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Acquired Podcast

Disciplines:
Technology Strategy

Summary

Acquired is a popular podcast that delves into the history and strategic decisions behind significant mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs in the technology and business world, offering deep dives into company narratives.

Core Contribution

The podcast provides a unique, in-depth case study approach to understanding business strategy and financial transactions, often dissecting the 'why' and 'how' of major tech company successes and failures through the lens of their M&A activities.

Historical Influences

Ben Gilbert David Rosenthal

Intellectual Lineage

Business Journalism Case Study Method Oral History Financial Analysis

Allied Works

Invest Like the Best How I Built This The Twenty Minute VC Masters of Scale

Contemporaries & Peers

Invest Like the Best How I Built This The Tim Ferriss Show Planet Money

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Narrative Business Analysis M&A Storytelling Venture Capital Education

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