark GP Why is there a secret Principal program We cover all these and much much more. We also recorded the whole thing on video which we highly recommend watching even if you normally only listen to"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ugTUtpkhBDw)  2022-10-17T12:00Z 274K followers, 29.7K engagements


"Private Equity can now invest in NFL teams. but with some crazy rules. Private Equity can now invest in NFL teams. but with some crazy rules. #business #podcast 🎙 From The NFL (2026 Update)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uoucHuzAjwI)  2026-02-12T14:01Z 274K followers, [----] engagements


"Google: The Origin of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) 1:51:25We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its origins as a Stanford research project called BackRub Google became the front door to the internet. Today its an essential service for over half the world and one that generates more profit than ANY other US company more than Apple Microsoft or Berkshire Hathaway. But it wasnt always so obvious. When Larry and Sergey began working on BackRub in [----] search was a backwater industry in silicon valley. Existing search"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v1nkN0sM2wc)  2025-06-30T03:30Z 274K followers, 78.7K engagements


"Charlie Munger (Audio) We sit down with the legendary Charlie Munger in the only dedicated longform podcast interview that he has done in his [--] years on Earth. Weve gotten to have some special conversations on Acquired over the years but this one truly takes the cake. Over dinner at his Los Angeles home Charlie reflected with us on his own career and his nearly 50-year partnership at Berkshire Hathaway with Warren Buffett. He offered lessons and advice for investors today and of course he shared his speech on the virtues of Costco once again (among other favorite investments). Were so glad"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w6qRb171cog)  2023-10-30T02:00Z 274K followers, 183.2K engagements


"Is Costco's Executive membership worth the price #shorts Acquired Podcast Episode: Costco (Audio) Full episode: https://youtu.be/9PxxtJVWRrg Is Costcos Executive membership worth the price for all the benefits and cashbacks that consumer/member received"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wx5pZn_CWig)  2023-08-23T16:00Z 274K followers, 500K engagements


"Nvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022) By [----] NVIDIA was on a decade-long road to nowhere. Or so most rational observers of the company thought. CEO Jensen Huang was plowing all the cash from the companys gaming business into building a highly speculative platform with few clear use cases and no obviously large market opportunity. And then. a miracle happened. A miracle that led not only to Nvidia becoming the 8th largest market cap company in the world but also nearly every internet and technology innovation thats happened in the decade since. Machines learned how to learn. And"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xU_rLZqlca4)  2022-04-20T12:36Z 274K followers, 59.6K engagements


"The "Dirty Secret" of CPU Design The "Dirty Secret" of CPU Design #business #podcast #tech #microsoft #nvidia Listen to the full ACQ2 episode 🎙How ARM Became The Worlds Default Chip Architecture (with ARM CEO Rene Haas)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yZGITiFFAEc)  2025-02-17T10:00Z 274K followers, 861.6K engagements


"Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows [--] (Audio) Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes we are finally ready to tackle the most valuable company ever created. The company that put a computer on every desk and in every home. The company that invented the software business model. The company that so thoroughly and completely dominated every conceivable competitor that the United States government intervened and kneecapped it yet its STILL the most valuable company in the world today. This episode tells the story of Microsoft in its"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ycI_xXjpElY)  2024-04-22T02:45Z 274K followers, 94.3K engagements

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